Forced to cut words. This doesn’t happen often, but Boehner’s entire quote Thursday was almost shorter than the release’s title. TITLE: Boehner Statement on President-Elect Obama’s Selection of Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff … QUOTE: “This is an ironic choice for a President-elect who has promised …

Who doesn’t love politics? Nancy Pelosi doesn’t like John Dingell because of his stance on CAFE, so she supports his primary opponent.    ENEMIES Nancy Pelosi becomes the first Speaker of the House and who swears her into office? The Dean of the House, John Dingell. FRIENDS Fellow Californian Henry …

Barney, President Bush’s dog, was fed up with the treatment his daddy (W) has been receiving from the mainstream media and finally took matters into his own paws [actually, mouth] today. He bit a Reuters reporter. Barney quietly walked away, but was very open with the media when later asked …

We’ve received a few emails this morning asking about the post-election journo shuffle that’s going to take place in the coming weeks – and while we were ready to roll it out today, we’re still waiting to hear back from a few important sources [translation: we’re lazy] and have decided …

Our friends Jackie and Dunlap, who recently stopped by FamousDC for an interview, decided to pick up and move North following an Obama victory. Fed up over Obama’s victory, the desperate Jackie and Dunlap head to the Great White North. There’s only one person persuasive enough to lure them back …

Gary Trudeau was so outraged that McCain had lobbyists advising him that he decided to run a cartoon per day naming each of the now famous K-streeters. Now, while his cartoon was happy to nail the GOPers, he’s not doing the same for Obama. Where are the Doonesbury cartoons now? …

If you haven’t, you’re likely not a baseball stats freak.  If you have, you’re likely not surprised that he nearly nailed the electoral numbers last night.  [and it had nothing to do with luck] How close was he?  Scary close.  But it comes as no surprise that the nation’s most …

Perhaps more exciting than a reality television show starring White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel running the Oval Office … the below book:

Last night this country witnessed history. This morning, Democrats witnessed a lot of Republicans fighting over the classified ads. For those poor Republicans who woke up in a cold sweat and realized, “Oh Shit” I don’t have a job for very much longer – we encourage you to embrace your …

We have no idea if the below blurb is true, but if so, it’s likely going to freak some people out.  Just saying. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to interview hologram strategists on election night As the news networks spend oodles of cash in order to one-up the other with whiz-bang visuals …

Election Day is finally here. For some folks in DC, it comes after months of hard work on the campaign trail. For others, it’s just another day. But whether you’re a government employee, campaign junkie, Hill staffer or journalist – starting tomorrow morning, the times, they are a changin.’ And …

Starbucks get’s an “A” for effort, but an “F” for failing to run this idea by anyone in their legal department. Seattle-based Starbucks is making fast changes — after being accused of breaking the law with an offer to voters.  [our bad] … Prior to Monday afternoon, Starbucks was promoting …

“Obama wins the popular vote and electoral vote, either by large or small margins.” Is this the equivalent to calling both heads and tails when you flip a coin?  Or does Marc believe that there truly is no such thing as the “middle of the road?” Either way, nice work, …

We’ve heard the stats and we all know what was on the line at FedEx field last night. The Skins didn’t deliver for McCain.

You’d have to live in a locked basement to not have noticed the obnoxious amount of political piggybacking the past few months.  SNL is making a living out of it, and so is J. Crew.  So perhaps it’s not so strange that Ralph Lauren is also looking to leverage the …