While I'm on a summer vacation roll...

[Alyssa] Former National Journal White House Correspondent, Reader's Digest Washington Bureau chief, and brand-new blogger Carl Cannon argues that the reporters who follow around the next president are going to get to spend some time in pretty sweet vacation spots. As much as Ellen may joke about getting hitched on the Crawford ranch, I can't imagine it's best place to spend time if you're a beach rather than a brush type. All kidding aside, Carl knows just an insane amount about the presidency and what it's like to cover it, so it's great that he'll be sharing some of that experience daily and out from behind a pay wall. Plus, he is a really, really funny guy, and serious baseball nut, so hopefully once he's settled in, we can hear stories about hanging out with Frank Robinson, too.

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