We hope Rahm enjoyed his time at Johnny’s Half Shell last night. We didn’t know he liked oysters so much; it’s too bad this never made it into Rahm’s inbox.

DCist: Tracy’s Kids Benefit Nets Famous for D.C. We love this game.

Anne Schroeder Mullins: The Schieff, “Being There” “The Week” magazine held one of its “Movie nights” with a famous DC person last night at the Phillips Collection.  And as always, any Margaret Carlson event – she is the Editor at Large of the magazine – is a fine one indeed.

Get your popcorn Glenn Thrush: Cooper: Obama staff encouraged defiance of Pelosi “Well, I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but I actually got some quiet encouragement from the Obama folks for what I’m doing,” said Cooper, one of about 55 House Democrats to sign a letter criticizing Speaker Nancy Pelosi …

UPDATE: It brings us great joy that we posted this video when it had only 3 views – and that it then made it’s way to the Hannity Show on FoxNews last night.  It goes to show, our tipsters are the best.  Thanks, guys. UPDATE: NBC Reports Daschle Withdraws Nomination.  …

You make the calll: 600+ = Number of private jets arriving at Dulles for Barack Obama’s Inauguration 300+ = Number of private jets arriving at Dulles for George W. Bush’s Inauguration Bloomberg News: [Obama] set a record, topping the 300 the airport accommodated for President George W. Bush’s 2004 inaugural, …

Rachel McEney is having a big Friday [Senatized]

The Fix sums up the situation in baseball terms for the rest of us: Chris Cillizza: If you’re scoring at home: Roland Burris 1, Barack Obama/Harry Reid/Senate Dems 0 Welcome to the Department of Mixed Messages Harry Reid: Burris won’t be seated (12/30/2008) “It is truly regrettable that despite requests …

NY Daily News: Hotties of the Obama Cabinet 1) Barack Obama 2) Sanjay Gupta 3) Rahm Emanuel (really?) 4) Arne Duncan 5) Timothy Geithner 6) Shaun Donovan 7) Peter Orszag 8) Eric Holder 9) Steve Chu 10) Jon Favreau Sadly, there was no mention of this list in Rahm’s inbox.

FamousDC has uncovered President-Elect Obama’s “Inauguration Speech” and we wanted to bring it to you first: Mr. President, Vice President Cheney, Vice President Biden, Senator Reid, Speaker Pelosi, Oprah, my fellow citizens. … I must first thank President Bush for his service to his cronies.  Remember that your final check …

We here at FDC are done with this whole “run FamousDC for fun” thing. We’ve decided to run for Congress. You see, we always thought being a Member of Congress involved never ending fund raising, weekly air travel in coach and lots of kissing babies. Instead it looks like you …

We knew both sides were getting fired up, but we never knew it would come to this. Roll Call: Police Investigate Longworth Cafeteria Break-In Capitol Police are investigating a break-in Friday night in the Longworth House Office Building. … Police officials declined to release details, citing an ongoing investigation. Just …

Suddenly, renting your place for $1,000 per night for the Obama Inauguration doesn’t seem so far-fetched. Heck, that could be a bargain. Pete Yost: Obama committee offers inauguration package at $50,000 The inauguration committee of President-elect Barack Obama, who vowed to change the way business is done in Washington, is …

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Are You Ready For Some Politics? Country music legend Hank Williams Jr., after consulting with Bill Frist and Sen. Lamar Alexander, has decided he will run for senate in 2012.  [Family tradition] We can only hope this is true.