Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader is returned from a weekend “camping” with the Villainettes. As he mentioned last time, we stayed in cabins - not tents. And we stayed in a campground. But this was unlike any campground at which he’d ever stayed before. This was more like a bougoise-resort at which you “roughed it” without a hotel and spa. There was miniature golf, swimming, waterslides, paddleboats, arts & crafts. Lots of stuff for little ones to do.

Of course, your Maximum Leader spent much time looking after the Wee Villain. The Wee Villain decided to occupy himself by having his father push him in a swing. Every 20 minutes or so, the Wee Villain wanted to stop the swing and move to another swing (to change his view one supposes). All in all, your Maximum Leader must have pushed his villainous progeny in the swing for about 4 hours.

A good time was had by all. In fact, so much fun was had that Mrs Villain has declared that we shall return later in the season.

Anyhoo…

Upon his return to the Villainschloss, your Maximum Leader gave the Smallholder a call. W chatted about this and that. One of the things that came up was the potential George Allen v Mark Warner Presidential Race in 2008. Your Maximum Leader declared that in such a matchup he would vote for George Allen. No surprise there. But in a matchup of Mark Warner v Other Republicans (ie: John McCain, Bill Frist, Mitt Romney, etc) he would vote for Mark Warner. The only other possible Republican whom your Maximum Leader would favour over Mark Warner is Rudy Guliani. And that is sort of tenative support for Rudy. He could probably be swayed over to Mark Warner.

It is interesting that there was a close Allen/Warner join photo-op in the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond this weekend. But it didn’t happen. That would have been a good one.

Of course… All this is speculation now as neither man has declared for President. Allen is looking to have stiffer than expected opposition for his Senate re-election. And Warner is going to have a dickens of a time keeping himself in the public eye now that he is no longer a Governor. But these situations will just give grist to the mill of commentators…

Carry on.