Matt, I thought your piece in today's NYT Mag ("An Out-of-Office Message for Republican Candidates") was right on the mark. Your usual insights. Perhaps Thune or Daniels, perhaps others who are quietly thinking that sooner or later people are going to want to see a serious candidate who has heft and actual experience in dealing with trading off between various "goods." I also enjoyed "when the vast Alaska frontier became too confining for her ambition" as well as staying in office "not nearly long enough to have left any traceable residue of government." Made me think of that master of irony, Edward Gibbon, and Decline and Fall, what with that modest and quiet devastation. Thanks for all.