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The Guest List: February 2010

A monthly roundup of people we’d like to have over for drinks, food, and conversation. more

Monday, February 08, 2010 | in Capital Comment Blog | By Garrett M. Graff

The Tweet Beat: The Best Congressional Tweets of the Week

Happy Friday, tweetbeaters! Hopefully, like many of our representatives, you’ve managed to escape in time and won’t get caught in the EPIC SNOWPOCALYPSE COMING TO KILL US ALL. With all this hashtagging going on, we have to wonder- how did people manage to hype things before Twitter? Text messaging? Telegrams? Cable news?

There was great excitement (and typical partisan posturing) this week when President Obama went to Baltimore for a powwow with House Republicans, conveniently taking most of the White House press pool with him. Virginia Foxx was unimpressed by the lecture, even if she did line up like a hardcore Obamabot afterwards to get the President’s autograph. Jason Chaffetz used the opportunity to actually ask useful questions, David Vitter is absolutely, completely obsessed with some Super Bowl copyright issue, Bob Goodlatte is reading, Glenn Thompson is groundhogging and Gabrielle Giffords got out just in time... And John McCain is very proud of his family. Which is nice.
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Friday, February 05, 2010 | in Capital Comment Blog | By Sophie Gilbert

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Make Mine a Single: Valentine’s Parties Where You Don’t Need a Date

Who needs a stinkin’ significant other anyway? Here’s a list of parties where all the single ladies (and gentlemen) can party this Valentine’s Day weekend—and where you might even find your next soulmate. more