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 …

According to our friends at the DC Pro Sports Report, the answer is quite simple: Dan Synder. The problem is, Dan Snyder doesn’t know how to be the GM of an NFL team. He’s the worst sort of ignoramus — the kind who thinks he’s got it all covered and …

Who can leave a Mercedes unattended and running for 7 hours at a Metro and not have it stolen? Chris Cooley: Hockey Even more car craziness. When we got back to the Vienna stop and walked to the parking lot I found that somehow I had left the Mercedes running …

Why.I.Hate.DC.com has come up with a pretty fantastic list of laws DC should enact.  Some of our favorites are below: * In public restrooms, maintain always a “narrow stance.” * At a four-way traffic stop, the motorist with the most expensive vehicle has the right of way. * In Asian …

We’re still wondering why nobody bought us one of these for Christmas.

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.

Inauguration [party] Inauguration [map] Teacher chic [new] Shopping [Blonde] White [whine]

What’s harder than trying to find a new job?  Doing so with two million of your closest friends.  [good news of the day]

PJ O’Rourke: A New Circus Comes to Town Barack Obama is not a P.T. Barnum of the Washington Big Top. The real P.T. Barnum had a side-show attraction where a lamb, a wolf, a leopard, and a lion had been trained to stay with each other in one cage. Asked …

From Hotline’s Wake Up Call: •”It felt great to be famous for one day” — Army Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks, on the thrill of standing in for Obama during yesterday’s inaugural dress rehearsal (AP). Here’s hoping Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks now feels FamousDC for two days. UPDATE:  More on Sgt. …

Will this get the attention of Robert Gibbs? The New York Times publicly whines Obama hasn’t dropped by to kiss their ring. Alexander Burns: NYT reporter warns of one-term Obama Assistant managing editor Rick Berke, who moderated the panel, noted that Obama had already departed from Bush’s precedent in one …

New York Times: Hoops Fans Can’t Wait for Obama to Take Office

Fishbowl has the blow by blow, which includes a blushing Chuck Todd and a very dapper Jake Tapper. Shout outs to Jake Tapper, Mike Allen, Ken Herman, Ann Compton. … “We have been through a lot together.” … “I see some new faces, which goes to show there’s some turnover …

Does Juwan Howard owe Luke Russert money?

Card Check [$50 million] Senior Portraits [funny] Chorus [presidential] 25 [believe that] Obama [aging]