All four Iowa congressional districts will consider the resolution at the district conventions in April.
Sure, Mitt Romney barely won yesterday’s Iowa caucuses. But allow us to join the chorus of people who marvel at how they have gained such an outsized influence in the presidential primary process.
Good morning, Washington. Supporters of Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Barack Obama are riding high off their caucus victories in Iowa last night, but locally, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty continues to suffer some bumps in the road after one year in office. Just weeks after the resignation of Attorney General Linda Singer, Fenty’s former deputy chief of staff, Neil Richardson, has also resigned. Richardson, who was a key Fenty aide during his mayoral campaign, had…
>> One of two correctional officers assigned to guard the prison inmate who escaped from a Laurel hospital yesterday morning had taken a break and left his partner alone with the inmate. [WaPo] >> Del. Brian Moran (D-Alexandria) has announced he will run for governor of Virginia in 2009. [AP] >> Pest control downtown, revealed (and we’d have to agree about the band Ratt). [Penn Quarter Living] >> The N Street sidewalk by The…
Good morning, Washington. It really is freezing outside, people are dropping like flies from this terrible cold going around town, and over in Iowa, we hear there’s some kind of a fake election going on that’s going to dominate the news cycle all day. It could all be enough to get us down, but yet, we carry on … until we read this story about an 11-year-old boy in Burke, VA who has been…
People around the country have long complained that politicians are full of it. Now their workplace is too. The story, apparently broken by Roll Call, is that on Wednesday, workers found at least three piles of poo (yes, actual poo) in the hall on the Senate side of the building, and possibly some more in a gallery overlooking the Senate chamber. There have been piles of questions about this – some have speculated it was…
A couple of weeks back, we found ourselves at IOTA paying $10 to see two bands we were previously unfamiliar with (Iowa City’s Death Ships and Chapel Hill’s The Old Ceremony). The experience left us feeling satisfied and slightly adventurous. We wanted to make a regular habit of checking out bands based on 30-second clips and “borrowed” tracks from elbo.ws. And that’s partly why we were at IOTA last night to see mellow Canadian folksters…
A lot of effort goes into attending a concert — paying outrageously high ticket prices, figuring out transportation and putting up with obnoxious crowds are the first things that come to mind. This is why we tend to reserve our hard-earned dollars for those bands we really like. But something drew us to the ‘burbs last night to see Chapel Hill’s The Old Ceremony at IOTA, a band we weren’t entirely familiar with. In the…
>> Anyone born before 1985 can surely appreciate the simple joys of 8-bit electronic entertainment. Filmfest DC presents a documentary about a complex Iowa man fighting to retain his title as World Champion of Donkey Kong. King of Kong delves into the unique lives of people involved in this epic battle. [4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW, $9, 7 p.m.] >> Unbuckled alums Pela join Metropolitan and Five Four at Rock and Roll Hotel tonight. [1353…
A new permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is already making its own history as the first to require entrance fees. One part of Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution, planned to open in November, will cost visitors about $5. Much of the exhibit will be free, but an admission fee will be attached to a two-tier butterfly pavilion, similar to New York’s American Museum of Natural History butterfly habitat. We’re…
