Over the past few days, you can’t go anywhere without hearing about Rick Santorum’s sweater vests. And it seems the GOP candidate has embraced the look: [via the Hill] “I was at a speech two weeks ago and I just happened to wear a sweater-vest that day,” Santorum said of …

Fishbowl’s Top 10 [hooked] Occupy a space heater [dropping] Dan Snyder wins big prize […of the year] Potomac Flacks passes 600,000 [congrats] By dyoshida

The Metro Meltdown [video] Passenger tries to smuggle knives on plane [DCA] TBD’s gift idea for Emily Miller [bullets] Who made the worst boss list on Cap Hill? [drum roll] This FedEx guy won’t have a job for long [video] By Raghuram Annadana

  h/t Lira

From Roll Call’s release: We are sorry to announce that Christina Bellantoni is leaving Roll Call, though we’re proud to tell you where she’s going: Christina will be the new Politics Editor for NewsHour on PBS. It’s difficult to account for the impact Christina has had in just more than …

Mitt: “What’s up gangstas – it’s the m-i-double-tizzle” [happened] Do you have the food truck tracker app yet? [do it] Rep. Frank goes see-through casual on the House floor [raisins]

Sen. McConnell gets Sen. Barasso to high-five him. [chest bump is next] Warning: It’s slightly awkward to watch. h/t Heard on the Hill

“The impromptu Hitchens memorial outside his Kalorama apt bldg.”

Redskins shock Giants [next year’s hope] Bachmann is everywhere [frantic Iowa stops] My feet are strong Joe Rogan [Paul endorsement] Hawaii ain’t cheap [surf’s up] Great news for the Congressional Correspondents Dinner [Louis CK] Louis CK to headline the Congressional Correspondents Dinner? Christmas just came early, folks — Neda Semnani …

Fun things to do this weekend [picks] Cain gets cozy for Christmas video [still here] This seems like a terrible idea [WETA] Shutdown averted? [WTOP] Cartoonists rooting for Newt [illustrate] By Mr. T in DC

Love the neckbeards. Funniest tweet ever? RT @brandonwardell: Justin Bieber is to teen girls what Ron Paul is to neckbeards on the internet — rob delaney (@robdelaney) December 15, 2011  

Ever have one of those mornings? Spill coffee on your tie, get stopped at every red light in DC, then get to work and accidentally fly the American flag upside down. Cheer up federal worker, the government won’t shut down until around Christmas. Spotted this morning at the DC Housing …

Give it up, DC [Donate] 12 days of Christmas dinner [for foodies] Which came first, the picture of the story? [Rick] The most intense Taekwondo fight ever [h/t Becker]

When you have over a dozen in house developers, including software engineers, you’re doing something right. [And smart] Will St. Clair, wearing semi-rimless glasses, a plaid buttoned-down shirt, jeans and Adidas sneakers, can usually be found sitting on an exercise ball in the back of President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, …