If you haven’t heard by now (and if you haven’t, we’re not sure how you escaped the media explosion of the announcement), Bravo is expanding its Real Housewives series to Washington.

“We’re tapping personalities who are among DC’s influential players, cultural connoisseurs, fashion sophisticates, and philanthropic leaders,” says Frances Berwick, executive vice president and general manager of Bravo Media.

Don’t know what the show is about? It’s pretty much what it sounds like—a reality show following the lives, loves, and trials of wealthy housewives in places such as Atlanta, New Jersey, and Orange County, California.

We want to know: Who do you think should be on the Real Housewives of DC? From the looks of things, it seems like Bravo is searching for anyone from politicos to socialites to trophy wives of Washington’s most powerful. But we want to know who you think would be a perfect fit. Leave suggestions in the comments below!

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Terry McAuliffe—number-one pal of Bill Clinton, former Democratic Party chairman, and super-rich guy—now faces the test of his political career: Can he convince Virginia Democrats in June that a fast-talking New Yorker is Virginian enough to be governor?

Understanding the economy is one thing, but can he pronounce “Portsmouth” as they do in Portsmouth, Virginia? If he can pass this quiz, he might be a Virginian.

Erin Jackson’s blog is called You’re Welcome. “My ego came up with the name,” she says. “It thinks the world is hanging on my every word.”

Jackson is a standup comedian. She got her start when she was 24 years old, performing at clubs in DC and Baltimore. Now seven years later, Jackson is moving up fast: She has appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and she’s made several radio appearances on The Bob and Tom Show. Jackson was a semifinalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and a finalist on the network’s Stand-Up for Diversity Initiative.

She started her blog in 2005. It reads like a journal, in which she documents what goes on in her day-to-day life. Jackson never expected anybody to read it except friends and family. But now, she says, lots of her readers are people she’s never met.

We caught up with this Howard University alum to learn more about the local comedy scene. Read on to find out how Jackson got her start, where you can find her after shows, and what went on behind the scenes on Last Comic Standing.

There’s a distinctly pugnacious air about Capitol Hill this week. Sadly, John Carter seems to have abandoned last week’s spirit of warm and fuzzy bipartisanship in favor of tweeting like a Congressional Gossip Girl. John McCain has had a very exciting week, if his use of exclamation points are anything to go by. John Culberson has two tickets to the gun show, Bob Inglis takes a giant leap for mankind, Earl Blumenauer challenges George Will on both his dismissal of Portland’s eco-friendly cycling lanes and his choice of neckwear, Claire McCaskill finds solace in sports, and CNN “freshman”  reps Jared Polis and Jason Chaffetz have a Tweetfight about Guantanamo.

Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Michael Douglas and Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione. Photograph by Chajana denHarder.

The Ploughshares Fund and the Italian Embassy hosted a panel discussion last night to talk about the current state of nuclear policy and the continuing efforts against global proliferation. The discussion was moderated by actor Michael Douglas, an 11-year United Nations ambassador and member of the Ploughshares board, and it featured Senator Chuck Hagel, Georgetown Dean Robert Gallucci (referred to as “Dean Bob” by Douglas for most of the night), and a guest appearance by former Senator Sam Nunn, co-chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Italian Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta introduced the discussion, which revolved around the “transformative” agenda of the Obama administration. “This appears to be a very exciting period in the long history of nuclear disarmament,” said Douglas. “Is it truly a transformational moment in time?” Senator Hagel was optimistic: “The world is reorienting and redefining itself in a way that rarely occurs,” he said. “I don’t know an issue as threatening to mankind as proliferation, but we’re at a unique moment with our new leadership in Washington and indeed in Moscow as well.”

What: The American New Women’s Club 15th Gala and Helen Thomas Award Dinner and Roast & Toast of Katie Couric.

Where: The Fairmont Hotel, 24th and M sts., Northwest.

When: Wednesday, May 20, 6:30 PM.

Tickets: $250.

Who: ABC newsman Sam Donaldson hosted the event honoring Katie Couric. White House correspondent veteran Helen Thomas presented the evening’s awards, and roasters included White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, CBS Senior Political Analyst Jeff Greenfield, Republican Strategist Nicolle Wallace, CBS Pentagon Correspondent David Martin, and CBS Evening News Executive Producer Rick Kaplan. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a surprise video appearance.