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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, June the 24th, 2011, 2011.

My name is David Plotz. I am the editor of Slate Magazine. I'm here in Washington, D.C., with Slate's chief political correspondent John Dickerson.

And joining us from New Haven, as ever is Slate's senior political correspondent John Dickerson and joining us from New Haven, as ever,

is Slate's senior editor, Emily Bazelon.

We spent a lot of time with each other earlier this week, so we're kind of sick for each other.

I'm not sick of you.

The Slate annual retreat.

Emily has just been complaining about how John beat her in tennis again, again and again and again.

No, only one again. Don't exaggerate.

Feelings of resentment towards John.

No, I am not.

You're causing all this trouble.

He's trying to sew discord and reap sorrow or something.

Anyway, we're going to talk this week.

That's how you would feel.

We're going to talk this week.

I didn't play you guys in anything competitive as far as I know.

No, but that's how I feel like you lost.

Although Andy Bouvet, our producer here, Bouvet beat me and Bils me in soccer, so that was slightly disheartening.

But there's no resentment there, Andy, don't mess with the show. We're going to talk today

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