Daniel Lippman is just like everyone else. He co-authors one of the most influential political digests in DC, climbed the Himalayas when he was five, and wakes up at the crack of dawn without an alarm clock… or coffee. Ok maybe not like everyone else, but definitely impressive. He’s been interviewed by The …

The Pork Barrel BBQ product line. (Photo: Courtesy Pork Barrel BBQ) It’s another late night on the Hill in 2006 and a senate budget debate creeps past midnight and into the wee hours. What is on staffers Heath Hall and Brett Thompson’s minds? Food. And another slice of delivery pizza just …

“The New York Times is reconsidering its long-standing plan to create an early morning political tipsheet [POLITICO has learned“] SCOTUSblog just can’t catch a break [denied credentials again] NPR crowding Matt Laslo’s space [MD gubernatorial beer preferences] Chris Brown is trying to [make a deal] Marion Barry hears “Yogurt Tax” …

Reeled in from Mike Allen’s Playbook: THE BIPARTISAN ADVENTURES of the DNC communications director and Boehner’s new-media director — @woodhouseb: “With @nickschaper. Were fishing the mouth of the Chester tearing them up. Headed home and ran out of gas. Waiting now for tow boat us. … @nickschaper and I got back across …

The second graph of the Beltway’s best round-up should get you back up to speed: Good Monday morning. The president is off to Eastern Europe, the HUD secretary is out, the Treasury secretary wants to rewire the nation’s financial regulators, Al Gore is launching an ad campaign featuring Pat Robertson …