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Famously Quoteworthy: What Was Nancy Watching Last Night?
"Is" Nancy Pelosi a Lakers fan? "From our perspective we won last night." — Nancy, last night. We guess it depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. [click]
CNN Ratings Still Chilly
We watch CNN because they have super rad holograms. Apparently other people do not. [where’s the remote?] For the first time in more than two years, CNN fell out of the top 30 cable channels last week in prime time (total viewers). Fox News ranked 3rd, behind USA and ESPN, …
Ronnie Cho[se] to Bare It All For HBO
Ronnie Cho, the former Obama campaign wonk turned administration staffer, was featured in last night’s screening of “By the People.” The strange thing about Cho’s camera time, unlike everyone else in the film who kept their clothes on, Cho decided he was most effective when working in his boxer shorts. …
Hyper Hill
National Christmas Tree [lighting] Think of the environment [print] Bistrot du Coin [review] Real World [house] Political [recap]
Jon Stewart: Indecision 2009 – Reindecision 2008 And Beyond
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Indecision 2009 – Reindecision 2008 And Beyond www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis
The Human “Fire Snyder” Sign at FedEx Field
If somehow the good people of DC and the surrounding area can pull this off, it’ll be the greatest achievement at FedEx field all year. [finally, a reason to go to a game] Daniel Snyder wants to ban signs at FedEx Field? Then let’s turn the stadium itself into a …
Upset about last night’s elections? Just relive 2008 with OFA
2 words: Campaign reunions. Christina Bellantoni: Rubbing It In? OFA’s Obama Feed Tweets About Election ’08
DC Lobbyist Says Obama is Talking Out of Both Sides of His Mouth
Randy Barrett: Jankowsky: Obama’s Double Standard The Obama administration is talking out of both sides of its mouth regarding special interests, writes longtime D.C. lobbyist Joel Jankowsky in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Tuesday.
What Up
Daniel Carty (CBS): Michael Steele: GOP Has “Found Its Voice Again” “Now the bottom line is this, the drama of 23 was nice and cute and fun, [and] everybody made fun about how the party’s all fractured. The reality is now that we have a chance to get the seat …
Republican Victory Advice: 5 Rules of Engagement for Tonight
What’s past is prologue. This is a recycled post from June 3, 2008 from a FamousDC contributor (and Obama supporter) that might be worth reading tonight for Republicans from red Virginia. 5 Rules of Engagement for Tonight (Must Read for Obama supporters)
Closing Bell: Victory Has a Thousand Fathers, But Defeat is an Orphan
UPDATE: Defeat is an orphan. [blame game begins now] Who gets to claim the most credit if Doug Hoffman wins in NY-23? Fred Thompson Sarah Palin Glenn Beck Erick Erickson The voters Twitter Al Sharpton His campaign staff Verne Troyer Sean Hannity His favorite bank teller Conservative bloggers Dede Scozzafava …
We Wish Plouffe Would Have Taken Pictures
From page 61 of "The Audacity To Win": "In what appeared to be an approximation of exercise, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico was shuffling -and that may be too kind of a word-along the motel sidewalk in a velour sweat suit…" We aren’t very good at research here at …
Things Social Media [Can and] Can’t Do
AdAge recently posted about the "top ten things social media can’t do." Below are a few of their highlights, followed by our commentary. Substitute for marketing strategy Translation: Facebook is no longer a bullet point on that really awesome proposal you’re putting together – but shhh, don’t the "new media" …
Haley Barbour’s Kid Hits Two Hole-In-One Shots In One Round
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. h/t mkhammer