It’s about that time.  A few weeks ago, you cursed yourself for not buying your ticket home for Thanksgiving sooner. “How could I have waited this long?” you lament, as you reluctantly enter the 3 digit code on the back of your credit card.  If your family only knew how …

National Journal’s Peter Bell answers important beltway questions: Hill People: Who Are They and Where Did They Come From? Fun facts from the infographics: Republican staffers tend to live in Virgina. And most Democratic staffers live in D.C. Georgetown University has the most alumni working in senior positions on Capitol …

“F*** the President!” – unidentified House Democratic Member of Congress CQ-Roll Call’s Anna Palmer: Profanity, Anger Spill Over in House Democratic Caucus Meeting One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” while Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) was defending the package the president negotiated with Republicans. Berkley …

Wow, things really escalated quickly. Friday, April 16 The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors. [kick off] POLITICO’s Marty Kady questions the timing of the SEC’s charges [Twitter] Convenient timing: Huge SEC charges against Goldman land week before …

Pour a little of this in your Cocoa Puffs. Wall Street Journal: When Speechwriters Kiss and Tell When the sun rises over our capital city this morning, its denizens will awake to a truly novel tale: The aggrieved ex-staffer—wait for it!—disillusioned by Washington. The tome out today is by former …

Trying to find a willing Democrat to run for Senate in Kansas is apparently like playing "Where’s Waldo" after three glasses of wine. The Lawrence Journal World reported that someone has posted a classified ad on the Internet Web site Craigslist, seeking a Democrat to run for the U.S. Senate …

Why would someone blessed with the gift of gab, like Ellen Moran, leave the powerful White House Communications Director spot for the Department of Commerce? Politico: Moran Leaves W.H. for Commerce Especially if she has such a smooth way with words? Asked why she’d leave the White House for a …

Head on over to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Corcoran has partnered with Christie’s to display a historic Abraham Lincoln manuscript immediately following the Presidential Inauguration. Lincoln delivered the four-page speech at the White House on November 10, 1864, immediately after his second-term as President. Written in his own …

We’re all back at work. We’re drinking coffee instead of champagne. Congress is coming back. We have a stack of expenses to file. We’re buying our own drinks. The Black Eyed Peas are back to doing, well, whatever it is that they do. Here are a few closing thoughts and …

Wrong TMZ, Denver is packed for the convention and those rooms will be snapped up.

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 …

Chris Cillizza and Matthew Mosk Rival Camps Plan Inevitable Merger: Top fundraisers for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have begun private talks aimed at merging the two candidates’ teams, not waiting for the Democratic nominating process to end before they start preparations for a hard-fought fall campaign. … …