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Cool article about the bike caucus in the Senate
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_140/Senators-Find-Fellowship-and-Relief-From-Politics-on-the-Bike-Trail-214770-1.html?pos=hlnSenators Find Fellowship and Relief From Politics on the Bike Trail
Beltway chatterers say Sen. Rob Portman is too boring to help presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney win the White House, but there’s one kind of trail on which the Ohio Republican defies conventional wisdom.
“Well, he’s not boring on a bike,” quipped Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), one of the Senate’s most avid bicyclists.
Kerry practically serves as the chamber’s ambassador of cycling, arranging long rides from his Georgetown home past Mount Vernon and back at otherwise tense moments.
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“We’re planning it. ... We’re going out soon, we hope. It’s time to go,” Kerry said when asked when the group would ride next. “It’s a way to get away from the Senate and have a normal relationship and have fun.”
Many of the bike caucus Members express reverence for their colleagues’ cycling skills, even if they diverge in politics. Several aides, who asked for anonymity so they might speak more freely on the matter, conceded they usually decline to ride along because their bosses are pretty good for old guys.
And even if the rides have become more infrequent, observers say the ritual hearkens back to a time when lawmakers went home less frequently and spent more time in Washington, D.C., befriending colleagues with whom they sparred during the day.
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Beltway chatterers say Sen. Rob Portman is too boring to help presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney win the White House, but there’s one kind of trail on which the Ohio Republican defies conventional wisdom.
“Well, he’s not boring on a bike,” quipped Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), one of the Senate’s most avid bicyclists.
Kerry practically serves as the chamber’s ambassador of cycling, arranging long rides from his Georgetown home past Mount Vernon and back at otherwise tense moments.
...
“We’re planning it. ... We’re going out soon, we hope. It’s time to go,” Kerry said when asked when the group would ride next. “It’s a way to get away from the Senate and have a normal relationship and have fun.”
Many of the bike caucus Members express reverence for their colleagues’ cycling skills, even if they diverge in politics. Several aides, who asked for anonymity so they might speak more freely on the matter, conceded they usually decline to ride along because their bosses are pretty good for old guys.
And even if the rides have become more infrequent, observers say the ritual hearkens back to a time when lawmakers went home less frequently and spent more time in Washington, D.C., befriending colleagues with whom they sparred during the day.
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Too bad they perpetuate crap on Brown (see karyn's article for background)http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1109&pid=694.
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