We want to be them.  They look so happy. h/t Car Boy

It looks like Ludacris is hanging in DC this week. According to the release, he is pulling together a lunch time concert at some hip-hop spot named “The National Press Club” National Press Club: Ludacris to Appear at October 23 Luncheon

Look out Aaron Schock. [abs] “When I saw Paul Ryan — man, he’s gotten in great shape. He doesn’t have a six-pack; he’s got, like, a 12-pack,” Brady, a Texas Republican, says of his fellow GOP-er, who hails from Wisconsin. Something about grown men gawking at each other in the …

Uncanny. h/t Spaghetti

The only thing louder than Rep. Grayson — his wardrobe in today’s Science and Tech markup.

How to Spot [Werewolf] Play Hard [Work Hard] Targeting TMZ [Kurtz] Bases [covered] Mom [Is Away]

If you’re in politics and spent four, five or six years of your life graduating from college – you wasted your time. McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe, his counterpart on the Obama campaign, are teaming up to develop a political communications center at the University of Delaware. …

Eamon Javers takes an interesting look at Matt Drudge’s obsession with the US Dollar. On Tuesday, Matt Drudge ran a headline about the weakening U.S. dollar on his website, Drudgereport.com. In and of itself, that would be unremarkable, except that it was the 18th time Drudge had posted a link …

Today’s Washington Post Style section has the last surviving son of former Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke discussing the loss of the Redskins to Dan Snyder. Mike Wise gets John Kent Cooke to open up about Dan Snyder: “I sure as hell don’t like the way he gutted the organization …

So, the HOPE poster guy admitted he used an AP image to create his little masterpiece, which means the AP will likely get a nice little paycheck from him sometime soon. And we guess that means they can use that money to fund critical interviews like this one they did …

Earlier this week we told you about a Georgetown sophomore looking to hire a personal assistant for $12/hour [jobs created] To be honest, when we asked where to send our resume, we never thought we would get a call back. Then we opened up the ole tip box yesterday and …

Marc Ambinder sums it up. If the White House can reach out to the Iranians and North Koreans, for gosh sakes, they can talk to Shepard Smith. Marc obviously doesn’t take into consideration that Shep is an Ole Miss fan.

Congressional Groundhog Day? Jake Sherman: Hoyer: Blame the Senate for our light workload (10/20/09) The House’s work week was first brought up last month in a POLITICO story , when Democrats justified the schedule because they said they were working hard in committees on passing a health care overhaul bill. …

We simply can’t stop watching this. They look a little nervous at the beginning – as if they’re waiting for someone to call their bluff. To their credit, they all worked together and stayed on message when Eric Wohlschlegel, the real Chamber of Commerce spokesman, entered the room. Can you …

Tracy Morgan [jaw dropping ] Blame the Senate [Hoyer ] Texas A&M [explained ] Polo Flow [WALE ]