UPDATE: Our friend Dave Levy, who blogs at Most Likely to Die Alone [best blog name ever] has a great post on what exactly “fair use” is, and why the AP might get raked over the coals for this. ………….. In a shocking turn of events, the Associated Press is …

Last night before the Super Bowl, President Obama got a nice treat – He had the privilege to sit down with NBC Political Director Chuck Todd Matt Lauer. Lauer, who should win some sort of Pulitzer for his phenomenal journalistic instincts, [if he hasn’t already] spent most of the interview …

This is what happens when you’re good with words… From Gawker: Sorry, ladies: We’re told Jon Favreau, Barack Obama‘s 27-year-old single speechwriter, now has a girlfriend. With ample clearance. According to Gawker, Favreau is dating a fellow White House staffer, who just so happened to pose for Maxim magazine wearing …

We have no idea why the hell we’re posting this, but it’s likely somebody will make it their desktop background. h/t nextround

What’s even more ridiculous than CNN covering this earth-shattering news, is the number of searches that will come up later tonight when we Google “Obama and Jacket.”  [the audacity of warmth]

The Fix sums up the situation in baseball terms for the rest of us: Chris Cillizza: If you’re scoring at home: Roland Burris 1, Barack Obama/Harry Reid/Senate Dems 0 Welcome to the Department of Mixed Messages Harry Reid: Burris won’t be seated (12/30/2008) “It is truly regrettable that despite requests …

NY Daily News: Hotties of the Obama Cabinet 1) Barack Obama 2) Sanjay Gupta 3) Rahm Emanuel (really?) 4) Arne Duncan 5) Timothy Geithner 6) Shaun Donovan 7) Peter Orszag 8) Eric Holder 9) Steve Chu 10) Jon Favreau Sadly, there was no mention of this list in Rahm’s inbox.

PJ O’Rourke: A New Circus Comes to Town Barack Obama is not a P.T. Barnum of the Washington Big Top. The real P.T. Barnum had a side-show attraction where a lamb, a wolf, a leopard, and a lion had been trained to stay with each other in one cage. Asked …

AP: Obama renews plea for college football playoffs WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama says he still thinks there needs to be a playoff system for determining the country’s college football champion. … Obama, asked what he thought about Florida’s 24-14 victory Thursday night over Oklahoma in the BCS championship game, …

It looks like there were some pissed off Deaniacs yesterday. JoMa: Lei-off: Obama Snubs Dean “The snub today was no accident,” said one Dean ally. “I guarantee you he would have rescheduled his trip if asked to attend. It’s easy to [screw] over people when you are riding high in …

Until then, she won’t be throwing any lavish parties. [wink, wink]   And even if she did, they certainly wouldn’t be at TenPenh.  [nothing to see here]

Really?  What will they complain about next?

FamousDC has uncovered President-Elect Obama’s “Inauguration Speech” and we wanted to bring it to you first: Mr. President, Vice President Cheney, Vice President Biden, Senator Reid, Speaker Pelosi, Oprah, my fellow citizens. … I must first thank President Bush for his service to his cronies.  Remember that your final check …

Drum roll please … And the “You Could See This Coming From A Mile Away” award goes to …  If only people would listen to us.

While “People” scramble to find out what Barack Obama will wear on Inauguration Day, we were wondering what exactly the newly arrested Governor of Illinois would sport on inauguration day. Perhaps pinstripes or is he more of a orange jump suit kind of guy? First person to Tweet us the …