Hidden Gems This AM

Hidden Gems This AM

A few neat lines are buried in a mostly too-cutesy story about the Terrace Hill transition:

Many applications have already been received for the Iowa Board of Regents, which oversees the state universities. The terms of Regents Teresa Wahlert, Amir Arbisser and Mary Ellen Becker end in April.

A number of the applicants are from the Iowa City area.

Not, uh, shocking. The damage is done here, to Vilsack and to the University; blatantly obvious that the whole thing is caught up in the politics of health care profits. Hopefully Culver can insulate himself.

But this is just funny:

"It's very daunting," said Bonnie Campbell, the former Iowa attorney general and the transition committee's chairwoman.

Like Bonnie Campbell would know much about being a governor-elect?

Also noted: Drew Miller sets the expectation bar for Vilsack in Iowa at 50%. Do we bloggers get to do that?

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Pack wins ugly. I missed the game. Coincidence? My streak continues.

The only way anything purple from Minnesota will get there: Prince at Super Bowl halftime. Suggested playlist: "Darling Nikki," "Erotic City," "Sexy MF" and a medley of the entire "Dirty Mind" album. Suggested wardrobe: the buttless pants from the 1991 Video Music Awards. And maybe he could play the Purple Rain era ejaculo-guitar too.

Kate Winslet decries super skinny super models and looks waaay good while doing it.