Sunday, February 01, 2009

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

The Latin is usually translated "who watches the watchers?" or "who guards the guards?" (see wikipedia for fuller explication).

In this case I use it to mean who's keeping track of who is watching the Super Bowl with the president and vice president. Mike Allen has the answer in his Politico Playbook Daily Update (Pennsylvania officials are in bold):

THE PRESIDENT'S GUEST LIST, from the White House: 'The following is a list of elected officials who will be guests at the President's Super Bowl party. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Congressman Artur Davis (D-AL), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA), Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA), Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ), Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Congressman Paul Hodes (D-NH), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI).'

THE V.P.'s GUEST LIST, from the White House: 'The Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden will host members of the House and Senate, along with their families, at the Naval Observatory to watch the Super Bowl. The following elected officials will be guests ... Sen. Max Baucus, Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Robert Brady, Rep. Jim Clyburn, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Rep. John Larson.'

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