What’s harder than trying to find a new job?  Doing so with two million of your closest friends.  [good news of the day]

PJ O’Rourke: A New Circus Comes to Town Barack Obama is not a P.T. Barnum of the Washington Big Top. The real P.T. Barnum had a side-show attraction where a lamb, a wolf, a leopard, and a lion had been trained to stay with each other in one cage. Asked …

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. …

Will this get the attention of Robert Gibbs? The New York Times publicly whines Obama hasn’t dropped by to kiss their ring. Alexander Burns: NYT reporter warns of one-term Obama Assistant managing editor Rick Berke, who moderated the panel, noted that Obama had already departed from Bush’s precedent in one …

New York Times: Hoops Fans Can’t Wait for Obama to Take Office

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 …

Does Juwan Howard owe Luke Russert money?

Card Check [$50 million] Senior Portraits [funny] Chorus [presidential] 25 [believe that] Obama [aging]

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, …

The Awakening

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 …

It looks like there were some pissed off Deaniacs yesterday. JoMa: Lei-off: Obama Snubs Dean “The snub today was no accident,” said one Dean ally. “I guarantee you he would have rescheduled his trip if asked to attend. It’s easy to [screw] over people when you are riding high in …

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]

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