Politico thinks these 10 flacks will be the hardest working people in political show business this election cycle. Kate Kelly Alisia Essig Princella Smith Todd Jurkowski Peter Boylan Bryan DeAngelis Joel DiGrado Jonathan Godfrey Debbee Keller Glen Caplin Find out why

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alykat/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 Things overheard at the U2 concert at FedEx Field: "We had to miss Muse because I was writing talking points for my boss … she’s meeting with an Ambassador tomorrow." — girl walking to stadium and explaining her integral role in our democracy to friends …

Last night Tom DeLay proved that he might just have staying power. [A Word About the Underdogs] Say what you want about Tom DeLay. He has come across as good-natured, determined, charming, hard working, and an all-around nice guy. I think some people who might not be fans of his …

DCist: DeShawn Stevenson Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand [go sell crazy somewhere else] Great. Gilbert Arenas has decided to stop talking and Deshawn is obviously bat sh*t crazy. What is it with DC professional sports teams?

WaPo: The Final: The Best State Political Reporters [who made the list?] Big congrats go out to all of the state political reporters that Chris Cillizza just made Famous today.

We’ll be honest, we want the Olympics in Chicago. And since Team Chi-town isn’t pushing back on Drudge plastering a video of their town’s gang violence all over the front page, we thought we’d fire off a little dirty ditty on Chicago’s main competitor, Rio de Janeiro.  And trust us, …

This will likely be the only congressional candidate we endorse this cycle. [burritos] h/t Crunch via Luke

First Lady Michelle talking tough: "It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners…"  [gold medal beat down] FLOTUS talking crime Olympics.

Dating Video [1987] Lady GaGa [DC] Seat hog [Metro] Hilarity [photo]

Coach Mike Gundy Outraged By Meg Whitman’s 28 Years Of Not Voting H/T – The Fix

Strange ads are the new black [coffee]. Starbucks is rolling out its own brand of instant coffee this week, and they’re employing a very topical, if slightly risky, ad campaign to do it. First aired during the premiere of Saturday Night Live, this ad for “Via” gambles heavily that the …

That’s not a punch line – it’s the truth. Sarah Palin’s publisher plans to announce Tuesday that the title of her eagerly awaited memoir will be “Going Rogue: An American Life. [picture book?] We admire the former quitter Governor of Alaska for writing a book, we just feel the title …

Last night on Dancing With the Stars , the Muppets made a guest appearance during Aaron Carter’s performance.  Tom DeLay, who only manged to score 18 out of 30, could’ve used the Muppet contingent. Unfortunately for DeLay, he repeatedly tried to ice those Muppets from getting funding while in Congress.  …

The H Street Country Club Famous Drink Off The good folks over at the H Street Country Club were nice enough to extend an invitation to a couple of our FamousDC tipsters. Here is their first hand account of the festivities: We were asked to come hang over a few cocktails …

Twitter, at least on Capitol Hill, may be more popular than the wrap line in Longworth, but according to a Vanity Fair poll , the American public at large is not yet sold on the microblogging site.  [via the Twiter Room] Only 15 percent of Americans believe that Twitter is …