Asked by Wolf Blitzer how he would grade the White House press corps, Gibbs says he’d give them a "strong A." Strong work, Wolf.  That’s like asking Kermit the Frog what he thinks of Jim Henson.

Get it while it lasts.  [JCPenney] h/t HA

h/t Last Call "He might not be a member of the Blue Dog Coalition anymore, but I think that men and women of both political parties can agree that he is still a dog" — NRCC’s Ken Spain , on Tim Mahoney [zinger]

Yes, even pirates need lobbyists in Washington, D.C.  [booty] A region of Somalia that is home to many of the pirates who have made national news terrorizing area waters is seeking help from K Street to calm the troubled seas. Do their business cards have an eye-patch on them? Are …

Can someone please explain to us why there is a Facebook group for laughing? What about breathing.  Seems like we should have a group for that too. And sleeping.  And dieting.  And what about a group for people who can’t stop creating groups? UPDATE: Shockingly, a Facebook group for sleeping …

And we thought Rahm Emanuel was the only person that took time to read our blog.  [expressed] Famous thank you to Clinton Yates

Meghan McCain recently said that "we" need to take back Twitter from the creepy people—like Karl Rove, "America’s Toughest Sheriff," and the other undesirables who now follow her every Tweet.  [who will be next?] BTW: Is it us, or is her writing so bad, it makes Paulie Shore look like …

From Wake Up Call: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd recently visited Twitter’s HQ in San Francisco to find out if the "inventors of Twitter were as annoying as their invention."  [indeed]

Citronelle to leave DC [Tyson’s corner, really?] Girl of Words [hams it up]

Facebook Status Abuse : Jenny: holy crap my roommate just found a dimebag in her rental car! Jenny, quickly go get your roommate some sour cream and onion chips, some beef jerky and a jar of peanut butter. Get some Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot and make sure …

Susan Boyle’s singing audition has now been watched by 100 million fans worldwide on Youtube.  That number dwarfs the 18.5million who checked out Obama’s inauguration video.  [Obama who?] And now this: Rosie O’Donnell praises Boyle by calling her Shrek: "That moment is what every artist tries to capture," O’Donnell tells …

[oh. boy.] Something about Gavin Newsom’s video announcing his candidacy for CA Gov doesn’t sit right with us. Perhaps it’s the creepy his Will Arnett-ness . Gob for Gov!

President Obama appears sans shirt on the cover of the May issue of The Washingtonian magazine. The magazine’s rationale for using the picture? “Our New Neighbor is Hot.” [beefcake] We’re sort of pissed the Washingtonian mag wasn’t around during the days of William Howard Taft .