I'll bet crazy JimRob could get a better seat than Skimmer's perch.
Remember, my fellow alum used to work for the Levin brothers (senator and congressman from Michigan), Joe Bidet, Ron Wyden (senator from Oregon, for whom Elad also apparently worked), and David Bonoir (congressman from Michigan), and Skins's wife, now retired to be a stay-at-home mother, used to be a big wheel staffer for some House Committee, the Democrat side.
Skins has got some clout, but for some reason it doesn't appear enough to get him more than a twenty-minute pass and a better seat. One wonders what's up with that.