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Jonathan Allen: Tea partiers hit Capitol

We didn’t want to say it, but … [packing it on for the winter] Mike Huckabee, a weight-loss advocate, lamented Wednesday that he has gained weight recently due to a painful foot condition that has limited his ability to run. "I gotta drop 25 pounds," he told reporters at a …

To see their faces when he walked in … A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.  [who dat?] He later apologized for not wearing a suit.

And why not… New York Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon’s male staffers — Danny Hart and Sam Morgante, along with Nathan Morgante, an intern on the Ways and Means Committee — have banded together to embrace “classic fashion.” Just how classic is the fashion? Try three-piece suits. [strong work]

h/t Patrick Gavin

From page 152 of “The Audacity To Win”: “Standing in my boxers in a hotel hallway in the middle of the night with Kent Conrad, I suddenly experienced an overwhelming urge to get the hell out of New Hampshire.” What’s with the Obama campaign’s refusal to wear pants?

"Is" Nancy Pelosi a Lakers fan? "From our perspective we won last night." — Nancy, last night. We guess it depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. [click]

We watch CNN because they have super rad holograms. Apparently other people do not.  [where’s the remote?] For the first time in more than two years, CNN fell out of the top 30 cable channels last week in prime time (total viewers). Fox News ranked 3rd, behind USA and ESPN, …

Ronnie Cho, the former Obama campaign wonk turned administration staffer, was featured in last night’s screening of “By the People.” The strange thing about Cho’s camera time, unlike everyone else in the film who kept their clothes on, Cho decided he was most effective when working in his boxer shorts.  …

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If somehow the good people of DC and the surrounding area can pull this off, it’ll be the greatest achievement at FedEx field all year. [finally, a reason to go to a game] Daniel Snyder wants to ban signs at FedEx Field? Then let’s turn the stadium itself into a …