From our good friend Robert Basler over at Reuters. Dear Patty, I’m afraid Mom has had another setback in the area of hallucinating. … She has been doing so well, but today at breakfast she dropped her fork, crawled over to the next booth to get it, and claimed she …

The temperature on House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel has recently been dialed up – and only partially due to his love for sunbathing. Leave it to the New York post to uncover the possible shady dealings by Congressman Rangel. Cash Cow: … For 20 years, Harlem Rep. …

The FamousDC Twitter machine will fire up again for the RNC convention.  We had one regular contributor in Denver and we will have two in Minneapolis/Saint Paul.  You can sign up for our alerts here. If you’re heading to the convention and would like to contribute, please email FamousDC–AT–gmail.com We …

If you give listening to this interview more than a few minutes, it becomes painfully uncomfortable.  And you’ll spend the rest of the time praying that it ends. Granted, the kid doing the interview is a play-by-play announcer, and a great one at that, but his innate ability to ask …

Good Lord, read the comments.  Look out Obama.

Just when they thought they had it all figured out – and after weeks of… It’s gonna be Romney. No, it’s Pawlenty. No, wait, how about Cantor. No, yeah, definitely Romney. No, yup, it’s Bob Vila. Cantor.  We like Cantor. Figures, Pawlenty.  Makes sense. Not even close. McCain picks Palin. …

Keeping the leaks hidden, Rolling out his VP pick the day after Obama’s speech, Announcing Palin, a female Governor from Alaska, Dare We Say: RETURN OF THE MAC!

The Eric Cantor for VP train is gaining momentum. And proof of that is in the fact that RedState, a neighborhood for conservative junkies, recently endorsed Cantor. And with less than 24 hours until an announcement is made, the question remains, will their bid yield influence? According to the Politico, …

You could see it coming from miles away, but it has been made official- Jim Slattery’s campaign apologized to Sen. Roberts for calling him an a-hole. Democrat Jim Slattery’s campaign has apologized for an e-mail sent to thousands of people that contained a crude word to describe Republican Sen. Pat …

Someone please give the NPR Politics team a Congressional directory or at least send them a link for google or wikipedia. Twitter/NPR Politics James Clyburne of North Carolina is talking about the Greatest Generation and America’s perseverance. /andy That would be Jim Clyburn, House Majority Whip, from South Carolina.  

So to prove they’re still bored relevant, they arrested an ABC News reporter for doing their job.  Cuffs and everything. h/t RedState UPDATE: FishbowlDC has much more – including pictures.  Cuz they’re that good.

Below is an email buzzing around the Senate office buildings re; tv outages and channel changes.  For those Senate staffers playing at home, yes, this is the 11th notice you’ve received. According to a FDC tipster, they’ve changed all of the television channels so many times,  “I barely watch TV …

And so the jockeying and speculation as to who McCain will should pick as a running mate continues… Robert Bluey is all in for Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor – and is reporting that his name was somehow dropped from the RNC speaking roster – perhaps lending clues as to whether …