Give us $50 and a couple of honor students from West Virginia and we’re quite certain we could’ve pulled off a better explosion. [fail] CBS: Next time hire these mental giants.

Unemployment is sky-high, our economy is up to its knees in sewage and houses are foreclosing more often than Michelle changes outfits – and this is what the Senate deems important enough to spend time on? [priorities ] Everyone from President Obama to real fans have criticized how college football determines its top team. …

Patrick O’Connor : Democrats vs. Democrats Among the targets of Americans United for Change is Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), who declared the ads “not very helpful.” … “The liberal groups need to understand that we are not elected to represent the president,” Pryor said. “We’re elected to represent our states, …

Ed Henry thinks Ed Henry is pretty special.  [self-absorption]

"If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice I would have a million dollars today — provided I’d started with a 100 million dollars." Jon Stewart Is that really you? [Shaq ] Nothing is real anymore [American Idol Is he coming back? [fantasy football ] Fake Ari Emanuel invokes real Rahm Emanuel to …

Updated brackets can be found here. All eight matches will begin Friday at 10am and end at 3pm.

We’re exhausted.  Great match ups.  More to come later… @bdayspring vs. @sorendayton WINNER: @sorendayton @straylightrise’s kiss of death endorsement of @bdayspring worked its magic. Maybe because Mr. Dayspring was still recovering from last night’s presser. Meanwhile, @sorendayton was ready to go toe to toe . He racked up tons of …

What a crazy day for the FDC Twitter Challenge.  Results will be posted shortly.

As we tweeted earlier today, FamousDC is now on Facebook . Yes, we know the new Facebook sucks. Yes, we know we posted about how much it sucks. And yes, we know our Facebook Accountability Venture should disqualify us from being able to post status updates. But, we have come …

Who says the media can’t be trusted? Chris Cillizza : "his introductory remarks came across as shaky and uncertain" A Slow Start: Obama is an expert at reading off a teleprompter without it appearing as though he is reading off a telemprompter. But, tonight he struggled badly. His gaze was …

On Thursday, POTUS will be answering your questions a la 43’s Ask the White House program. An intrepid tipster was smart enough to load the new White House chat feature in internet explorer 8, and take a screen shot. The result: Google and marijuana legalization take center stage. Looks like …

How to survive a lay-off [WaPo ]

The first ever #FDC overtime match proved to be classic Quaker on Quaker action…. Madden came out swinging and showed he was a force to be reckoned with, despite that fact that he was working the Obama Presser. The trash talking got so heated, Rahm-bo told Madden to "Shut the f*ck …

**Battles begin now and end today at 3pm . @bdayspring vs. @sorendayton @notlarrysabato vs. @mkhammer @lizmair vs. @KatieFavazza @newtgingrich vs. @AlbrightDC @seanhackbarth vs. @howardkurtz @jmartpolitico vs. @ryangrim @davidall vs. @jaketapper @mindyfinn vs. @michaelturk

This literally couldn’t get any closer.