David Drucker has a near 100% email open rate due to his addictive subject lines – something even Obama can’t claim. Just a few: Rhinestone Cowboy Mama Said Knock You Out Harry Kerry Trading Places Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself We agree with Fishbowl’s suggestion and only wish he …

TBD: Betsy Rothstein’s year in Twitter battles On June 26, Betsy Rothstein published a stirring defense of media journalism. Rothstein, the editor of Fishbowl DC, a media news and gossip site, had published some of a Washington Post blogger’s e-mails to a private Listserv, and the ensuing revelation that he’d …

Spotted on FishbowlDC: Losing 1.3% of my Twitter followers is the kind of tragedy I would write a mocking Tweet about had I not come to realize that covering the minutiae of the lives and careers of the “famous-for-DC” is exactly sort of bottom-of-the-bellybutton [sic] scraping that has caused so …

We hope you had a good weekend and you stay dry this week. Robert Gibbs broke news on Twitter [Afghanistan] Betsy Rothstein got the scoop on Meghan McCain’s speech [FishbowlDC] The Final Four is set [Duke] Mike Madden ain’t happy about it [West Virginia] Tell Peter Cherukuri happy birthday today …

**VOTE: Will Dems keep House & Senate? [TheFix] Keep your head up [Mad DC Cabbie] Come on! [inside-the-beltway] Blog Wars [district dish] Friend [break-ups]

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If you’re reading this from Capitol Hill, there’s a good chance your boss could use one of these for Christmas. UrbanDaddy reports today on a website that allows you to give someone an actual lump of coal for the holidays. If not your boss, Betsy Rothstein at FishbowlDC has a …

We’re sad to learn that our friend Christine Delargy is leaving FishbowlDC. Editor’s Note: As some of you may already know, these are my last few weeks blogging for FishbowlDC. Moonlighting on the blog has been one heck of an experience and I promise to leave Matt with someone capable …

The Hill’s Betsy Rothstein is packing up her things and headed out West. From FishbowlDC: After 10 years with The Hill, Betsy is moving on. Actually, she’s moving over – to the Left Coast. Her interest in mind-body-soul stuff leads her to believe its mellower there than in DC. Betsy …

If train wrecks came in newspaper form, today’s Hill would be the accident scene – and Stevie Wonder would be the conductor. Today, congressional staff will answer fewer letters… Staff assistants will take longer to transfer calls… And that boring legislative wonk down the hall gets a few extra looks. …

Betsy Rothstein with the Hill has the scoop.  Rep. Emanuel gives reporter a kick in the pants – literally   Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) looked positively giddy in the Speaker’s Lobby last Thursday. While walking and chatting alongside The Washington Post’s Paul Kane, he gave the reporter a chicken-wing kick on …

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