I noticed that one of the anonymous purple press people (between Mark and Happy) has shed its cocoon and is waking  up at a most volatile moment. Hope he has his camera running.

At first I was going to comment on the unlikelihood of a US senator actually reacting this way, but we live in the Reality TV World of the 21^st century. The senator’s description of Mark’s questioning may be on target, but his reactions are farfetched. Even for a senator.

Of course, Mark has his “The World Depends on Me!” ego in high gear: “Our environment depends on answering my questions!” Well, I think these two people deserve each other.  What I don’t get is why Jules Rivera has Mark act like a street activist, rather than a journalist.

And it seems premature for Mark to be going into Accusation Mode before anybody has heard what the speakers are going to say and before any actual investigation is underway. It’s almost as if Rivera wants to get this story finished as soon as possible, so it’s like she’s skipping half of the chapters.