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  • “This promises to be a epic old-school-versus-new-school scorched earth Democratic primary battle with slick ads, sick amounts of cash, and outsider consultants by the metric ton – all but ensuring that the Virginia state house will be ruled by Republicans, or perhaps werewolves, forever and ever.” [DCeiver]
  • Those Cash4Gold ads are everywhere (heck, DCist recently spotted ’em as a major sponsor of the Washington Wizards inside the Verizon Center). Just make sure you know what kind of company you’re dealing with before you send in any gold. Rob Cockerham of Cockeyed.com has an amazing story. [Boing Boing]
  • Left twisting in a post-Condi world, one of D.C.’s longest running blogs turns to rating Congressional hairdos. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) takes top honors. [Princess Sparkle Pony]
  • This moment of Zen on C-SPAN3 just might make you feel better for a minute about how the world’s economy is spiraling out of control. [Yglesias]
  • The House went ahead and passed that delay of the switch from analog to digital TV. The deadline has been moved from Feb. 17 to June 12. [Examiner]
  • Vice President Joe Biden, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood have scheduled a press conference on the need to invest in transportation infrastructure at a train station in Maryland. The only problem? You probably can’t get there and back without a car. [The Bellows]