Poppy knew what was coming down the pike today....

[Skidmore]

Baker is his fixer. You betcha Baker clued Poppy in on the contents of that report on a regular basis. Poppy had to have known that this was coming and it was going to be harsh.

Care to bet?

[hlthe2b]

1. Poppy never adopted the "tough love" that the little shrub

so badly needed. So we all get to suffer through Baker's attempts to initiate--some 60 years too late.

[Little Wing]

2. Poppy has a tendency to jump in a control the final two years of blown

presidencies.

[madokie]

3. he knew it so well he had a cry yesterday

nerves will do much to explain the situation

[Virginia Dare]

4. He's trying to fix the unfixable this time...

perhaps that is what is behind the breakdown. That, and poor health, he looks bad.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Where's Barbara in all this? n/t

[demnan]

7. Probably just whipping something up in a cauldron somewhere

n/t

[Cyrano]

9. Babs is touring a homeless shelter and saying how good all those people have it.

[ClassWarrior]

6. Poppy didn't even know how many olives were in the bottom...

...of his glass. He was smashed. Snockered. Blasted. The heartless scum.

NGU.

[LSparkle]

8. Randi's mentioning that right now

There DEFINITELY is a correlation between these two events ...