Erick Erickson, the editor of RedState, broke some news this morning.  He reported that Gov. Sarah Palin’s teleprompter malfunctioned last night during her speech- therefore leaving her no choice but to “wing” portions of it [or look down at her hard copy] in order to deliver the rest of her …

OK, so August is still here. If we aren’t on a CODEL, leading energy revolutions on the House floor, or back tracking on drilling proposals, what should we do with all of our free time? We’ve decided to take this moment to investigate where DC get its daily conventional wisdom. …

It’s August, everyone is vacation, Congress is gone (at least the Senate and half the House), it is hotter than hell outside, and CODELs are once again the new black. Basically, nobody is working and web traffic slows to a halt… Well, unless your Patrick Gavin and you release your …

French Version (he does pay homage to the Last Call experts: Danielle Jones, Nora McAlvanah, and Mike Memoli) SHOT: Obama, explaining at a town hall meeting in Georgia on July 8 why children should learn a foreign language: … “It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, …

Politico: Novak cited after hitting pedestrian Check out Chris Frates getting in on the action – (nice suit!): Just asking – how many people aren’t going jogging tonight for fear of Bob Novak’s Corvette?

The Search for Designer Fast Food Mendelsohn also noted that he had heard the same plea.  “‘We need more good food here on the Hill. We need more good food in the city.’” … Amen. … D.C. will never have the offerings of New York and comparisons only set us up …

JoMa filed this Drudge-tastic story and Mike Allen said it would be late night fodder. He was right. Playbook:  DAVID LETTERMAN, on J-Mart’s scoop about Senator McCain not working weekends: “Here’s what he likes to do on the weekends. He sits on the porch in front of the house, looking …

JoMa asks: Does the left really want to go there? John Aravosis, who writes at Americablog, had this headline yesterday: “Why is McCain getting $58,000 a year in disability income?” … In his post, Aravosis wonders why the GOP nominee is receiving a military pension for the injuries he sustained …

Mike Allen’s Playbook on Saturday tells us JoMa took a book to a bachelor party this past weekend: This is piece adapted from Harwood & Seib’s juicy new book, “Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power.” … It’s SO GOOD that bachelor-party-attending Jonathan Martin stole our copy and won’t give it …

Rep. Mike Pence, famous for his ridiculous short sleeve shirts, has made his way onto the VP shortlist.  Of course, this coming on the heels of the long list, which didn’t work out so well for him. Another entrant for 2012/2016? [Jonathan Martin blog] … Here’s a new one: Rep. Mike Pence …

While everybody else sits around and plays the VP name game – we figured it was our turn to take a crack at it. Some ‘number twos’ floated make sense, some ridiculous – while others, completely suspect.  [As in, did someone pitch their boss’s name to a reporter who owed …

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JoMa: Romney holds conference call with donors, plans get-together

JoMa says Bill Clinton hasn’t left – just stayed on message: Take Monday, for example. He had events in seven Texas cities. Yes, seven: Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Brownsville, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Rio and El Paso. These are all South Texas towns, many of them on the Mexican border. Hillary …