FL Gov. Charlie Crist expects to name an interim replacement for Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) by the end of this week.  [pins and needles] Front runners include, but are not limited to: His closest advisor A poker buddy Some dude that isn’t interest in politics His favorite cashier at Piggly …

President Barack Obama said of the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy: "Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States Senator of our time."

POLITICO: Rush Limbaugh responds to Jay-Z What next? FamousDC imagines … Congressional Rap Battles: Rappers vs. Legislators Lil Wayne vs.  Nancy Pelosi … Ludacris vs. Eric Cantor … Nas vs. John Murtha … Snoop Dogg and Dennis Kucinich vs. Patrick McHenry Actually, if anyone decides to organize a Congressional Rap …

On a conf. call today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said "both" that he doesn’t "think it’s going to be possible" to reach an agreement on health care, and that "yes, I do believe it’s possible." [yes, no, maybe so] h/t Last Call

In case you were wondering who had the cooler office space, wonder no more.  [we didn’t really care either, but whatever]

Don’t worry Capitol Hill staffers, you’re not the only ones looking for something to do right now. An unusual sign of protest has sprung up in Lubbock County, but you’ll have to take to the sky to see it. Once a year, Sam Bates plows over the weeds in a …

A "total of 33 Fox advertisers," including "Walmart, CVS Caremark, Clorox and Sprint," have "directed that their commercials" not air on Glenn Beck’s show (AP). Only 25 of them were actually running ads on Fox, the other 8 just wanted to make sure they weren’t left out of the fun. …

Facebook Status Abuse: Am I the only person who doesn’t have someone to vacation with this summer or the money to do so? Pardon the interruption, but Match.com is over there, and Suzie Orman re-runs can be found on CNBC. [contact-form 3 "Facebook Alerts"]

Politico’s Patrick Gavin and Amie Parnes recently caught up with some local celebs about the First Family’s trip to Martha’s Vineyard this week. In case you wondered, Wolf Blitzer vacations wherever they have "a good chair."

Love us some Jay-Z … This ain’t black vs. white, my n—a, we off that. Please tell Bill O’Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls. It’s 2010, not 1864. We come so far…How’s that for a mix? Got a black president, got green presidents. Read …

In the spirit of Cash For Clunkers ending, we figured we’d share this … Who else expected it to drive away?  Dude couldn’t even get his foot tire positioned correctly.  Obama, come back…

Nick Jonas of Jonas Brothers will appear on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer in the 5 p.m. hour today from Washington D.C., where he is giving a speech about raising awareness of juvenile diabetes. During the interview, Jonas will discuss his own battle with diabetes, how parents and kids …

In years past there has been a lot of debate about the Democrat domination online – and whether or not Republicans would be able to catch up. Now that Obama is in the White House and Republicans find it much easier to convince 85 year-old women to Twitter, is it …

If we owned a Major League Baseball team, we’d do the same thing. Nationals Pride : Washington Nationals owner Mark Lerner shagged fly balls with Nationals players during batting practice before Friday’s game against the Brewers.

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