National Journal’s Peter Bell answers important beltway questions: Hill People: Who Are They and Where Did They Come From? Fun facts from the infographics: Republican staffers tend to live in Virgina. And most Democratic staffers live in D.C. Georgetown University has the most alumni working in senior positions on Capitol …

New York Times’ Eric Lipton & David Herszenhorn: Lobbyists Court Potential Stars of House Panels “Buck is a great advocate for our war fighters and for the industrial capabilities that support their mission,” said Hanz C. Heinrichs, a former aide to Mr. McKeon who now represents military contractors like L3 …

This creative little mailer has been appearing in Maryland mailboxes. [click for full size] h/t Mrs. Lazy Hazy

Do you think this caused any heartache between Jennifer Crider and Ken Spain?

Does the name Chuck Purgason ring a bell?  He’s a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Missouri.  Matter of fact, we recently did a post about Chuck and how he looked strikingly similar to that of Lloyd from “Dumb and Dumber”. Well, we’re proud to announce that Chuck has …

Note: He doesn’t want to come off as “egotistical,” but… “I don’t want to be egotistical, but I could be the governor if I ran. My polls are very high. I got the money. I got the polls. I got the support.” — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R), quoted …

The ongoing lesson in how to produce good web videos continues… It’s all about the Irish Whiskey…

Locking it up [janitor vote] No Budget [no rush] Baffling [healthcare]

Two weeks ago Parker Griffith [D R – Confused] switched political parties.  His staff was apparently not amused. Most of Rep. Parker Griffith’s staff resigned Monday morning, nearly two weeks after the former Blue Dog Democrat announced his intention to join the Republican Party.  [bye bye, boss] Any Parker staff …

What’s past is prologue. This is a recycled post from June 3, 2008 from a FamousDC contributor (and Obama supporter) that might be worth reading tonight for Republicans from red Virginia. 5 Rules of Engagement for Tonight (Must Read for Obama supporters)

Virginia Campaign Crush on Craigslist I know you are way busy turning VA red – and that makes you even hotter by the way – but if you manage to get a few free minutes at like 2 am once the campaign work is done, I will totally come by …

Pour a little of this in your Cocoa Puffs. Wall Street Journal: When Speechwriters Kiss and Tell When the sun rises over our capital city this morning, its denizens will awake to a truly novel tale: The aggrieved ex-staffer—wait for it!—disillusioned by Washington. The tome out today is by former …

Republicans, who don’t have much to do these days that doesn’t involve sitting back and watching the Dem on Dem violence, recently "discovered" a letter penned by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Merriam Webster 47 Federal Street Springfield, Mass. 01101 —- Dearest Merriam: —- Thank you for your many years of valuable …

Clean-up on Aisle C St… Paging anyone with an industrial size bucket of bleach. [code of silence = you didn’t see her here]

Here’s your mind-blowing fact of the day: However, Politico notes that "in the 14 years since that star-crossed class arrived in Washington espousing an agenda that placed family values at its core, no less than a dozen of its members have been caught up in affairs, sex scandals or in …