Midday open thread

After a short pit stop at home, I'm heading back out on a nearly two-week book-related trip. We're hitting NYC, DC, IL, WI, CO, and CA. And maybe a quick trip into MO.

While the trip is mostly booked solid, we have a glaring hole we need filled, and maybe some of you can help -- we want to talk to some advertising execs while in NYC that can critique political advertising for us -- tell us both the good and the bad. Preferably someone who has been around for a while and has some measure of authority in the industry.

If you are such a person, or know such a person, and would be able to arrange something for this Wednesday in NYC, then please drop me a line.

You can use this as the midday open thread.