From Saturday’s Playbook : JMART, CAB THIEF — Politico’s Daniel Libit reports: “So I ordered a cab to take me from office to airport. When I get outside, I see it’s about to pull away with another person, so I tap on the glass. And who is the taxi bandit? …

How was your weekend? It had to be better than this dude’s: Early Saturday morning Twitpic courtesy of Bill Beutler .

From the good people at STET SPORTS : Take this, TMZ. Stet Sports has the freshly furnished comment and footage from the Washington Nationals ballgirl who booted a fair ball.

Paul Singer crashed Roll Call’s site with a story about Congressional airplanes, Amy Wren is keeping folks abreast of her beach plans, Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank pulled a Palin and quit, CBS made Jen Psaki FamousDC, Rahm Emanuel warned liberal groups to stop ads against Democrats, Erick Erickson got …

So much for a slow news Friday: Senator Mel Martinez has decided to take his ball and go home. What’s next? Who does Crist appoint? Marc Rubio Jeb Bush Bob Martinez Tom Feeney The Fix: FL-Senate: Martinez to Resign Chris Frates, Manu Raju, Josh Kraushaar: Mel Martinez Resigning

We hardly knew you. So the WaPo’s Mouthpiece Theater wasn’t a hit, so what? Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank were trying something different – and in these times, you have to. The Fix was nice enough to let his readers and fans know of the changes. The Fix: A Word …

Roll Call: Obama’s Charm School Is in Session Max Baucus: “It was a, really, a wonderful meeting, led by a terrific man, our president, Barack Obama,” Baucus said. “And one of the Senators was saying to me as we walked out, ‘You know, it’s just so wonderful to hear him …

What will Jay-Z have to say about this? Check out DJ Lungren about two minutes in.

Even after all of these years, he’s still got it. AP: White House uses Web against Drudge attack Love him or hate him …  Matt Drudge is still 100% effective and can move the media like Moses parting the Red Sea. Get your popcorn .

Check out the DC Concierge’s write-up of the new WaPo video series called "Scene It." The DC Concierge: Washington Post Brings the Style! Just asking — what does Ian Shapira think about his own staff emailing around stories and articles with the hopes of bloggers linking to them? How can …

Adam Arguelles Lisa Byrne Shonali Burke Christie Findlay Sophie Gilbert Megan Grant Amanda Henneberg Doug Heye Billy House Lauren Pulte

Glenn Thrush read his negative comments and responded, Ali McSherry didn’t like Blue Ridge Restaurant, Chuck Clapton made it into the Famous six moderates NY Times health care photo, Chris Jackson headed back to Georgia, Megan McArdle burned up 1,583 words to explain why she’s opposed to national health care, …

Remember to watch out for gas prices while you’re driving around this weekend. Hutchy – Gas Prices

In a press release this afternoon the DCCC posed the following question: Senator Cornyn Votes NO on Sotomayor – Where is Rep. Pete Sessions? Answer: In the House. Not voting on a Supreme Court nominee. They only do that in the Senate. You’re welcome. (PS: Next time run your releases …

Rep. Maxine Waters: It’s Hard For Rahm To Rein In Blue Dogs Because He Recruited Most Of Them