Here’s a quick lesson in campaigning … don’t give interns administrator privileges – ever, or let them drink on the job. The below email [believe it or not] was sent out by Jim Slattery’s campaign earlier today.  Jim Slattery, [sweet name] is the brave individual who was tricked by his …

This is a must see clip – so let us set the stage… Sherrod Brown is a Senator from Ohio. He’s also notorious for his over-the-top delivery and has, on several occasions, been compared to Billy Mays. But never like this. Thank you YouTube. Don’t know who Billy Mays is? …

GOP web pioneer Michael Turk is at it again – and by “it”, we mean he’s again going after Democratic rival and good “friend” Matt Stoller. This dust up is over Stoller’s admission that McCain is hiding cancer. It is very likely that McCain has cancer or some other serious …

In case you were wondering [because we were] who Latin hip hop sensation Daddy Yankee was going to endorse for president, wait no longer. His boy… John McCain [for reals] Which brings us to this – will McCain embrace this endorsement and learn how to do the Daddy Yankee dance? …

The actor Danny Glover is getting his DNC on.  And rocking his MLK shirt. He has been spotted pulling up to a Gospel Hill Brunch w/ Creative Coalition. BUT not to worry, he’s on message and pulled up in a hybrid Saturn. Gospel Hill Brunch … Gospel Hill is a …

Both campaigns have done a good job trotting out their conventional wisdom picks: Romney for McCain Biden for Obama Did we just bite on another pump fake or are these the legit picks?

Listen up sports fans, we’ve got two outs in the bottom of the 9th, 4th down, 6 teams fouls, only seconds left on the clock before the buzzer sounds … WE’VE GOT VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICKS COMING You can get text alerts from the Obama campaign as soon as the pick …

He’s so busy he has no time to shave – barely has time to bathe, and as for the treadmill, forget about it. But, in true Michael Moore fashion, he has found time to toot his own horn.  From his most recent column: Obama, at some point, might be asked …

We recently reported about Obama’s obsession with facial hair [insert the mustache mafia], but it’s becoming increasingly more obvious that he really does dig on the tickle beards.  And maybe, just maybe, he’ll tap a running-mate that rocks the upper-lip hair. If Obama’s recent televised event isn’t indication of his …

Brandishing her partisan credentials, the Hotfile attacks McCain and his photo-op on an oil rig platform. Enjoy SR!

BUT not debate while partying. Hill Republicans continue to own Capitol Lounge, but is everything else slipping away? Democratic staffers have taken over U Street and are looking to expand their jurisdiction. Will an Obama Administration mean nobody can get a table at Chi-Cha Lounge and Local 16’s roof top …

ABC News: Google Launches 2008 Election Website Before Political Conventions (08/18) WaPo: Google Campaigns For White Spaces (08/18)

OK, so August is still here. If we aren’t on a CODEL, leading energy revolutions on the House floor, or back tracking on drilling proposals, what should we do with all of our free time? We’ve decided to take this moment to investigate where DC get its daily conventional wisdom. …

We’re still 100% thankful Gilbert Arenas is staying in D.C. and we love reading his blog updates on basketball, video games and life. Arenas is actually our second favorite DC area sports blogger (we got you Cooley!). His latest blog post covers the NBA trades and free agent moves, the …

Blog P.I. brings us the latest on the NMS – CSPAN announcement: I don’t write about clients often. When I do it’s really something, and this is really something: New Media Strategies will be working through the conventions with C-SPAN, perhaps my favorite Beltway news organizations, to run their Convention …