We missed them because it was Stras–mas here in DC. Here’s a recap: Everyone who claimed to be a “political expert” said Blanche Lincoln would lose.  They were all wrong. [Bill Clinton still has it] We learned that Demon Sheep make great Senate campaign volunteers. [who knew?] Nikki Haley had …

Move over Lebron. Gannett’s Mike Lopresti: Stephen Strasburg’s dazzling debut as good as it gets With the baseball universe looking over his shoulder, and enough hype to make a Super Bowl jealous, he made one mistake in 94 pitches. He struck out the last seven batters he faced, the final two …

Building upon the success of Waterworld …

Was Barack Obama In the 1993 Music Video For ‘Whoomp (There It Is)’? Video here. [note the 1:01 mark] Gawker says: Finally, a Barack Obama conspiracy theory for the rest of us! Everyone from Tea Partiers to hip hop message boards thinks Obama was an extra in the music video …

Strasburg! Strasburg! Strasburg!Strasburg!Strasburg!Strasburg!Strasburg!Strasburg!Strasburg!Strasburg! … and on the 8th day … he pitched. We hope you enjoy the game tonight.

This picture seems appropriate considering the mess BP is in right now.

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His first tweet was free.  We’ll see how much he charges for each additional tweet.  Our guess is that they’ll be much more expensive once he’s tweeting from jail. h/t Jordan

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Musical Chairs at the White House press briefing room. [sad] Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately. Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet. Which press corp member will be tasked with …

Note to future campaigns: If you’re cash-on-hand numbers are low, try to sell the candidate’s hairpiece.  If your candidate doesn’t wear a hairpiece, try other things like fundraisers, telemarketing, direct mail, etc… The campaign of Missouri insurgent Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chuck Purgason is suggesting that his former hairpiece may …

** If you like this, you’ll love our Twitter feed ** Suns out, guns out… It’s going to take more than a little oil and a brittle economy to keep these White House staffers down…or their shirts on. Check out White House spokesman Tommy Vietor and chief speechwriter Jon Favreau …

We can hardly believe this. [rocket man] Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh had an unexpected wedding singer when he said “I do” for the fourth time yesterday to Kathryn Rogers at the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach: gay rights advocate Elton John, according to a wire report from the FOX-owned …

Not quite ready to start working yet?  Read these… Helen Thomas is not bat sh*t crazy, she’s just older than the rest of us [srsly] If you don’t want to listen to voter rage, just skip the Town Hall meetings [not rocket science] It’s good to be Sandra Bullock [MTV] …

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