The Democratic and Republican parties threw a party of their own for the news media who have descended on Des Moines. Several Guardian staffers attended, including yours-truely.
The affair was a family reunion of sorts for political writers. I ran into a former colleague from my days at The Wall Street Journal, and an Arkansas writer I got to know while covering the state house in Little Rock for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
My new friend Clint Hendler of the Columbia Journalism Review wrote a colourful account of the party. He mentions a conversation between two Guardian staffers. Guess which is me.
Happy New Year folks!
