I am somewhat used to bumping into political friends and contacts on flights to and from Sacramento.  Typically, these are folks I see on Southwest Airlines while flying to and from Orange County (mostly) or LA, Burbank, Ontario or San Diego.

Yesterday, flying home from Dulles to Sacramento on United flight 291, the late afternoon daily non-stop, was pretty funny.

Among the luminaries and politicos on the flight were Congressman Tom McClintock (making good on his promise to come home every weekend), former Attorney General Ed Meese, former Assemblyman and Congressional candidate Dean Andal, and political consultants Richard Temple and Ray McNally, who ran Andal's campaign and Doug Ose's unsuccessful campaign against McClintock in the GOP Primary.

I of course, being a pot stirrer by nature, suggested to one of the flight attendants that she reseat Congressman McClintock to a middle seat between Richard and Ray.  She didn't get the joke, but I found it quite funny.

Dean Andal got in the one liner of the night.  My business partner, Frank Schubert, and I were sitting in first class, and the others in coach.  After we had landed and deplaned, Frank and I were chatting with Richard and Ray.  Tom walked by and chatted briefly with me and Frank, only barely acknowledging Richard and Ray.  Then Dean Andal walked up, and added, "Ray, Richard, I noticed Jeff and Frank were in first class, and you were in coach.  I was going to ask about that, and then I remembered that they had a much better election year than you two did!"