Shipp On "Romeo" Richardson

He's the Dean of political reporting. The grandaddy of Georgia punditry. The scourge of the practicers of pruriency, placation and power peddling. Lately, however, Bill Shipp seems more the lion in winter - sleepily lolling about, only occasionally issuing forth a low growl of relevancy.

But even old cats still have claws - aged weapons which on a moment's notice can still slip their sheaths to maul the unwary.

See what the gift of defeat would give Glenn: a golden key to the governor's office. No more dull old Sonny Perdue. The curtain would rise on Fun Time with Romeo in the Gold Dome. The ghost of Huey Long would wander the halls. Glenn's guys would bring on the dancing girls and get a bigger shredder for the ethics complaints.

Winter may be setting in but it appears there's time for one more hunt.