Twitter [FamousDC ] Obama limbo [oddly enough ] Knee Injuries Coming [Madden cover ] Steals of the Week [DC on a Dime ] Eggs Benedict [best ] Tighten Up [TI ]

Asked by Wolf Blitzer how he would grade the White House press corps, Gibbs says he’d give them a "strong A." Strong work, Wolf.  That’s like asking Kermit the Frog what he thinks of Jim Henson.

Get it while it lasts.  [JCPenney] h/t HA

h/t Last Call "He might not be a member of the Blue Dog Coalition anymore, but I think that men and women of both political parties can agree that he is still a dog" — NRCC’s Ken Spain , on Tim Mahoney [zinger]

U.K. too? [recession ] Retired [Mutumbo ]

Yes, even pirates need lobbyists in Washington, D.C.  [booty] A region of Somalia that is home to many of the pirates who have made national news terrorizing area waters is seeking help from K Street to calm the troubled seas. Do their business cards have an eye-patch on them? Are …

Heating up … CQ: Pelosi knew "contents" of Harman wiretap During a roundtable with reporters yesterday, Pelosi said: “All [investigators] said was that [Harman] was wiretapped.” [I]ntelligence officials let Pelosi know about the wiretap and its contents , according to the three former national security officials. "She knew. We made …

Can someone please explain to us why there is a Facebook group for laughing? What about breathing.  Seems like we should have a group for that too. And sleeping.  And dieting.  And what about a group for people who can’t stop creating groups? UPDATE: Shockingly, a Facebook group for sleeping …

And we thought Rahm Emanuel was the only person that took time to read our blog.  [expressed] Famous thank you to Clinton Yates

Meghan McCain recently said that "we" need to take back Twitter from the creepy people—like Karl Rove, "America’s Toughest Sheriff," and the other undesirables who now follow her every Tweet.  [who will be next?] BTW: Is it us, or is her writing so bad, it makes Paulie Shore look like …

From Wake Up Call: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd recently visited Twitter’s HQ in San Francisco to find out if the "inventors of Twitter were as annoying as their invention."  [indeed]

Anne Schroeder: Rep. Jane Harman talks about being wiretapped As she told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: "My phone is ringing off the hook in my office from worried members who are asking whether I think it could have happened to them. I think this is an abuse of power, Wolf." munky …

Citronelle to leave DC [Tyson’s corner, really?] Girl of Words [hams it up]