Mike Madden told everyone he drove a Plymouth Voyager minivan in high school, Christina Bellatoni scooped Mike Allen on Robert Gibbs birthday, Andrew Noyes and Mark Cuban wondered if Tweets are copyrighted, we totally fell for GMail auto-pilot, O.A.R. announced they’ll spend Friday, August 7th at Merriweather, Brian Devine still …

There’s only one person who would find this funny.

Meet Mike Madden, Salon.com’s Washington correspondent. You may remember Mr. Madden from such events as: His overtime #FDC Twitter battle versus Patrick Ruffini … His firsthand coverage of Senator Dodd taking a room full of reporters hostage Luckily he’s decided to spend a few minutes answering five random questions from …

Final Four Matches begin now and last until 3pm .  The Championship game will be Monday. How points are awarded for the Final Four matches: 1. Celebrity endorsements.  Yes, Dorris from the Longworth cafeteria is considered a celebrity. 2. Endorsements from politicians not yet in jail.  [*You automatically advance if …

The Hill’s latest interactive feature, the Twitter Room , takes a unique look at political twits and their Twitter addictions. Featured on today’s homepage is a question concerning whether or not "The Fix" tweets too much. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza (”The Fix”) may be tweeting a bit too much …

According to the outstanding journalists at TMZ, Nancy Pelosi’s staff is in a frenzy over the recent quizzing of congressional members about their knowledge of Twitter. [douche baggery] A spokesman in Pelosi’s office confirmed the Speaker’s Director of New Media sent an email to Democratic press secretaries warning them that …

Where this guy can end up giving an interview between two hotties. The Right Idea, Ep. 1 – The Obama Budget from The Winston Group on Vimeo .

FinancialStability.gov , the Treasury Department’s flop clearinghouse for the Obama Administration’s financial recovery efforts, went live yesterday. The site, which is all sorts of fancy, attempts to provide an interface for making sense of the complexities of executive branch efforts to unclog the credit market — while at the same …

Besides this guy , who would make a good CEO at GM?  Patrick Ruffini seems to think Mitt Romney would. Let’s take it to a vote: Who Should Obama Install as CEO of General Motors? ( online surveys)

The e-Tweet 8 is set for tomorrow at 10am.  These match ups should prove to be some of the best yet. @matthewgagnon vs. @patrickruffini @robertjameson vs. @levydr @mkhammer vs. @albrightDC @seanhackbarth vs. @michaelturk Updated bracket seen here.

Sean Penn’s next film will gross $9.50 less than expected thanks to Bill O’Reilly’s refusal to support his movies.  [sour Milk]

In, "haven’t we already heard this joke?" news… Nancy Pelosi’s allies joke about Cantor’s ambition, saying it’s exposed him to what the speaker often describes as a “hedge clipping” — Washington’s ritual lopping-off of any political head which peeps too high above the rank and file. … “Snip, snip,” said …

Even though the Final Four will be hosted in Detroit, Obama needed to take his frustrations out on someone after realizing he had only one team left in his Final Four bracket. WaPo: GM CEO to Step Down at White House’s Request

“We can teach anyone. You know those fat Wall Streeters who can barely walk but suddenly have lots of free time and $400 million in the bank? Yes, I can even get them standing on a board by their second lesson. ” Zed Layson, owner of Zed’s surfing adventures in …

Is the Senate JUST like 7th grade? "Your wife said the same thing." [who says hearings are boring?] Hat tip – Marc Ambinder