How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take In a Fight? [24] The Moral Life of Cubicles [Office Space] Enough with “Elitism” [Ambinder] Pershing’s Player of the Week: Robert Byrd [Old School]

Either Old Man McCain was napping or he didn’t feel his meeting with five powerful members of the House of Reps was important enough to attend yesterday. On Monday afternoon, McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin was scheduled to meet with Reps. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Kevin …

Way to play Earth Day! The Roots, Gov’t Mule, Toots & the Maytals, Thievery Corporation, Warren Haynes and Umphrey’s McGee are all performing at noon this Sunday for FREE between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. Yes, college kids, someone talked the Feds into letting Gov’t Mule and Thievery Corporation …

Stuff Hill People Like [Fundraisers] Lonely Planet writer says he made up part of books [Bad directions] Bitter voters for Obama [That didn’t take long] SNOBama [That didn’t take long either!] Green Masters jacket, hot wife, cute kid, Nike deal…at age 28 [Immelman!] Your Holiness! We’re MELTING! [oddly enough]

“I have to get back to work and use my leverage.”       — House Speaker Pelosi, speaking at the end of her Thursday news conference with reporters, referring to the political leverage many feel she has gained by delaying the vote on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement until President Bush …

Pope mobile to cruise the streets of DC Wednesday and Thursday – and what this means for your commute… [jammed]

Street closings for the Pope: On Wednesday April 16, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. Pope Benedict XVI will visit President Bush at the White House. After this visit there will be a parade to the Vatican Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue. Security arrangements associated with Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival and departure include …

“Who said my kids are brilliant? Did you talk to them? If you talk to them, tell them to call their father.” [h/t WaPo] — Benjamin Emanuel, father of Rahm (the congressman, right), Ari (the Hollywood agent) and Zeke (an oncologist-bioethicist), in Portfolio magazine’s “Brilliant” issue, in which he and …

UPDATE: Everyone has a price – Wonkette statement here.  Reported first by the Politico: Gawker media chief Nick Denton is selling D.C. media gossip site Wonkette to current managing editor Ken Layne and other investors, according to a source. E-mail from Nick Denton about the deal here [shocker].

Former Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee made his big annoucement … [boring].

Congressman Thad McCotter takes time to talk with the Politico team [Shenanigans: The rock ‘n’ roll congressman] “It shouldn’t be surprising that the “rock ‘n’ roll congressman,” as W calls him, is making CDs. As it’s known, McCotter plays in the Second Amendments – the bipartisan congressional rock and country …

Rap represented in maps and charts [act a fool] Larry Craig intern application [wide stance encouraged] Reporters getting owned [take that!] The top 20 workout songs ever [iPod time] Enjoy the weekend! [TGIF]

Gone is wild watermelon. Now it will be called awesome – Crayola adds new colors… I’m sure this will make headline news on Sesame Street … According to a very excited Crayola team celebrating 50 years: [clearly there is only one color we care about…]  Here are the other old …

Where to power lunch in DC [no Longworth cafeteria?] 14 Reasons to Fire Penn [Halperin] Pelosi Pooh-Poohs Dream Ticket [post buffet] Politico TV coming soon [Mike Allen TV] Markey holds hearing in Second Life [Virtual Losers] Wait here boss, I’m going out to my car [oddly enough]