The worst that could happen
Our friend Tom Bevan of RealClearPolitics writes to give us a heads-upt:
Time Mag is reporting that FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley is going to run against [Republican] John Kline in [Minnesota's] 2nd district. Look for the article, apparently she says, 'What’s the worst that could happen...I lose and get humiliated.'"Fans of Jimmy Webb (or the Brooklyn Bridge or the Fifth Dimension) know that Rowley didn't answer the question -- "What's the worst that could happen?" -- correctly, but I understand her thinking.
Time's story appears not to be available online. The AP reported Rowley's interest last Monday in "Ex-FBI whistleblower mulls Congress bid."
UPDATE: Andy Bleiberg writes an important message for Jimmy Webb scholars:
Neat trivia about some Jimmy Webb tunes. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "MacArthur Park" and "The Worst That Could Happen," all written by Webb, of course, and all three about the same relationship! The woman was named Susan, and yes, she broke up with Webb and married another man, as per TWTCH. Keep up the great work!Has anyone ever observed that "royalties are the best revenge"?
UPDATE 2: Webb scholar Lochner writes:
Also –"Where’s the Playground Susie?" (sung by Glen Campbell) was a Jimmy Webb tune about that same Susan.Folks, it's the passion for completeness that separates the scholars from the dilettantes.
