The Recently Married Ben Pershing: Hoyer Testifies on ‘Stolen Vote’ In an apparently unprecedented session, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) testified this afternoon before the special committee that was set up to investigate whether Democrats “stole” a controversial House vote last August. As A&E’s First 48 tells us: For …

Dear Cabbies, If you’d like to make a few bucks Saturday night – as opposed to driving around, smoking cigarettes, listening to Phil Collins and wondering why nobody needs a ride from Cap Lounge, then take note: Taste of the South, the event in which sobriety is no where to …

Politico’s John Bresnahan used his Monday column to take a few shots at Human Events and Jeb Babbin: The really, really excellent “journalists” at Human Events have just found out that Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will testify tomorrow before the select committee investigating last August’s “stolen vote” on the …

Ben Smith: How to end a presidential campaign There are 50 ways to leave your lover, 13 ways of looking at a blackbird, and at least six ways to drop out of a presidential race. With Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign running on empty with little hope of victory, the New …

Jackie Kucinich: House GOP Looks for Rebound Week Republicans hope their fortunes will change on Tuesday, when voters in Mississippi go to the polls in a runoff special election to replace Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who moved to the Senate earlier this year. A Democratic candidate nearly won the seat …

Mike Allen’s Playbook on Saturday tells us JoMa took a book to a bachelor party this past weekend: This is piece adapted from Harwood & Seib’s juicy new book, “Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power.” … It’s SO GOOD that bachelor-party-attending Jonathan Martin stole our copy and won’t give it …

Jim VandeHei, aka Ralph Lauren, the editor at Politico, sent out an internal memo Friday [obtained by FishbowlDC] … and stated that chest hair and “gangly toe nails” are no longer permissible at the office. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Important… Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:34:12 -0400 From: Jim VandeHei …

According to our sources, Capitol Hill’s second favorite blog – will soon be making a comeback.  Apparently, the rumors that the contributors at “Stuff Hill People Like” were all caught, fired and shipped off to Guantanamo Bay, are just not true.  Nor was there writer’s block or a writer’s strike. …

Patrick O’Connor: Boehner’s GOP fix: A new committee Faced with dire predictions of an electoral bloodbath in November, House Republican leader John A. Boehner responded Wednesday by creating a committee to advise the National Republican Congressional Committee. … Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), who will serve on the committee, said its …

He left off reason number 8:  “Throw me a bone: If Clinton drops out, I become irrelevant for at least two months.”

Back in early March, Ron Paul told his rabid army of supporters, through a web video, [appropriate] that he knew he was no longer in the running for the presidency – not to mention some of his aides even alluded his campaign would be shutting down. [Never give up on …

Have you ever wondered how your life would be different if you were a famous NFL player for the Washington Redskins? Luckily for us, Chris Cooley takes us straight to the action on his personal blog, where he recently answered a few questions about the NFL draft: If I was …

Is Jackie K going for the Tina Fey look?  [tubular]

Former NRSC fundraiser and soon to be author, Nicole Sexton, has some hill staffers anxiously nervously awaiting her soon to be released book, “Party Favors,” which gives a “witty peek into the secretive world of political fundraising in D.C.” So why are hillers so anxious? Because some of them might …

Yesterday we featured Part One of our interview with two superdelegates. Today, Part Two: Is superdelegate even a word?  Why doesn’t my spell check recognize it? Awais: I don’t think it’s a word, but we are real, average people (as my minimal bank account and excess homework can attest to.) …