Big news. Great gig. As has been reported across the Internet, BuzzFeed is about to evolve. Starting this January political reporter Ben Smith will be taking over as our new Editor-in-Chief, bringing to our fine site a new focus on original reporting and breaking stories. But we wanted to reassure …

POLITICO’s Ben Smith: Pounder to Rubio Joe Pounder, the relentless former McCain aide who spent the winter with Kay Bailey Hutchison’s bid for Governor of Texas, has moved on to the next hot GOP primary: Florida. . A GOP source tells me Pounder will be Marco Rubio’s Deputy Campaign Manager …

It looks like Ben Smith’s comment section has been hijacked by fans of the movie Airplane. Can you fly this plane and land it? Posted By: Dr. Rumack | February 16, 2010 at 09:37 Surely you can’t be serious. Posted By: Ted Striker | February 16, 2010 at 09:37 I …

  Politico named their Top 50 Party People in DC, Sally Albright is actually Social Capitol, Ben Smith doesn’t agree with Jonathan Weisman’s Drudge take, Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim told everyone Cramdown is back, Brian Patrick got a Drudge flash with his Whip Count update, is this a Drudge only Friday round-up?, …

We hope you enjoyed the break, got everything you wanted for Christmas, didn’t have to take a cab and also had time to untag all of your embarrassing NYE Facebook pictures. Let’s fire this thing up again, shall we? Alex Pareene’s Top 10 People Who Should Be Unemployed in 2009 …

The [righty] blogosphere is not happy that President-elect Obama bought his wife a gift that turns out not to even exist.  Granted, the invisible gift of non-existence would’ve cost more than most Americans spend on a car, but it’s none of our business how Obama chooses to stimulate the economy. …

FamousDC is proud to present another installment of our “What Happens to Political Reporters Post Election?” series. Following a tiring campaign season, John Stanton decided he was done chasing down elected officials through the halls of the Capitol. Instead, he chased his dreams (and taste buds) and opened up “Crazy …

Now that the election is over and we don’t need a gaggle of reporters following every poll, statement, or press conference, what will happen to some of our favorites bloggers, pundits, and reporters? Luckily, FamousDC spent the past few days tracking down the next career moves and they’re below: Will …

No more debates folks, we’re dancing all the way to the White House. Ben Smith: It’s a Dance Off

We should have seen this one coming. Politico’s Ben Smith was coaching Hillary on how to exit the race with grace pretty early and now he’s given us another example of how much of  Team Obama supporter he is. Ben Smith: Obama Brings a Gun to a Knife Fight Obama …

Ben Smith: How to end a presidential campaign There are 50 ways to leave your lover, 13 ways of looking at a blackbird, and at least six ways to drop out of a presidential race. With Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign running on empty with little hope of victory, the New …

Hillary Clinton recently recalled a trip she took to Bosnia, with ex-funnyman Sinbad.  While Clinton attempted to portray the situation there as “perilous,” Sinbad apparently was not: … at which Sinbad said the most difficult choice was where to get lunch. General Togo West then attempted to defend Hillary by …

We’ll deal with him [Mark Penn] later,” said Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones

Ben Smith: ‘Second-class delegates’ Hillary’s Michigan co-chairman: “The real second-class delegates are the delegates that are picked in red-state caucuses that are never going to vote Democratic.”

Politico’s Ben Smith Pleads for More Sane Comments, Less Personal Attacks Anyway, for now, I’d just like to ask some commenters to treat this more like a conversation, less like the wall in a public bathroom.