YouTube, Twitter Augment Quake Coverage [Tech Daily Dose] Are You Concerned About the Economy? [Post 200] Obama Needs to Hire Better Staff [it wasn’t me] Kanye West Rocks Nissan Pavillion [DCist] Mo Money, Mo Problems [Sunlight]

Last May Barack Obama addressed the Detroit Economic Club and delivered a “stern” message, described as his “Daniel-in-the-lion’s-den” moment. So stern in fact, he told a crowd last week, upon reflection, that while he delivered his message about fuel efficiency to the group of automakers, “nobody clapped” and that his …

Good news … If you’re a rich Republican who pretends to care about trees and you’re looking to toss a few hundred bucks away, we’ve got the perfect website for you. For the rest of the voting public, you’ll have to sell an organ in order to afford John McCain’s …

The Recently Married Ben Pershing: Hoyer Testifies on ‘Stolen Vote’ In an apparently unprecedented session, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) testified this afternoon before the special committee that was set up to investigate whether Democrats “stole” a controversial House vote last August. As A&E’s First 48 tells us: For …

Barack Obama is landing endorsements from both sides of the plate. His latest comes in the form of an ex-steroid abusing homerun king. Mark McGwire, who’s clearly got time on his hands, was kind enough to stop by an Obama rally earlier this week. And by the looks of the …

Warning:  The ad you’re about to watch is awful and the production value, appalling – BUT, the concept is groovy – in a Midwest rave sort of a way. Rep Sam Graves, from the middle of nowhere Missouri, is scared that “Big City” Kay Barnes is gonna knock him out …

Old Gas Pumps Can’t Handle Ever-Rising Prices [This. Sucks.] McCain’s 7 Steps to Beating Obama [Michael Scherer] Ryan Sandberg Still Has It [Bench Clearing] Well, That Didn’t Last Long [F-Bomb] No Go On Paulville [Ron-town]

Dear Cabbies, If you’d like to make a few bucks Saturday night – as opposed to driving around, smoking cigarettes, listening to Phil Collins and wondering why nobody needs a ride from Cap Lounge, then take note: Taste of the South, the event in which sobriety is no where to …

Republican nerds everywhere are wetting their pants over this. 

Politico’s John Bresnahan used his Monday column to take a few shots at Human Events and Jeb Babbin: The really, really excellent “journalists” at Human Events have just found out that Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will testify tomorrow before the select committee investigating last August’s “stolen vote” on the …

Here at FamousDC, we not only get tips, story ideas and other inappropriate electronic messages, but sometimes we’re sent very colorful emails from readers who simply want to rant about something that has them all fired up.  These rants are often times so inappropriately overboard – we wonder why we …

Reuters Moves 20 Pics of Playboy’s Playmate of the Year [Oddly Enough] Charles Barkley’s No Better than Ron Burgundy [Stay Classy] Blogging Goes Professional [Megan McArdle] Pictures of Jenna’s Wedding [Spectacular] His Man Card is Irrevocable [One Hand] Things I Did Last Night [Stiffler]

Last week we featured an interview with the two remaining college superdelegates – Lauren Wolfe, President of the College Democrats and Awais Khaleel, Vice-President. Both are undecided superdelgates, who reached out to folks their age [via YouTube] for advice and guidance as to who they should choose to lead our country. …

Ben Smith: How to end a presidential campaign There are 50 ways to leave your lover, 13 ways of looking at a blackbird, and at least six ways to drop out of a presidential race. With Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign running on empty with little hope of victory, the New …

Last week, the RNC launch CanWeAsk.com, a website which invites users to ask Barack Obama a question – although, I’m not quite sure he’s worked in time on his calendar to answer any of them. The gimmick has received a lot of press, but unfortunately for the RNC, they forgot …