Michael Calderone talks with Tony Snow about his move to CNN after leaving the White House: “Make no mistake, I love the folks at Fox,” Snow told me this afternoon, by phone from Spokane, Washington. … “Everybody is going to try and create a Fox and CNN narrative out of …

Clinton on Olbermann [profiles in courage] Salter: WaPo story on McCain is 99% fictional [smear job] In Defense of the Freak Show [Ross Douthat] Clinton Swats Down Drudge Story [Tom Bevan]

America’s Future Foundation recently hosted a contest to find the next greatest college blogger.  From their blog: “The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young conservative and libertarian talent who wish to pursue careers as journalists and writers. The …

Capitals vs. Flyers [TONIGHT!] You’ve got to win one before you can win two, and you’ve got to win two before you can win three. With no room for error, the Washington Capitals forged a 3-2 Game 5 victory on Saturday, sending the series back to Philadelphia for Monday’s Game …

Rove Developing Outside Groups To Help GOP In Fall [Way to Win] Bitter Blogger Still an Obama Supporter [Big Head DC] The Story Behind the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand [fishbowlDC] Halperin: From the ‘gang of 500’ to ‘the six-way threat’ [Calderone]

While Obama campaign staffers work tirelessly to prove that John McCain will be no better than the current President- their boss accidently slipped and admitted this: “You have a real choice in this election. Either Democrat would be better than John McCain,” Obama said during an event in Pennsylvania, as quoted …

The Wall Street Journal branches out in the Rupert Murdoch era and brings us the latest in staffer hook-ups: Jesse Benton, 30, had a serious girlfriend in Washington when he signed up to be communications director for Texas Rep. Ron Paul. That quickly ended when she complained about his being …

Congressman Barney Frank introduces marijuana decriminalization bill Don’t forget about the FREE concert on the mall today.  

Wilbon:  Round 3 to the Wizards The series to watch, and listen to, is Washington vs. Cleveland, which already has name-calling and trash-talking — and it hasn’t even begun. And if that weren’t enough, the most charismatic figure in the game today, NBA analyst Charles Barkley, has called the Wizards …

This didn’t take long [Bitter Americans] Press Secretary to the Rescue [Grim] Congress to investigate BCS [too much free time]

The Politico recently featured a story about two political wonks that got hitched, and then opened a restaurant – one that has become increasingly popular. Khalid Pitts and Diane Gross are one-half politicos and one-half new restaurant owners. The newlyweds opened Cork, a wine bar on 14th Street, and they …

Hardly in my opinion, but our friends at RedState aren’t quite convinced it was an “itch.”

GWB to Pope: “Awesome speech.”  Really?  [h/t HotAir]

Kudos Mr. Spicer – you get the “shameless self-promotion” award of the week. [h/t Bedard]

Does the ‘Motion to Recommit’ keep you on the edge of your seat and your eyes glued to C-SPAN?  Do you even know what a Motion to Recommit [or MTR as the policy wonks call it] is? If you don’t, trust me, you’re not alone … if you do, well, there’s …