Here’s the famous New York Times Magazine article all of DC discussed over brunch this weekend. Benjamin Wallace-Wells: A Case of the Blues Cole’s strategy is not complicated, but it does contain an essential difficulty: at a moment when Washington is deeply unpopular, he wants his candidates to run as …

Ryan Zimmerman delivers game ending home run in the bottom of the 9th! Nationals 1-0 in new stadium Michael Ruane: Cheers Not Just for the Home Team but for Timely Rails, Clear Roads Dick Heller: A permanent palace for baseball in the District Express: Opening Night at Nationals Park Selig: …

From Anne Schroeder’s blog: Does anyone else think Xavier’s basketball coach Sean Miller is a ringer for the Republican Study Committee’s spokesman Brad Dayspring? We’ll let you decide …. *PS: Thank you to the tipster who ripped the Dayspring photo off Facebook. Ah, the ever so public Facebook phenomena …

Calderone: Pigskins and Politics The NFL and NBC reached a compromise today to run the game at 7 p.m. EST, instead of 8:30 p.m. So as long as there’s no overtime, the game should end before McCain hits the podium.

Mary Ann Akers soberly files: Major-League [Expletive] Newsman Finds Redemption [The Panama Canal?] Politicians who have been maligned by the media find redemption all the time. So why shouldn’t that be the case for journalists who have been maligned by politicians? It seems to have happened for Adam Clymer, the …

Following his Entourage brother Ari – Rahm still holding out for the biggest deal Ambinder: Rahm’s the Only One Now, Rep. Rahm Emanuel is the only Illinois superdelegate who hasn’t taken sides.

Amanda Carpenter and Ed Morrisey are knocking out the cable news outlets!

Suite Talk 3/18 IT-ISAC makes moves and names Phil Reitinger as new president Neil Adler leaves the fourth estate for the Mac J.P. Fielder leaves NAM to join the Chamber Suite Talk 3/20 MSHC sits in Yahoo’s purple chair Jim Murphy named COO and CFO for DDC Baker Donelson expands …

A story of love, Washington Post deadlines, commodities prices and Whole Foods [famousDC Love] Last week, while reporting a story about high gold prices, Washington Post staff writer Ylan Q. Mui asked District resident Noah Cuttler what effect the rising costs would have on his plans to surprise his girlfriend, …

Who knew that Capitol Hill was littered with such athletic talent.  Politico has the story: … For some politicians – such as former Major League Baseball pitcher and current Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), and former NFL quarterback and current Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) – athletic endeavors have served as a …

Imagine this… You’re hustling back to work from a doctor’s appointment, you’ve got plenty on your mind, you’re doing your best to manange the DC traffic and all of a sudden, bam, you smash into the back of a SUV. You’re day is ruined, right? Well, not if you’re a …

Murtha endorses Clinton ending month-long superdelegate drought Josh Green says the superdelegates are hurting the Democratic Party by waiting to pick either Obama or Clinton: This is nonsense. Superdelegates can worry about the party, or they can preen and carry on about the importance of their role. They can’t do …

Suite Talk IT-ISAC names new board of directors Neil Adler (WBJ) heads up new PR firm Fielder (NAM) joins Chamber

Ben Affleck is in DC filming State of Play Ben Affleck displayed a talented range of emotions today while shooting a scene for his upcoming political thriller State of Play outside Washington D.C.’s Environmental Protection Agency. The 39-year-old has been shuttling back and forth between his L.A.-based wife Jennifer Garner …

Suite Talk Jessica Boulanger (NRCC) joins Prism Shaun Donnelly (USTR) joining NAM Ray Bracy promoted at Wal-Mart George Burke (McCarthy) to ACLI