In the Right

So last night, I was reading "Game Change," the delicious new book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, and on page 129 I ran across this passage:

"The Regency Hotel on Park Avenue in Manhattan was the preeminent clubhouse outside Washington for Democratic politicians and those who loved -- and funded -- them. Its restaurant, 540 Park, served the city's most storied power breakfast, and its bar, The Library, was a prime site of lubrication and transaction between supplicants and benefactors. The Regency was [John] Edwards's hotel of choice when he was staying in New York."

I thought: "The Regency, The Regency ... Where have I read about that hotel recently?"

It took me a few moments, but then I realized where I'd read about The Regency -- it was prominently featured in Tuesday's New York Times interview with Harold Ford, previewing a potential Ford candidacy for the U.S. Senate.

Asked whether he had become a fan of either the Giants or the Jets, Ford had responded, "I had breakfast about every morning when I am in town, or I should say, several mornings, at the Regency. I see my friends the Tisches. Steve Tisch is my close personal friend ..."

So The Regency isn't just the place where John Edwards first met Rielle Hunter, it's the place where Harold Ford breakfasts with Giants co-owner/"Risky Business" producer Steve Tisch. Sounds like the Heilemann/Halperin description of it as the "preeminent clubhouse outside Washington for Democratic politicians and those who loved -- and funded -- them" might actually be understated.

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