Cute mention of JK in The Note

[TayTay]

Roll Call's Nicole Duran Notes that of the "21 Republican and 12 Democratic Senators who will face voters in November of 2008," Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) was "the biggest spendthrift," collecting $1.8 million and ending the quarter with "roughly $300,000 in the bank."

Kerry, by the way, was spotted out on U Street Northwest on Thursday night being cool.

Roll Call's Mary Ann Akers reports that Kerry "stole the show" at the "uber-hip" Tabaq Bistro on Thursday, at a benefit for the Whitman-Walker Clinic. "Kerry made a surprise appearance to support his staffers Heather Zichal and Heather Higginbottom, both of whom are training for the upcoming AIDS marathon and helping to raise money for Whitman-Walker."

"The Senator hung out with the crowd and even played a few songs on a guitar he borrowed from the band hired to play for the event. He played Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Goode' and a few Beatles riffs, our source says."

Cute.

[whometense]

1. Our guy does

get around, doesn't he? :-)

Works hard. Plays hard.

[karynnj]

2. Sounds like he did good and probably had fun

How did the Republicans ever succeed in labelling this fascinating person as boring. Sounds like a good cause too.

[jillan]

3. This story is one of the reasons that I am such a huge Kerry supporter.

The fact that he even goes to these events, and to top it off, to get up there and play guitar. I would love to hear him play those songs.

Now tell me again, who would you rather have a cold one with?

[Island Blue]

4. I love the fact that he's not only supporting a cause,

but also supporting his staffers who are supporting a cause. I'm sure they work hard for him and that he can be a demanding boss (in a good way), so it's nice to see that he respects them enough to be supportive of their interests and endeavors outside of the office.

[karynnj]

5. It was also probably fun for them to see the fun side of their boss

and it does seem they are involved with a nice cause. I can't believe he went to so many things yesterday then showed up at this - it's also cool that he gets to play with the rock band.

[Island Blue]

6. Maybe Tay Tay's JK clone has finally been completed

and there is more than one of him running around. He does seem to be everyone doesn't he?

[TayTay]

7. Well, ahm, yes we did have a test run.

Shhh. It was supposoed to be a secret. And GV gets first dibs on the rollout.