I was going over a list of Senatorial candidates. Of course, it gives me pure joy.

FPJ's KNP party is a who's who of highly qualified candidates. Jinggoy, for one, who is his father's son. Jamby Madrigal, union-busting owner of Jam Transit, among other businesses. There's a Rasul (sino to?) and Enrile, who is about 96 years old. Add to the mix a Bagatsing (Marcos crony?) and Alfredo Lim, who violated many a civil right. Interestingly enough, they add Ernesto Maceda, who is about 103 I think.

Lakas CMD has it's fair share of strange bedfellows, Lito Lapid and Robert Jaworski among them. Tried and tested Orly Mercado is running again, and so is, for God's sake, Ramon Revilla. Jaworski and Revilla probably has about a 190 IQ, combined. Neither one, I believe, has successfully authored and passed a bill. I would say though that, in a drinking game, Lakas CMD would far outlast the other parties, except maybe for John Osmena.

Tatad is leading a bunch of unknowns, at least from where I am seated, under the PMP banner.

There are a couple more interesting names: Miriam is running as an independent. Roxas II is pretty much in the same boat, and deserves a lot more support. Same with ex-Solicitor General Frank Chavez. Jay Sonza, yes, of Mel and Jay, is also in the running, as well as Bong Coo (the bowler, right?) Cristy Ramos-Jalasco, daughter of ex-president Ramos, is running under the Aksyon Demokratiko ticket. I was hoping my favorite movie action star Ronnie Ricketts was going to run too, but, alas, there is only so much room for action stars in the Senate.

You can view Senate bills here by the author. Unfortunately, you only get bill titles and not the actual content, but at least you get a sense of where the Senator stands.