Obama Pushes Full Employment for Certain Democrats: Ann Woolner
June 08, 2010, 9:16 PM EDT
Commentary by Ann Woolner
June 9 (Bloomberg) — A judge in New Orleans invites to lunch Davis McAlary, a cheerfully wacky musician in the HBO series “Treme.” McAlary is running for city council, mostly to help sell his CDs.
Over lunch, the judge tells McAlary he is polling at 4 percent, to the musician’s delight. However meager, McAlary’s support might force the judge’s favored candidate into a runoff with the other serious candidate, the judge says.