Fortune is out with their annual list of the Most Powerful Women in Business. Washington’s Power Players: #1 – Hilary Clinton, Secretary of State; #2 – Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; #3 – Mary Schapiro, Chair of the SEC; #4 – Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services; …

Who recently called Cindy Sheehan a “whack job?” Howard Kurtz Howard Stern Howard the Duck Howard Fineman Click here to find out.

NFL Bar Watching Guide [FamousDC] The Week in Events [Cloture Club] Welcome Farkers [Drew Curtis] Roll like OJ [For Cheap] Dance [For Peace] Jamal Coates [RIP]

We’ll expect to take some heat for this, but seriously, here’s a tip for the Alan Grayson campaign: If your ads make the candidate look like Warren from Something About Mary, then you might want to change media firms.

He’s scheduled to make his first offer tomorrow. The Hill’s Molly Hooper: Bloomberg to address House GOP

This professor only did what we’ve all thought about doing. h/t EA Sports

Who recently said this? “The past me used to show his happiness on the outside, and there’s no need to do that anymore.” 1. Chris Matthews 2. Gilbert Arenas 3. Adrian Fenty 4. Harry Reid Click to find out.

Good question: @pwgavin So who’s Sarah Palin’s tea party candidate in Chicago mayoral race?

Mashable’s Geoff Livingston: Social Media: The New Battleground for Politics Control of the House of Representatives hangs in the balance of the 2010 Congressional election. A recent forecast published on The New York Times website anticipates a two-out-of-three chance for a change in power. The election has become a war, …

WOP: Bag tax generates $1.5M so far for D.C. Does this mean we’ll get streets plowed on time next year?

This could be huge news. Southwest Airlines announced today that is is acquiring AirTran and will move the Orlando-based airline’s headquarters to Dallas. h/t Crank via Hackbarth

NFL Bar Watching Guide [FamousDC] The Week in Events [Cloture Club] Christopher Straub [Project Beltway] Misleading stats [climate change] Dog walking on water [Dusty] Smile [for the camera] Want Google Voice? [try this]

John Kerry Talking Again The Hill’s Mike Lillis: Kerry blames out-of-touch voters for Democrats’ midterm image troubles “We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what’s happening,” …

WTOP: Rains today bring 1 to 3 inches WASHINGTON — The heavy rains and chance of storms in the next two days are a welcome relief from the recent summer drought for farmers and gardeners, but the area will remain far short of the average rainfall for this time of …

Two gentlemen enter. One gentleman leaves. Roll Call’s Jackie Kucinich: Hoyer Criticizes Colbert’s Testimony Before House Panel The testimony that comedian Stephen Colbert made to a House subcommittee last week was “inappropriate,” according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. “I think it was an embarrassment for Mr. Colbert more than …