FROM "CONGRESS ON YOUR CORNER" TO CORNERING CONGRESS Why can't members of Congress play ball with each other -- like the Congressional women's softball team?
Downstairs was the "man cave," as the home improvement shows say, more acreage but this time accessorized with pinball machines, a Skee-Ball setup, an Atlantic City-style card table, a pool table, a black velvet bean bag the size of a Manhattan studio apartment, a suite of leather furniture in front of a giant flat screen TV, and a gym as big as the one on your corner.
Unlike town hall-style meetings, which tend to center around a single topic, "Congress on Your Corner" is one part constituent services, two parts kaffeeklatsch.
The authorities said Sunday that a search of a safe at his home turned up evidence that he attended one of these "Congress on Your Corner" events in 2007 in the Foothills Malls in Tucson.
A Democrat in her third term, Ms. Giffords had expressed interest in running for the Senate before a gunman opened fire at one of her signature "Congress on Your Corner" events here.
Ms. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat seen as a rising star in the party, was holding one of her regular "Congress On Your Corner" meet-and-greet events outside a Tucson supermarket in January 2011 when she was shot in the head at close range.
Also found in the safe at Mr. Loughner's home was a letter from Ms. Giffords thanking him for attending a 2007 "Congress on Your Corner" event, like the one she was holding Saturday morning when she was shot.
After Bob is elected, he will buy a used book mobile and take his office to the streets of his district one day a week - Bob Idea #2: "Council on Your Corner!" He also promises to hold a town hall meeting in each neighborhood in the district at least once a year.
She's been overwhelmed with emotions as she's talked to friends who would have normally attended Giffords "Congress on your Corner" event, and was stricken to learn that one of the victims was her son's childhood friend.
D) Congresswoman holding a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a local supermarket is greeted by demonstrators, one of whom has a pistol holstered under his armpit which falls and bounces to the floor.
"CONGRESS on Your Corner" has turned into "Your Congressperson Cornered".
