AskMissA (12/11/09): The "Third Crasher" Revealed WaPo (01/04/10): Secret Service Confirms Third Party Crasher at State Dinner

Our first 2010 prediction: The newly minted plastic bag tax means less poop pick up in our neighborhoods. Also: Where exactly does the $.05 tax money end up? [cashier pockets] Is that the reason Harris Teeter check-out employees now asking you to double bag everything? [more money]

Shira Toeplitz: Ryan To New Hampshire to Fundraise for State GOP

Capital Gig rounds up the top 20 social media stories from 2009

Two weeks ago Parker Griffith [D R – Confused] switched political parties.  His staff was apparently not amused. Most of Rep. Parker Griffith’s staff resigned Monday morning, nearly two weeks after the former Blue Dog Democrat announced his intention to join the Republican Party.  [bye bye, boss] Any Parker staff …

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With a crowded waiting room, the doctor has finally emerged. After four relatively low-profile years pushing the official party line as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Dean is once again the tribune of frustrated liberals. And after he called out President Barack Obama and his congressional allies over their …

WaPo’s Michael Wilbon: Wizards should clean house after Arenas’s dispute with Crittenton

DCist: Paternalism Big in 2010 According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the $2.50 per pack excise is the eighth highest in the nation.

We knew it was coming, but we didn’t know it would happen at 4:45 am.  [pre-breakfast snack]

Welcome back. We hope you had a great holiday break and didn’t have to spend too much time un-tagging yourself in NYE pictures on Facebook. 2010 is here. Still no hoverboards .