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Cruising through the online news flashes I came across this item:

POLITICO Breaking News:
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A politically diverse group of bloggers, commentators, techies and politicos on Wednesday will launch an online campaign, Demand Question Time, urging President Barack Obama and GOP congressional leaders to hold regular, televised conversations like the extraordinary exchange in Baltimore on Friday. Supporters include Grover Norquist, Joe Trippi, Mark McKinnon, Ed Morrissey, Ari Melber, Katrina vanden Heuvel and David Corn.

This sounds like a great idea. The name that pops out at me, though, is the first one on the list: Grover Norquist may sound like a character from a novel but he's real enough. Norquist was a prominent Young Republican in college, a dirty trickster, and a long-time friend and associate of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is currently serving time in federal prison. Without knowing any more, I would say that anything Norquist is involved in is, at the very least, suspect. Why Joe Trippi, a big time Democratic strategist, is involved is a bit of a mystery.

In any case, keep your eyes open for "Demand Question Time." Let's see where it goes.