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He’s Like a Kid Out There
Jonathan Allen: Lawmakers squirrel away cash RELATED: The Brett Favre of Political Reporting
Newt Gingrich Just Lost Staff Line Privileges in Longworth Cafeteria
Newt Gingrich: Capitol Hill staffers ‘have never had a real job’ “Of course it’s the nature of the modern Congress, which hires lots of nice young staffers who have never had a real job, who spent their entire life being arrogant to visitors from back home, who end up thinking …
Melanie Sloan’s Shipment
Whoa! The Hill is Home: FedEx Delivers Illegal Narcotics to Hill Home
Dashiell Bennett: Today is the 30th Anniversary of America’s Loss of Perspective
USA! USA! USA! Deadspin’s Dashiell Bennett: Boorish Americans Win The Weekend In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like obnoxious United Statesians who are now free to gloat over their nation’s Olympic triumphs as exultant underdogs instead of domineering bullies. Suck it, Earth!
The Brett Favre of Political Reporting
Pump fake from Jonathan Allen. Politico’s John Harris: Why POLITICO let Jonathan Allen come back If the past is prologue, this means 2010 will be his best year ever. No word yet on how the conversations between his agent and Dan Snyder broke down. Welcome back Jonathan and please keep …
Press Secretary Milbank
We thought he would be a strong VP candidate, but it looks like Mr. Milbank would be better suited for another WH gig. WaPo’s Dana Milbank: Why Obama Needs Rahm At the Top RELATED: FamousDC nominates Dana Milbank for Vice President
Famous Friday [Round Up]
CPAC hit DC and Betty White made their straw poll, the baddest mofo of them all, John Stanton, celebrated a birthday, Ben Smith’s comment section got hijacked, curling still blows our mind, CBS Unplugged celebrated its one year anniversary, so did the stimulus, congratulations to Geoff Embler on the new …
The Tiger Woods Guide To Post-Scandal Press Conferences [Dashiell Bennett]
Deadspin: The Tiger Woods Guide To Post-Scandal Press Conferences A quick study of the historic record also provides several different strategies for approaching this important Hail Mary of public relations. Which option will Tiger choose? President Bill Clinton Strategy: Defiant lies Basketball Guy Kobe Bryant Strategy: Hold on to your …
Hyper Hill
CQ – Roll Call vs. Bloomberg [heating up] Personal Finance [Olympics] No So Golden [Arches] Washington [iced] Blizzard [baking] Virtual [grief]