Hodes gets the Axe - But Still Lacks a Plan

I was amused to see that Rep. Hodes recently had the opportunity to entertain his fellow Democrats at their retreat in Williamsburg (another imporant weekday event that forced the majority party to ignore its promise to work a full 5 day week) along with fellow freshman Rep. John Hall. Given the recent back and forth in the Concord Monitor regarding Mr. Hodes lack of a plan for Iraq, I guess he's decided to take Bruce Currie's advice and simply duck the issue. I guess it's still just easier to blame someone else.

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From The Hill
Hodes gets the Axe


Democratic staffers surprised Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) and his wife, Peggo, last Friday night at the Democratic issues retreat in Williamsburg, Va., when they presented him with his 1948 Gibson SJ acoustic guitar, which Hodes thought was back in his Capitol office.
The Hodeses met when Paul responded to a help-wanted ad to join a folk rock band that Peggo started.

A House Democratic Caucus staffer secretly lugged Hodes’s guitar, which he nicknamed “Axe,” to the retreat. Axe came in handy Friday when Hodes and New York Democratic Reps. John Hall and Joseph Crowley sang Hall’s signature song, “Still the One.”
Hodes and his wife sang “Call Me the Breeze” by J.J. Kale and “Roseville Fair” by Bill Staines, which was popularized by Nancy Griffith.