He has at least two pairs of Justins and one pair of Tony's-- and a pair of ostrich boots. 9For the record, my favorite cowboy boots are Lucchese and Dan Post. I can wear them all day, even in Manhattan and they are more comfortable than any pair of running shoes.)

After Estrich finally succeeded in guiding Clinton upstairs, I went to the bar. Matt Stoller (whom I think is just the best at understanding politics and the internet)was engaged in a discussion with some folks from the Sierra Club and MoveOn while Jerome Armstrong of My DD (who I think, along with Markos of Daily Kos, is the most astute about political campaigns) was hanging with Jane and Linda.

I ended up in the room adjacent to the bar, talking to Shep Smith from Fox News and some Fox cameramen and engineers, some AP production people and a terrific AP photographer, Boomer, who coincidentally took this picture of me a few years ago.

When I went back into the bar, I ran into Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News, one of my all-time favorite reporters. After giving her a big hug, I realized she was in the midst of a conversation. Looking closer, I recognized she was talking to Gen. Wesley Clark. After my initial embarrassment at having interrupted their conversation, I introduced myself to him and he was absolutely charming.

My next encounter was with a gentleman who said he was here for the Republicans -- he once ran against Dick Durbin for Congress and was a lawyer for the House or Senate Judiciary Committee during Reagan. He said he responsible for much of the anti-crime legislation. I told him what I do at my day job and asked him if his "accomplishments" included mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes. He said no, he was "security and terrorism, the forerunner to the Patriot Act." I told him we would have little in common and asked him which Republican he was here to support. After hemming and hawing a bit, it turned out to be "anyone but Huckabee." Which meant, he said, either Rudy, Romney or....Obama!

At that point, I called it a night.