From Hotline’s Wake Up Call: •”It felt great to be famous for one day” — Army Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks, on the thrill of standing in for Obama during yesterday’s inaugural dress rehearsal (AP). Here’s hoping Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks now feels FamousDC for two days. UPDATE:  More on Sgt. …

Fishbowl has the blow by blow, which includes a blushing Chuck Todd and a very dapper Jake Tapper. Shout outs to Jake Tapper, Mike Allen, Ken Herman, Ann Compton. … “We have been through a lot together.” … “I see some new faces, which goes to show there’s some turnover …

Rep. Eric Massa, the newest elected member from NY, decided to play Leo DiCaprio for a day and insist he drive a hydrogen fuel cell car from NY to DC before his congressional swearing in.  One problem:  The trip to DC is just under 300 miles and the fuel cell …

AP: Obama renews plea for college football playoffs WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama says he still thinks there needs to be a playoff system for determining the country’s college football champion. … Obama, asked what he thought about Florida’s 24-14 victory Thursday night over Oklahoma in the BCS championship game, …

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so we’ll take the NY Times introducing their own media cabinet [released Wednesday] as a compliment. Our favorite cabinet member: Health and Human Services: Jared (from Subway ads) Although, the tipster who sent us this link assures us that our media …

Until then, she won’t be throwing any lavish parties. [wink, wink]   And even if she did, they certainly wouldn’t be at TenPenh.  [nothing to see here]

If we used Google’s AdSense network, continual posts about the porn industry bailout would be problematic, but we don’t, so we’ll continue to play along with Larry Flynt’s PR stunt. With that said, welcome to the show the #dontgo Revolution, who is requesting you submit your favorite porn industry bailout …

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis, have requested that the porn industry be bailed out. Even though they’re likely one administration too late with their request, we’re wondering if perhaps this will lead to the appointment of a Porn Czar? True story. CNN says so.

After making a living in DC’s fishbowl for the past three years, our good friend Patrick Gavin is moving on.  His next stop: You guessed it, Politico.  And even though some folks joke that Gavin is already on the Politico payroll, we can’t think of anybody better to tackle DC’s …

In order to help our nation’s leaders avoid critical fashion faux pas, DressRegistry.com recently sent letters to U.S. Senators urging them to register evening gowns they planned on wearing to upcoming inaugural balls. We hear Sen. Byrd is going to turn back the clock and wear a vintage white gown, …

Really?  What will they complain about next?

According to sources, Al Franken ended up winning his Minnesota senate seat by 11 votes – One shy of the total number of diapers in the bag next to him.

Warning:  We watched this video and it scared the crap out of us, so there’s no doubt the children flanking Speaker Pelosi are going to need therapy for years to come.

You’ve been warned:  We’re going on Holiday, too. But, for any loyal FDC readers who want keys to the house while we’re gone, email us at [email protected].  We’ll even leave the eggnog in the crock pot, although that might be a terrible idea. Although we are going to pull back …

Here’s an exclusive look at the Obama Transition Team’s Holiday card at Santa’s expense.