Brendan Daly, former Communications Director for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will soon join Ogilvy has the Executive Vice President and National Director for Public Affairs. Daly had been with Pelosi since 2002. We wish him the best. h/t Mike Allen

Roll Call recently released it’s Fabulous 50 Capitol Hill Staffers list.  No, not the one with the good looking people, the other one.   You know, the one that highlights the, uh, smart ones. Of course there were your usual suspects: Brendan Daly John Lawrence Paula Nowakowski Brian Wolff But in …

Congratulations to all the hard-working flaks who were honored last night at the Quinn & Gillespie annual Flak Bash. [Sounds a little dirty and we’re kind of pissed we weren’t invited] High honors went to Congressional Committee flaks Ken Spain and Jennifer Crider who both leap-frogged the competition in the …

Ben Pershing: Top Hill Aides Talk about the Week Ahead Is the majority stifling the minority? That seems to be the theme of this week in both the House and Senate, where Republicans are agitating for a chance to get votes on their proposals to open up more domestic territory …

In a move that’s being labeled as unprecedented, the Politico newspaper, run by Jim VandeHei, has handed over total control of their newspaper to the Democratic Party for an indefinite amount of time. Coverage on today’s front page: The GOP CRASH GOP Diagnosis: Dire Some say 70-vote deficit come November …

Patrick O’Connor: Boehner’s GOP fix: A new committee Faced with dire predictions of an electoral bloodbath in November, House Republican leader John A. Boehner responded Wednesday by creating a committee to advise the National Republican Congressional Committee. … Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), who will serve on the committee, said its …

Let’s see what the Pelosi press team has cooked up now… *** Media Advisory *** … Pelosi to Hold Weekly Press Conference Tomorrow, Celebrate Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day … Washington, D.C. To celebrate Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is inviting members …

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 …