Monday is here again – back like a bad enchilada. Did you participate in the 2009 DC Pillow Fight yesterday? U2 tickets are on sale today at 10 a.m. Ahh, recess .

It’s bulls and blood … It’s dust and mud [rodeo ] Best Summer Ever [50 cent ]

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 …

One of our favorite DC sites has been MIA for the past six months. We wondered what happened, but today we found out that the Mad DC Cabbie has been by his late father’s bedside. You can read about it here: Diary of a Mad DC Cabbie: The Champ is …

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 .

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 …

Who says the media can’t be trusted? Chris Cillizza : "his introductory remarks came across as shaky and uncertain" A Slow Start: Obama is an expert at reading off a teleprompter without it appearing as though he is reading off a telemprompter. But, tonight he struggled badly. His gaze was …

Wednesday Morning. Like Tuesday, Only More So. Link up. Wanna get away for a while? [three strikes and you’re out ] … Rahm gets the questions early [wired ] … Niche publications raise the roof [thefix ] … How is this news? [just asking ] … Morning cuteness [Clouded Leopard …

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Tucker Carlson said Jon Stewart is doing Obama’s bidding by attacking Jim Cramer, Antonia Ferrier found her car, Patrick Gavin and Kevin Madden both agreed the biggest winner of Cramer vs. Stewart was Michael Steele, Hans Nichols got an angry Drudge bomb, John Hawkins decided not to take a ride …

How happy are you not to be AIG’s Edward Liddy today? [brutal] Chris Frates: Love is never having to say you lobby [Scarlet L ] Did Erick Erickson make David Shuster cry? [list serv stand off ] Chris Cillizza’s Cheat Sheet [Tucker Bounds update ]

We hear Brad Dayspring celebrated his birthday with the awful bartenders at Bobby Van’s, Vogel re-took the reigns over at the DCCC, Jennifer Crider gave beltway gardening advice to Patrick O’Connor, Camille Paglia fell off the White House Christmas card list, Senator Murkowksi decided she needs a break from the …

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