While I'm on a summer vacation roll...

[Alyssa]

Former National Journal White House Correspondent, Reader's Digest Washington Bureau chief, and brand-new blogger Carl Cannon argues that the reporters who follow around the next president are going to get to spend some time in pretty sweet vacation spots. As much as Ellen may joke about getting hitched on the Crawford ranch, I can't imagine it's best place to spend time if you're a beach rather than a brush type.

All kidding aside, Carl knows just an insane amount about the presidency and what it's like to cover it, so it's great that he'll be sharing some of that experience daily and out from behind a pay wall. Plus, he is a really, really funny guy, and serious baseball nut, so hopefully once he's settled in, we can hear stories about hanging out with Frank Robinson, too.

Comments

We can only hope that the press corps will be swayed by the prospect of a Hawaiian Western White House.

Posted by Gabriel | May 27, 2008 5:26 PM

That was my thought too: I can see a narrative forming from a disinterested press corps, that just because Obama's a favorite son of Hawaii is no reason to neglect that state! He should go for at least a week! Maybe two! Also Juno in summer as he vies for Alaska.

Posted by Deborah | May 27, 2008 6:05 PM

alyssa, if you're interested in a game-to-game account (written, all by himself, by jim brosnan, the pioneering athlete/diarist, a relief pitcher in the late '50s and early '60s) of frank robinson during an MVP season, check out pennant race, brosnan's account of the reds surprise pennant-winning season of 1961.

i reread it every year during spring training and its wry cynicism still holds up (sadly, now that i've caught your attention, broz doesn't have that much to say about robby, although he's always there doing big things, because he mostly talks about the bullpen)....

Posted by howard | May 27, 2008 6:36 PM

It's likely that President Obama will make a few homecoming trips to Oahu. But, I think the press corps is going to have to accept that their e-tickets are usually going to say ORD, rather than HNL.

Posted by cmholm | May 27, 2008 9:25 PM