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 …

From Hotline’s Wake Up Call: •”It felt great to be famous for one day” — Army Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks, on the thrill of standing in for Obama during yesterday’s inaugural dress rehearsal (AP). Here’s hoping Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks now feels FamousDC for two days. UPDATE:  More on Sgt. …

Will this get the attention of Robert Gibbs? The New York Times publicly whines Obama hasn’t dropped by to kiss their ring. Alexander Burns: NYT reporter warns of one-term Obama Assistant managing editor Rick Berke, who moderated the panel, noted that Obama had already departed from Bush’s precedent in one …

New York Times: Hoops Fans Can’t Wait for Obama to Take Office

Card Check [$50 million] Senior Portraits [funny] Chorus [presidential] 25 [believe that] Obama [aging]

The Awakening

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 …

Coming back? [WASHWORDS] Bailout Boondoggles [Top 10] U Do the Dishes…[hilarity] Snuggie [fever]

It looks like we missed one (thanks J!). Washington City Paper: DC Inauguration Guide Check it out. They even have a COUNTDOWN TO OBAMA CLOCK (1,263, 122 seconds at time of posting) PREVIOUS POST: Alright so we know 3-4 million people are heading to D.C. for Obama’s Inauguration. There will …

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Missed Story [Giant] You Pick [universe] Celebrate [Budget] Lotts [CA$H] Recap [DMV]

Maybe not entirely… Beth Mazur: 11-f00t wide House listed for $1.125 Million in Arlington, Va.

Penn Quarter Living

FishbowlDC: Bad News for Journos [2008]