Why are we not surprised by this? According to a local news report, FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) always travels with his own “fan, just to make sure he doesn’t look sweaty.” As Ben Smith pointed out, “perhaps a reasonable precaution in Florida, where the Senate campaign remains oddly focused …

How do you say goodbye to someone who starts your work day with a laugh and then gets you through the 4 p.m. hour with a little Last Call! humor? Well, it’s hard. FamousDC says good luck to our nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Health …

According to the clever minds at Last Call. The new existential rules: If your Twitter account gets hijacked, you explain on Facebook. If someone hijacks your Facebook, you have to change your name and start over. For more social network rules, try this on for size.

It’s like having a meeting before the meeting.  They’re super important. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison formally announced her bid for TX gov. today, after her semi-formal announcement a month ago that followed her pre-prom announcement in April. Seen in Hotline’s Last Call

Whoever said "work hard, play hard," is not related to this guy … h/t Ericka via Last Call

Minutes after announcing a budget deal and billions of dollars in program cuts, CA Governor Schwarzenegger sent out a ridiculously strange knife-wielding tweet. The official response: "I don’t know why he is holding a knife" — CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) spokesperson h/t Last Call via KABC UPDATE: That’s not …

Sometimes Nora and team nail one and then you have to spend the afternoon cleaning up coffee off your keyboard. Yes, we drink coffee through the afternoon. Try it. From yesterday’s Last Call: SWIZZLE STICKS • Sen. Jeff Sessions came out of his office today and predicted that America is …

Big ups to Team Nora over at Last Call. SHOT . . . "I’ve reached out to him several times, and I’m done" — RNC chair Michael Steele, on Obama (3/28). . . . CHASER "I appreciate the president giving me a shout out. I’ve given him a few over …

Nobody does funny better than Last Call . David Vitter said he’d participate in the GOP’s listening tour, but only if he gets to carry a whistle and enforce "adult swim."

Only in America can a Congressional reporter take sabbatical in order to track the history of drug use in our country. Luckily, that reporter, Ryan Grim, took a few minutes to answer our Famous 5 questions. We hope you enjoy the interview and support your local author: buy the book. …

The FamousDC Spinster of the Week Award goes to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: In an interview, Sec/State Condoleezza Rice described the “shoe incident” as “a kind of sign of the freedom that people feel in Iraq” (AP). Hat tip – Nora and Last Call!

Move over Nora, you’re no longer the most popular “Last Call” in DC – at least for today. Because so many important and intellectual political conversations happen between 2-5 am, the DC City Council has announced that “last call” during Inauguration week will likely be lifted – allowing party goers …

She’s not going to like this.

He can’t get enough. JoMa: How to Win Tennessee

Nora and crew over at Last Call …priceless. • Since they were already in the congressional parking deck to tow Charlie Rangel‘s ’72 Mercedes, Capitol Police took the opportunity haul off Byrd‘s horse-drawn carriage, too.