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Change of scenery

"It's gotten boring around here."

Or so Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter James Carville tells Inside the Beltway is one reason he's happy to be moving to New Orleans this summer with his family, including wife Mary Matalin.

Kennedy fan

"I like RFK better."

That was the immediate reaction from Washington print and broadcast journalist Morton Kondracke when we bumped into him in the sprawling concourse of the newly opened Nationals Park during Saturday evening's exhibition baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles.

Otherwise, Mr. Kondracke, who battled alcoholism during the 1980s, made it clear he had visited an untold number of beverage vendors in the sparkling new stadium — trust us, there are many dozens — and yet none served nonalcoholic beer.

"You can print this: 'Mr. Lerner, where is the nonalcoholic beer?' " asked Mr. Kondracke, addressing his question to Ted Lerner, whose group of Washington-area businessmen owns the Nationals.

Otherwise, we'll let the journalist explain his nostalgia for aging Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium when he and Fred Barnes bring viewers their next installment of "The Beltway Boys" program on the Fox News Channel.

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