13 Two months later, Melanie, the public relations consultant from Gregorson's, held her cell phone aloft for everyone surrounding to see, including Tiffany, her assistant, Leah, and Asa, who had come up to Leah's office to have lunch with her. On the phone a YouTube video played of the junior senator from Maryland, Pat Van Burgen, challenging three other senators from neighboring states to participate in the Loven's Loops Challenge for Diabetes Research. He had his tie tucked into his shirt so it wouldn't potentially get milk on it and a hesitant smile on his face. "Okay, here goes nothing," the Senator said, then took a huge bite of the cereal and kept eating as quickly as possible until the whole bowl was gone. When he was done, he looked up at the camera again and said, "Hey, this st

