When celebrities at your convention are few and far between, it’s no surprise that this kind of thing would happen. Legendary GOP strategist Karl Rove was seen getting the rock star treatment inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum as the 2012 Republican National Convention officially got underway. As delegates began …

POLITICO: Karl Rove’s Karl Rove Forti, who last year told National Journal “I spend all my time trying to avoid the spotlight,” declined to comment for this story. And, unlike many political figures who turn down interviews, he also largely resisted the temptation to try to shape reporters’ narrative behind …

In what’s likely the best dolphin show since Ron Bonjean’s days on the mic at the Milwaukee Aquarium, a group of dolphins in Japan have choreographed and performed a true-to-life reenactment of Michael Steele’s Chairmanship of the RNC. Personages: Dolphin # 1 (AKA, the Jumper): Michael Steele Dolphin #2: Haley Barbour Dolphin #3: John Boehner Dolphin …

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If you’re in politics and spent four, five or six years of your life graduating from college – you wasted your time. McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe, his counterpart on the Obama campaign, are teaming up to develop a political communications center at the University of Delaware. …

Is today a new day for wired communications? First, the Kennedy family set up a Twitter feed to update all news related to Senator Kennedy’s funeral. Forget press releases (that was SO 2008), it’s Twitter time.  [press releases sent out to pasture] Secondly, reporters are now taking to Twitter feeds …

It looks like George Hickenlooper was the first one out of the gate: "Casino Jack " is scheduled for release in 2010. FishbowlDC’s Matt Dornic notes Kevin Spacey and George Hickenlooper are visiting with Jack Abramoff at the Cumberland Federal Prison. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that 2-time Academy Award …

Meghan McCain recently said that "we" need to take back Twitter from the creepy people—like Karl Rove, "America’s Toughest Sheriff," and the other undesirables who now follow her every Tweet.  [who will be next?] BTW: Is it us, or is her writing so bad, it makes Paulie Shore look like …

Nora McAlvanah waited until the last minute to hang at H&R Block with her taxes in hand, Doug Heye turned 27, Elliot asked all of DC to "Rock the ‘Hawk" for the Caps, still lots of out of office replies on the hill [recess], $20 says Karl Rove didn’t say …

It’s official:  The MSM can’t get enough of Twitter.  According to our unofficial report, 90% of news stories lately reference the words Twit, Tweet or Twitter. Don’t believe us?  Proof is here, here and shark jump here . It was also just last week when Politico’s Patrick Gavin crafted a …

Oh, how the times are a changin’ … “Days after” the election, incoming WH CoS Rahm Emanuel “was pushing” Blagojevich’s admin. to name Valerie Jarrett as Obama’s successor, and “also pressed that it be done by a certain deadline” (Chicago Sun-Times). “Days after” the election, incoming WH CoS Karl Rove …

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