We’re not quite sure this is what Charles Richter had in mind back in 1935. [is there a scientific formula involved?] If Newt is a 7.2, what is Arnold?

Wow. @HowardKurtz: GOING DIGITAL: I’m leaving The Washington Post to become DC bureau chief for the Daily Beast. Great new challenge. http://bit.ly/b0RCDm Story here.

Howard Kurtz: Appeasing the Google Gods If you appease the Google gods with the right keywords, you are blessed with more readers. So carried to a hypothetical extreme, an ideal headline would be, “Sarah Palin rips non-Muslim Obama over mosque while Lady Gaga remains silent.”

AC and hot air included: [bargain] “If you’re thinking of buying Rush Limbaugh’s Fifth Avenue penthouse — he is making good on his promise to leave high-tax New York — he’s dropped the price from $13.95 million to $12.95 million.” – Howard Kurtz Who’s got $13 million lying around?

Howard Kurtz: Roethlisberger, Massa, Ensign, Woods: Sex, power and sports

We can’t quit Rahm either. Howard Kurtz: Dueling Post columns on Rahm Emanuel

Howard Kurtz: Young editor conquers Capital

We’ve long said Twitter is a bullhorn for all things narcissistic . But rarely does anyone agree with us – until now. Howie Kurtz recently penned [another] a column about Twitter.  The article was in reference to how Twitter is used to disseminate news quickly – although not everyone is …

Headline of the Day via Gawker:  [brilliant] CNN Debates Twitter’s Relevance While Ignoring Important World Events Being Reported On Twitter Over the weekend CNN was blasted for their lack of coverage regarding the Iranian election.  And perhaps rightfully so. Over the weekend CNN’s Howard Kurtz asked America the burning question, …

Today’s matches are officially over.  Results will be posted shortly. Key match ups tomorrow include @notlarrysabato vs. @mkhammer and @mindyfinn vs. @michaelturk **Matches start tomorrow morning at 10am and go until 3pm . @bdayspring vs. @sorendayton @notlarrysabato vs. @mkhammer @lizmair vs. @KatieFavazza @newtgingrich vs. @AlbrightDC @seanhackbarth vs. @howardkurtz @jmartpolitico vs. …

TMZ keepin’ it classy… Embedded video from CNN Video

The SE bracket update: @anamariecox vs. @seanhackbarth @seanhackbarth is shaking hands and kissing babies just in case @anamariecox drops a bomb.  All it will take is one quick blow and he’s gone. @davidgregory vs. @howardkurtz @howardkurtz acknowledged that @mkhammer was horny, but forgot the #FDC hashtag.  @davidgregory:  Yes, you should …

Kurtz: The “Frill” is Gone Perhaps the shift also reflects a boredom with Washington in the eighth year of the Bush presidency, at a time when terror alerts have faded and Congress seems gridlocked about everything. If so, more papers might shore up their bureaus at the start of an …

If you read one article today, check out this one … and then go back to FacebookYouTubeGmailCraigslist. Howard Kurtz: Post Buyouts Come With an Emotional Cost Let’s not bury the lead: This is a rough time for the newspaper business, a rough time for The Washington Post and a rough …

Howard Kurtz: At Sparkly Newseum, The Glory Of the Story Goes Above the Fold The new incarnation of the Newseum is dazzling, innovative and absorbing, a first-class addition to the capital’s cultural institutions. … It is also, in some respects, an overpriced monument to journalistic self-glorification. Not that there’s anything …