This morning, my cubiclemate, Ann Marimow, reported on allegations that Kwame Brown, running for chairman of the D.C. Council, secured an endorsement from Ward 8 council member Marion Barry in return for promising him the chair of the powerful economic development committee -- allegations aired by Brown's opponent, Vincent Orange, and denied by Brown.



Medium-length-story short: It's a low-rent version of the horse-training dust-up that President Barack Obama now finds himself amid.


Whatever. The larger question remains: What happens to Barry under a Chairman Brown or a Chairman Orange?