Wow – Adam Caskey blew the weather forecast this weekend. Saturday was supposed to be rainy, but was spectacular! Enjoy the weather, but watch out for kamikaze flies flying into your margaritas!

Patrick O’Connor: Influential GOP lobbyist joins Altria Bruce Gates, an influential Republican lobbyist with close ties to House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), is leaving Washington Council Ernst & Young, the firm he helped found in 1996, to work in the Washington office of the newly reconstituted Altria, according …

Here’s the famous New York Times Magazine article all of DC discussed over brunch this weekend. Benjamin Wallace-Wells: A Case of the Blues Cole’s strategy is not complicated, but it does contain an essential difficulty: at a moment when Washington is deeply unpopular, he wants his candidates to run as …

Bres: 8 House Dems get letters, photo of New York recruiting station before bombing Shackleford: Domestic Terror AP: Army Alerts Recruiters Nationwide After NY Bomb UPDATE: Law Enforcement: Letters Unrelated to Times Square Blast

Elissa Silverman: K Street’s Second Shift INTRO: Money for access. Influence peddling. Gucci. It’s just another Monday on K Street. Even at 1 a.m. KICKER: He then heads home to Springfield. He has a busy day at the office tomorrow.

$35 BILLION aircraft contract awarded to Northrop-Grumman-EADS — not Boeing Conventional wisdom was running so strongly against Northrop-EADS in some corners of Capitol Hill that Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s office issued a statement late on Friday declaring Boeing the winner. It was swiftly retracted. [OUCH] Note the famous Washington …

Scott Van Pelt: Redskins Done F’d Up Now Money quote: The problem is Snyder thinks he knows football just because he collected football cards years ago and wore Redskins colors to school. [Pete Prisco] Michael Wilbon:  “That the search went from Gregg Williams to Fassel to Spagnuolo to Zorn and …

CNN travel: New late-night spots in D.C.

Pershing: Convention Party Do’s and Don’ts Bresnahan: Senate splits with House on ‘lawmaker tributes’ at national conventions

WaPo: No Street Left Behind

Hoyer seeks bipartisanship on trade (10/03/07) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday night that he was committed to building bipartisan support behind trade agreements with Colombia and South Korea that are dividing his caucus. Hoyer: Doubtful U.S. will pass trade deals (01/29/08) Congress is unlikely to pass a …

Pershing: Pots, Kettles and Earmarks Bres: Hoyer blasts Republicans on earmark moratorium Pershing: Bush Hits on Stimulus, Earmark Reform As an aside, press releases “reacting” to the speech from left and right have been rolling in for a couple of hours, but Capitol Briefing can’t share them with you because …

Pershing: SOTU Expectations Low on the Hill “I pretty much have lost hope, but the good news tonight is that it’s his last speech,” said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).

Pershing: House GOP Backs Away From Real Earmark Moratorium

Mystick Krewe’s DC bash this weekend McCarthy: More DC Mardi Gras Shreveport Times: Mardi Gras party gallery in Washington Shreveport Times: Mardi Gras in Washington, D.C., blends politics and fun Times-Picayune: D.C. Mardi Gras puts a mask on ethics codes Schroeder Mullins: Mardi Gras fare – freezer friendly