Erin McPike: Busting Out of the Gate: The Announcement Primer Four years ago, the combination of a depressed GOP and a revved-up Democratic Party engrossed in Obamamania made for a number of disappointing presidential launches. Other than former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s mid-February speech at the Henry Ford Museum in …

Marc Ambinder: I Am a Blogger No Longer I will not miss the naval-gazing, though I don’t think I will be able to entirely escape its allure, as I plan to continue to write short posts at National Journal on occasion and will Tweet to my heart’s content. (@marcambinder).  I …

Adam Sharp (@SharpDC) is leaving C-SPAN for Twitter, there was an election, Election Night went wired, John Boehner wants to drink Merlot with Barack Obama, Mike Madden attended the POLITICO party, National Journal relaunched, CQ-Roll Call relaunched, Keith Olbermann broke a few rules, Cam Newton loves cash money, Taylor West …

Where even the escalators can kill you. Liz Farmer: Broken Metro escalators send riders flying Two escalator brake failures in five days sent passengers flying down to the bottom — and landed four in the hospital, putting the spotlight on Metro’s deteriorating escalator performance.

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The best basketball player in the White House Press Corps, Hans Nichols asks all the the tough questions. h/t Matt Dornic

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