The thing about the Republicons is, they think big. No wonder they hated the Clinton administration. I mean, why rent a night in the Lincoln bedroom when you can buy the entire Congress?

That is one reason that GOP activists have been pressuring interest groups to hire Republicans for upper-echelon lobbying positions. The K Street Project, spearheaded by Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, has been widely criticized by Democrats for strong-arming interest groups into filling vacancies with GOP stalwarts.

I saw Grover just the other day coming out of that great new Vietnamese place in Georgetown. He was singing to himself and I happened to overhear as I walked behind:

Sunny day
Sweepin? the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get
Every job there is on K Street

It?s a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To happy people like you

I had no idea he had such a beautiful singing voice, and as I followed, he switched to one of my favorites:

When green is all there is to grab
It could make you wonder why,
But why wonder, why wonder?
I love green and it’ll do fine,
It’s beautiful!
And I think it’s what I want to be

I may not have mentioned it, but this Cute N’Cuddly administration has another major Sesame Street fan. A friend whose cousin’s roommate is a chambermaid in the White House told me she’s heard Condi singing to the President as she gives him his nightly bath (and this is one of those cases where the stories about Condi are true - like Grover, she has a beautiful voice, too). He’s got a favorite little ditty that goes like this:

Rubber Duckie, you’re the one
You make bathtime lots of fun
Rubber Duckie
I’m awfully fond of you

This is the really cute thing: apparently the preznit loves to shout out the “Woh woh bee doh!” part. And Condi always lets him.