So now I'm at the Brown Palace, Denver's most elegant old hotel, for an event put on by Harvard's Shorenstein Center honoring Tim Russert. The Shorenstein Center is a fantastic institution about which I can't say enough good things. I was a fellow there in 2003 and it rocks. Tim Russert wasn't necessarily my cup of tea but obviously his death was quite untimely.
Anyway, this seems to be the marquee public event of the day. Everybody is here/ I saw Arianna on the way in, and Patricia Duff, and al kinds of folks. Across the table from me is the great Victor Navasky, already working on a glass of white wine with his brunch. Gotta admire that.
You really need an advanced degree in schmoozology at these things. It's tremendous fun for the first two or three days. Then it starts to get a little tiring. The Republicans will suffer from this a little, because by the time McCain gives his big speech, 15,000 journalists will be sick to death of this stuff. But for now it's a blast.
