Live Q&As;

Look. On this reasonable people agree: Mayonnaise is absolutely disgusting.

Does he have any songs other than "Cat Scratch FEver"?  And, um, no.

I have promised myself I will, at least, finish out Season 1. (I only made it through three episodes.)

But, it is going to be tough. I find the show hard to watch.

I have no idea what this tweet means but presume you have to have watched more than 3 episodes in the first season to understand it.

I get this question in every chat.

Same answer as always: I am drawn to politics for the personalities, the history, the statistics and the pageantry. I am not and never have been ideological.

People find that hard to believe. I get that.But it's the truth.

Almost certainly not.

Bonus points for quoting Edwin Edwards just as he floats the possibility of running AGAIN for office in Louisiana.

Check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/20/edwin-edwardss-greatest-hits-crooks-super-pacs-and-viagra/

Golly.

Look, in the piece I note Ovechkin is being unfairly blamed for Russia's loss.  But, he was THE face of the Winter Olympics AND his coach threw him under the bus after they lost.

That's a tough week.

I think it would be Eric Cantor against Paul Ryan and would give a slight edge to Ryan just because of his national profile and credibility among conservatives in the Congress.

Oh, I am WELL aware. CANNOT wait.

I say true. Heck , I wrote a piece about it here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/14/ted-cruz-isnt-planning-to-be-in-the-senate-for-very-long/

All fair points.

But I think Walker is a star among national conservatives, is a favorite to win three election in a D leaning state in 4 years and appens to be a midwesterner in a party that's first nominating contest is in the midwest...

How handsome are you?

Unmentioned but most likely not to make it back: Thad Cochran in Mississippi.

After Thad, I would say Roberts, McConnell, Cornyn and Lamar(!).

But I don't think any of them lose -- with the exception possibly of Cochran and maybe Roberts.

Not a whole lot of there there -- in terms of NEW information -- from all of the documents released this week. Certainly no smoking gun.

I'd try to the the former for the next year or so and if it doesn't work, I'd do the latter. Remember he is only in his early 40s.

I wrote  a piece this week about how Rubio is trying to earn back his conservative credentials: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/19/marco-rubio-wants-you-to-know-hes-a-conservative-badly/

"If I can change, you can change and we all can change." 

Words to live by.

Waiting to see what Clinton does because he knows he isn't running if she is. Cuomo, unlike, say, Martin O'Malley can afford to wait a bit.

This is absolutely amazing.

It hurts. It hurts real bad.

As I tweeted last night, here's Rust Cohle on the Georgetown season: "You're trapped, like a nightmare you keep waking up to"

I have started seeing the 2016 race as Rand/Crux battling for one slot in the finals and everyone else fighting for the other one.

At the moment, I see it as Walker vs Rand for the nomination. But, as many people who read me will tell you, what the hell do I know?

If Land wins, then Democrats have lost the Senate.

That race seems to me to be a good test of the national environment. Michigan is a state where the Democratic nominee should win in a neutral to slightly negative environment. The only way a D nominee loses is if the environment is really bad for their side -- ala Spence Abraham's victory in 1994, the last time a Republican won a Senate seat in Michigan.

Look at the 2022 election.

Assuming Greg Abbott wins this fall and gets reelected in 2018 -- which is the likeliest scenario given Texas' GOP lean -- then the governor's seat will be open in 2022 and the demographics of the state may have moved enough by the to make it possible for a Democrat to win.

So, George P. could face off against, say, one of the Castro brothers.

Now that you mention it, Chris Dodd does look like a slightly older version of Charlie Sheen. Both have outstanding hair.

Read my mind.

I think Tim Kaine is absolutely in the mix for VP no matter who is the nominee.

Some of the other names might depend on who Republicans pick. If Rubio is the GOP nominee, for example, there might be some desire for Democrats to put a prominment Hispanic on their ticket too.

I think Scott is more likely to lose. But Charlie Crist's campaign to date in Florida has been bumbling to say the least.

I heard about the clown shortage. Huge news.  More time for Fizzbo.

You mean from the Russian coach? No, I don't think he mentioned it.

Never have voted except for my guy James Fogarty (he was an undergrad with me at Gtown) in a local G'town election. (We were trying to get a student voice on the Gtown community group.)

Robin Wright knows as much about politics as I know about acting.

Not a good one. Tough loss.

I have been at this for a while so some of it is just feel. I also have some folks who work for me now so we spend some of the morning on who should be writing what.

It's more feel than anything else.

Going to Iowa!

I tend to think Brown would rather run for president than run for the Senate. But, he is is trying to figure out whether that's doable. What he knows; If he runs against Jeanne Shaheen this fall and loses, his presidential hopes go bye bye.

Braley for sure. Although from what I hear from Republican in Iowa, Mark Jacobs is starting to emerge as the frontrunner in that field.

Quietly.

I still think it's Sink's to lose, which has been the case since the start of the race.

Outside GOP groups are spending heavily and it's likely to tighten. Not sure if Jolly can get over the top though.

Oh, Jimmy. Not close.

Mrs. Fix would leave me for Fallon as fast as you can say "awesome Neil Young impersonation"

Haven't opened the official Fix Bday gifts yet. Going to tonight.

And, weirdly, I didn't hear from Rihanna. She must have left a message and I missed it.

1. Edwards past

2. My shirts

3. Norwegian pants

Just one: I love politics.

I do not.

He is is FAR stronger position than I thought he would be two years ago. It's Ohio so it's always going to be a competitive contest but seems to me he is a favorite right now.

Far from it.

The Internet loves the "shame on you" move. Aside from being outraged, it's the #1 seed of Internet emotion.

Thank you.

I just dry heaved a little. Thanks.

I think, usually, right at the top still! That's the plan.

And thrilled for Andrea to move to the noon hour.

I don't. But maybe someone who reads this chat might...

1. Great last name in D politics

2. Proven ability to raise tens of millions of dollars

3. Record as gov of NY that will appeal to liberals

That's a pretty nice jumping off point.

Clint Didier? 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/02/20/former-redskins-tight-end-clint-didier-running-for-congress/

It's still too painful a period of time in my life to talk about.

This interview is over.

That's President Cruz to you.

Unlikely. Impeachment was a story that captured everyone's attention and on which Republicans badly overplayed their hand.

There doesn;'t seem to be to be a BIG issue like that looming for Republicans. And, how they handled the debt ceiling suggests to me they are aware of the danger of getting in their own way.

More than $4 million from outside groups alone as of ealier this week. More to come..

I am more like that guy Chris Kattan. 

Writing on this for the Fix today! Fascinating to game out what it might look like.

ZING

The real winners of the Olympics were Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski.

On the numbers I have seen? Kentucky.

I think it appeals to all of our desires to get stuff done -- and to see Washington work efficiently (if ruthlessly).

But, seriously, how can ANYONE deal withj the Spacey directly to the camera monologues? So brutal.

YES YES YES!