We know you press secretaries out there have a lot to deal with. Angry reporters. Policy staffers who think they’re communicators. Aggressive colleagues. Passive aggressive committee staffers. Tickle fights. It’s a rough life. And if you stick around long enough, chances are your boss will be caught in a sex …

This morning’s USA Today ran a piece about anti-establishment candidates, specifically, Sen. Arlen Specter, who lost last night in his PA primary. A growing wave of discontent with government crashed down on “establishment” candidates running in primaries Tuesday as voters turned five-term Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter out of office … …

We’re all for keeping it real, but this is just f*cking depressing. Al, it was a commencement address, not a funeral.  We can only imagine how many students are now heavily medicated after listening to you ramble on and on about the world coming to an end.

Last night Paul Begala took a stab at explaining the rational behind Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s false record as a Vietnam War veteran. “Voters are going to have to sort through whether this is some sort of fundamental character flaw, right– which I think many might think– or whether …

If you’re a foodie and enjoy unscripted fun, you’ll love this: International Food Celebs Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert hit the Warner Theatre Stage for ONE NIGHT of behind the scenes stories, kitchen tips, and a fair amount of smart-ass-ery. TOMMY McFLY will try to keep it all together for …

The U.S. government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been wrong about its hurricane forecasts three out of the last four years, and 7 out of the last 11 years. The National Center for Public Policy Research believes there may be a better way, so they commissioned a forecast by …

We would’ve held out for $45,000. Bristol Palin has signed with a speakers bureau for a tidy sum of between $15,000 and $30,000 per speech, RadarOnline reports. In comparison, Levi rakes in $45 a speech.

From the “Department of Let It Go”: Ex-Obama pastor: ‘Obama threw me under the bus’ Gin and Toxic? The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is “toxic” to the Obama administration and that the president “threw me …

It’s good to be Bo. Bo is the Sixteen Hundred Dollar Dog, according to Barack Obama’s newly released financial disclosure form for 2009. In the White House’s reckoning, that’s the market value of the dog the Obama family received as a gift from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy and his …

We’ve spent hours writing posts about this type of behavior and to be quite frank, it’s growing old. [good riddance] Indiana Rep. Mark Souder (R) will resign his congressional seat after an affair with a staffer came to light, he said in a statement this morning. “It is with great …

Lesson of the Day: When telling a story about your service in Vietnam, it usually helps if you actually served in Vietnam. [minor details]

This is what happens after you drink 13 cups of coffee and attempt to shoot a campaign ad. We love how this guy mentions Facebook while he holds up his rifle. “Who on earth would support such a dummy?” Brilliant. h/t HA

AC and hot air included: [bargain] “If you’re thinking of buying Rush Limbaugh’s Fifth Avenue penthouse — he is making good on his promise to leave high-tax New York — he’s dropped the price from $13.95 million to $12.95 million.” – Howard Kurtz Who’s got $13 million lying around?

The GOP New Media Challenge is heating up and so is the language on the House Floor. Congresswoman [Lynn] Jenkins speaks in favor of a motion that would dismiss government employees who look at, download, or spread pornography on government computers. Matter of fact, some of the Congresswoman’s constituents have …

If you don’t have a job, but looking to spend a little coin, this is a great way to do it. “I need a freakin’ job.” That’s the message President Obama saw as he arrived in Buffalo, N.Y., this afternoon for an event talking up the administration’s success in creating …