Team Boehner just released a pretty clever new web ad. You can’t go wrong with animals in YouTube videos.  Just ask Nancy . Note: First office to use a monkey wins.

Congress is out of town … what should we talk about? How about we all talk about each other ? I heart Politico Michael Wolff: Beltway Boys But I used to hate them Gawker: Michael Wolff Used to Hate Politico I don’t heart Politico Alex Pareene: Politico is Revolutionary Says …

Here’s your mind-blowing fact of the day: However, Politico notes that "in the 14 years since that star-crossed class arrived in Washington espousing an agenda that placed family values at its core, no less than a dozen of its members have been caught up in affairs, sex scandals or in …

What a week. First we learned the ex-WaPo reporters, John Harris and Jim VandeHei, registered www.postpolitics.com and then sold it back to The Washington Post AFTER they started Politico. VF: Beltway Boys Harris and VandeHei had begun, early on, registering domain names, including postpolitics.com, which the Post, when it began …

Jonathan Favreau makes $172,000 a year.

Only in America: The Republican Leader of the US House golfs with Tiger Woods Jessica Simpson sings the National Anthem DC fans boo Tony Romo DC Sports Blog: Redskins, Tiger Woods and Jessica Simpson [Boehner, by the way, swings right-handed but putts left-handed, with his body facing the hole. It’s …

What’s the World Coming To? People are paying to hear JoMa. Congratulations to our Secretary of Education.

4th of July [weekend reading ] Losing Gov’t $$ [interns ] W Hotel [DC on a Dime ] Coffee Cake [flirting ]

"I want Hilary Duff to play me. I think she’s really hot — hotter than me — but I’d still want her to play me" — Meghan McCain, imagining herself in movie form (New York Daily News) . h/t Wake Up Call

Dear Mark — We talked to our spiritual advisor today, and he told us to tell you – it’s about time to move on.  [dude, seriously…] Kenny Rogers might have said it best … You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, Know when to …

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The longest Senate campaign in history is finally over. [diapers] Democrat Al Franken, a satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate seat in Minnesota on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama’s party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in the Senate.  [live from DC…] Asked …

Last week Nancy Pelosi spent a majority of the week sweating out the Cap and Trade bill.  Even while her colleagues enjoyed a Hawaiian luau thanks to President Obama, she was gearing up for the Royal Rumble.  [some things never change] Pelosi and her top lieutenants would spend the next …

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