While everybody else sits around and plays the VP name game – we figured it was our turn to take a crack at it. Some ‘number twos’ floated make sense, some ridiculous – while others, completely suspect.  [As in, did someone pitch their boss’s name to a reporter who owed …

The News Mausoleum [John Podhoertz] Pandering 101 [Protect Bloggers] Top 10 Shirts to Get Arrested In [I am the Law!] More Craigslist Critiques [On the Ball]

Let’s see what the Pelosi press team has cooked up now… *** Media Advisory *** … Pelosi to Hold Weekly Press Conference Tomorrow, Celebrate Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day … Washington, D.C. To celebrate Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is inviting members …

It’s a given that money follows power in Washington. So I’m not exactly sure why this Politico piece is major news either.  [insert Bresnahan reaching] Though Nick Calio, the first White House legislative affairs director under Bush, has given more than $20,000 to Republicans so far this cycle, he has also cut …

The Los Angeles Times reported campaign finance expert Dan Morain has found Obama campaign records reporting a $50 donation by Roy Scheider, who lists his occupation as actor and his home as Sag Harbor, N.Y. Perhaps you remember Roy from movies such as, ‘The French Connection’ and ‘Jaws’ and the immortal …

Tuesday’s Senate Commerce Hearing on the “Future of the Internet” had lots of DC paying attention. Andrew Noyes of Tech Daily Dose picked up the quote of the day: “I believe I am the only panelist to have written a film about a robot poker tournament in Space Vegas in …

In news that won’t rock any headlines… the people on Capitol Hill actually writing the legislation, going to all the meetings and doing all the work – well, apparently they don’t get paid well. [makes cents] The Politico recently featured a story on Capitol Hill staffers who willingly struggle to …

Happy Tax Freedom Day [the Song!] Ravens Fan Avi Zenilman Joins Calderone [Media on Media] Earth Day Update From Capitol Hill [Ecotainer] The Pelosi Premium [message coordination] $60K?! I only parked for an hour [oddly enough] H-O-V-M-A-R-R-I-E-D [hottest chick in the game]

Apparently going to the “mats” for votes these days is the new black. So much so, the Presidential candidates are all getting into the act. [RAW] Score another mainstream victory for Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Entertainment. All three Presidential candidates accepted invitations to appear on last night’s RAW …

America’s Hot New Political Trend [wonkette] Bengals’ Odell Thurman Reinstated after Two Year Ban [wait it out] McCain Kicks off “Forgotten Places” Tour in Alabama [buys $2,500 quilts] Priest tied to balloons floats off [no really, nobody can find him]

For sale on Ebay, you guessed it – Barack’s left over waffle, utensils and plate from his visit yesterday to a local PA diner. [h/t Wake Up Call] *Thus far Michael Moore is the only bidder.

It took 1100 words, but Hollywood heavyweight Michael Moore finally made his point … and has decided to endorse Barack Obama – an endorsement that all of the land had been waiting for. [it’s about time, son] Whew. “What we are witnessing is not just a candidate but a profound, …

Ovechkin isn’t polling very well in Pennsylvania. Alexander Ovechkin scored two third period goals to keep the Washington Capitals’ playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. Game 7 is tonight in Washington! … Meanwhile, Washington’s other playoff team, the Wizards, are paying the price …

Michael Calderone talks with Tony Snow about his move to CNN after leaving the White House: “Make no mistake, I love the folks at Fox,” Snow told me this afternoon, by phone from Spokane, Washington. … “Everybody is going to try and create a Fox and CNN narrative out of …

Clinton on Olbermann [profiles in courage] Salter: WaPo story on McCain is 99% fictional [smear job] In Defense of the Freak Show [Ross Douthat] Clinton Swats Down Drudge Story [Tom Bevan]