FamousDC President Pilgrim Mike Allen made an unexpected appearance at the White House Tuesday.  Bush, who was in the middle of pardoning a very thankful turkey, was surprised when Pilgrim Mike showed up with a turkey of his own. According to Allen, he thought the event was a “cookout hosted …

FamousDC’s Nominee for President, Mike Allen, received a glowing write-up in Newsweek. Can we count this a the first official endorsement of the FamousDC Media Ticket? It’s 5 a.m. and Mike Allen has already been awake for nearly two hours. The baby-faced, 44-year-old reporter for Politico, the Beltway-obsessed Web site, …

Mike Allen’s Playbook said to ask Cillizza about his 26 women. It got our attention and we’ll work to get answers for you, but we bet Patrick Gavin beats us to it. Playbook:  ASK FIX ABOUT HIS 26 WOMEN

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. …

First Mike Allen goes on vacation, then Cillizza and…now Gavin? What the hell is happening to hard-working Washington reporters?

Last week we launched the FamousDC Media Ticket. Several of our favorite Web sites linked to it so we wanted to pay back the favor: FishbowlDC: Lord Save Us: Journos Running The White House?!? … The folks at FamousDC have proven smarter at this whole “start a new blog” thing …

Introducing the “FamousDC Media Ticket.”  If your favorite journalist didn’t make this list – perhaps they’ll make the next – or perhaps, they’re not working hard enough. President – Mike Allen, Politico The hardest working media personality needs the top office.  He’s moral, honest, and trustworthy – to a fault. …

From today’s Playbook Mike Allen: Playbook yesterday sent our 100,000th e-mail since Politico launched 18 months ago. Which intern has to count those?

Ken Vogel and Mike Allen: Prepping for Russert If it was “Meet the Press,” it was Saturday at the office.

From Mike Allen’s Playbook: BREAKING NEWS 1: “BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi government official says U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Baghdad for a surprise visit. The official says the California Democrat is meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. … Pelosi’s visit to Baghdad on Saturday comes …

Mike Allen’s Playbook on Saturday tells us JoMa took a book to a bachelor party this past weekend: This is piece adapted from Harwood & Seib’s juicy new book, “Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power.” … It’s SO GOOD that bachelor-party-attending Jonathan Martin stole our copy and won’t give it …

Where to power lunch in DC [no Longworth cafeteria?] 14 Reasons to Fire Penn [Halperin] Pelosi Pooh-Poohs Dream Ticket [post buffet] Politico TV coming soon [Mike Allen TV] Markey holds hearing in Second Life [Virtual Losers] Wait here boss, I’m going out to my car [oddly enough]

Politico introduces THE HUDDLE From the inaugural edition (Tuesday): Welcome to the first edition of THE HUDDLE – a BlackBerry-friendly, early-morning timesaver distilling what Hulse and David Rogers have filed, what Daly and Stewie are cooking up, and what Roll Call and Politico are breaking. Also today, Politico is launching …

Here’s summary of some of the April Fools’ shenanigans going on via the internet machine. Mike Allen’s Playbook Good Tuesday morning. John McCain is expected to announce today that he has selected Condoleezza Rice as his running mate, sources say. If that got you awake, then it’s not too early …

The second graph of the Beltway’s best round-up should get you back up to speed: Good Monday morning. The president is off to Eastern Europe, the HUD secretary is out, the Treasury secretary wants to rewire the nation’s financial regulators, Al Gore is launching an ad campaign featuring Pat Robertson …