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Happy Hour

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:54:11 +0000

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Today’s Most Popular Stories

Inky — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:11:36 +0000

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Photo Caption Contest: The Winner

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:52:07 +0000

“McCain’s got really short arms–like this”

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Sunday Show Preview

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:12:38 +0000

Meet the Press: Fred Thompson and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), and a roundtable with Washington Post’s David Broder, NBC’s David Gregory, NPR’s Michele Norris and NBC political director Chuck Todd.

Face the Nation: Obama strategist David Axelrod, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

This Week: Axelrod and McCain manager Rick Davis, and a roundtable with Time’s Mark Halperin, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd and George Will.

Fox News Sunday: Davis, Obama manager David Plouffe and Karl Rove and a panel with Brit Hume, Fox News Washington Managing Editor, Mara Liasson, National Public Radio & Fox News, Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard & Fox News and Juan Williams, National Public Radio & Fox News.

Late Edition: Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), VA Gov. Tim Kaine (D), Republican strategists Alex Castellanos, Ed Rollins and Leslie Sanchez, Democratic strategists Donna Brazile, Paul Begala, Hilary Rosen, former White House adviser David Gergen, and James Carville, CNN’s Candy Crowley, Campbell Brown, John King, Bill Schneider, Howard Kurtz, and Gloria Borger, Washington Times’ Tara Wall. Note: This is a special three hour show.

The Post Politics Program with Emily Freifeld and Ed O’Keefe: Govs. Jim Douglas of Vermont, Butch Otter of Idaho and Ted Strickland of Ohio and washingtonpost.com’s Francine Uenuma and Chris Cillizza.

Chris Matthews Show: Time’s Joe Klein, BBC’s Katty Kay, Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson and MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell.

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) and Democratic strategist Tad Devine.

Inside Washington: NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Newsweek’s Evan Thomas and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer.

Roll Call TV with Robert Traynham: T.J. Rooney, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman; Jeff Jubelirer, Republican media consultant; and Shira Toeplitz and Emily Heil of Roll Call.

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It’s Official: Palin Ignores Sunday Talk Shows

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:11:03 +0000

This Sunday, November 2, is the final Sunday before Tuesday’s highly anticipated presidential election. Gov. Sarah Palin has thus far opted not to participate in what has become a campaign ritual: Interviews on the various Sunday talk show programs.

Well, all of the major Sunday talk shows — NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CNN’s “Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer,” Fox’s “Fox News Sunday,” ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and CBS’s “Face the Nation” — have now announced their weekend lineups and none were able to land an interview with the Alaska governor, just days before the election.

It should be noted: The last vice presidential candidate to avoid NBC’s “Meet the Press” — long a ratings and gravitas champ among its competitors — was…

…Dan Quayle.

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Newhouse Says Goodbye To The Bureau

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:56:00 +0000

A group of Newhouse News Service alums are going to gather at the National Press Club Nov. 13 for a wake for the soon-to-be departed bureau. Some of the current Newhousers will be there as well.

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Did All The Debates Sound The Same?

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:55:15 +0000

23/6 sure thinks so:

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Quinn Bradlee Launches “Friends of Quinn”

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:58:20 +0000

Check it out here.

Earlier on FishbowlDC: “Quinn Bradlee Jumps Into The Fray”

(Quinn is the son of Washington Posties Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn)

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Howard Kurtz Facebook Update

Inky — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:53:23 +0000

Howard Kurtz added 29 Facebook friends this week, bringing his total to 2,531.

He also had five status updates, which included:

Howard is wondering if the Obama infomercial gets higher ratings than this washed-out Series.

Howard is finding the GOP’s circular firing squads fascinating to watch right now.

Howard is watching the World Series and close to dozing off.

Howard has never shopped at Nieman Marcus but suddenly feels the need to upgrade his wardrobe.

If you’d like to add Howard as a friend, click here.

Also, be sure to check out Fishbowl DC’s Facebook profile here.

And if you want FishbowlDC’s Twitter updates, click here.

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Brauchli Announces Washington Post’s Expanded Federal Coverage

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:17:53 +0000

FishbowlDC has obtained an internal staff memo from Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli (BROW-klee) regarding the paper’s plans for enhanced coverage of the federal government.”

“With Washington about to face its first major government transition in eight years, we’re preparing to launch expanded, deeper and more sophisticated coverage of the central institution in this town, the federal government.”

Read the full memo after the jump…

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Wiltz Leaving Style

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:56:26 +0000

Teresa Wiltz is leaving the Washington Post’s Style section, FishbowlDC has learned. Style’s Deputy AME Steve Reiss tells staffers, “She’s going tobe writing for The Root and working on a couple of book projects.”

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Poll of the Day

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:55:49 +0000

Who Won The Week?
( surveys)

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The Obama Plane: The Victims

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:42:22 +0000

So which reporters were denied a seat on the Obama plane (the story is all the rage today)?

From the Washington Times, it was Christina Bellantoni.

From the New York Post, it was Geoff Earle (random side note: Earlier Charlie Hurt was booted from the plane after the campaign objected to a column of his).

From the Dallas Morning News, it was Todd J. Gillman.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that it’s political” says one reporter familiar with the Obama campaign’s recent reporter manuevers. “This is like what the Bushies do..”

>UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News is up with its own reaction.

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Tale of the Email Tape: Fed Cuts Rates

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:07:07 +0000

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Portfolio Changes Skip DC

Patrick — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:58:28 +0000

Lots of coverage today about Portfolio magazine’s recent woes, but a spokesperson tells FishbowlDC that any internal changes won’t affect anything in Washington, where Matt Cooper resides and writes for the magazine.

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