GREAT EXPECTATIONS: “It’s just too easy for the NY Post headline writers.” — HuffPost‘s Sam Stein.

Speaking of Weiner…

“We really need to get moving on a conservative PAC to support Anthony Weiner getting back into politics. Who’s with me?” — Jazz Shaw, weekend editor at Hot Air.

Publisher wants beach body

“My current body-type is ‘zeppelin.’ So not ready for summer.” — Metro Weekly Co-Publisher Sean Bugg.

A publicist says no to pantyhose 

“If you’re wearing pantyhose with sandals you and I have a serious problem.” — Courtney Cohen, a publicist and former producer for ABC’s “This Week.”

Politico scribe to Hollywood

“I’m in Hollywood to cover the RNC Spring mtg. Invocation ahead of possibly-contentious, 5-hr Rules mtg asks God to give everyone patience.” Politico‘s James Hohmann. What he won’t be attending: “Dick Cheney will address the RNC at a closed-press lunch tomorrow afternoon here in Hollywood.” Roll Call‘s Jonathan Strong had a suggestion for Hohmann, saying, “You should go to Voyeur with some RNC people.”  Hohmann replied, “I would NOT get reimbursed for that.”

Halperin’s Words of Wisdom

“Dear colleagues: sometimes elected officials try to pass laws b/c they think those laws are right, not to gain electoral or political edge.” — TIME‘s Mark Halperin.

Politico Playbook Publish Time: 6:43 a.m.

When lateness pays off

“Got off jury duty by showing up late. Weird incentive there.” — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith.

From the Dept. of Bragiculture…

“Getting so many emails the little transparent Outlook notice in the corner of my computer just isn’t turning off anymore.” — Politico‘s Alex Guillen, who deserves a hearty congratulations for getting a lot of emails.

MSNBC journo has fun facts on cicadas and a style writer braces herself for a lot of face time at the salon… continued…

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Blow off work and GO SHOPPING

“Streets of Georgetown closing. Go take advantage of the insane sale – we’re hearing up to 80% off. #dresswell #thankmelater” — Washingtonian Fashion Editor Kate Bennett.

Publicist sees bright side of being sick

“Being sick didn’t stop me from putting on all my gold jewelry #arealjew” — Publicist Courtney Cohen, a former producer for ABC’s “This Week.”

NBCer gripes about closed Hill office

“Love when it’s not Christmas, New Year’s or an actual holiday and get VM from congressional office: ‘the office is currently closed.’” — NBC’s Domenico Montanaro.

Warning: this quote might make you cry

“Remarkably sad image in restaurant I’m in. Everyone sitting separate and alone looking at their phones. Irony not lost on me.” — National Journal “The Hotline”‘s Chris Peleo-Lazar.

Speaking of crying…

“Grandma(s) alert: on @Morning_Joe tmw to try to describe how much I #lovethatboy without choking up.” — National Journal‘s Ron Fournier, last night, who has been tweeting non-stop about a story he wrote about raising a son with Asperger’s Syndrome that published last Thursday. He added this morning, “Gonna try to talk to @morningmika and @Morning_Joe about how much I #lovethatboy w/out choking up.”

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Anchor gives shout-out to deceased father

“Dad, thinking about you a lot today.” — NBC Political Director Chuck Todd at the close of MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown” Wednesday.

How stupid can people be?

“Ridiculous that this has to be explained to people, but yes, Susan Rice said the Benghazi attacks were spontaneous.” – The Washington Examiner‘s David Freddoso, linking to this story.

Love and a fashion advice for Chuck Todd

• “Kuddos for @chucktodd for following up on two questions. More of that makes for a real news conference.” — National Journal Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier.

• “Thanks, Chuck Todd, 10 more minutes of same filibuster we had after Q1 and Q2. #Brilliant” — Breitbart.com‘s John Nolte.

• “Chuck, I love you man. But please don’t wear stripped [sic] shirts again on television. They’re unflattering on you.” — Kay Carman.

Editor knows his movie lines…“You want a character debate, Bob? You better stick with me, ’cause Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your league.” — WaPo‘s Enterprise Editor Carlos Lozada quoting “The American President” as President Obama responded to criticism of UN Amb. Susan Rice during a White House Press Conference.

Reporters cry discrimination

“Only 1 question so far has gone to a print reporter (AP wire), running out of time to give more Qs to non-TV people.” — Roll Call‘s Meredith Shiner.

“‘It would be a HORRIBLE precedent,’ Obama says, for me to respond to a questioner who I didn’t select ahead of time.” — BuzzFeed‘s Chris Geidner.

Scribe complains of pointless Twitter behavior

“Hey tweeps tweeting POTUS quotes: I have a TV, too, you know.” — CQ Senior Writer John Donnelly.

WaPo‘s Gene Weingarten apparently detests horseradish, Sam Stein’s big admission and on an entirely other note of complaint…

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An FNC transcript may be wrong way to go

“Boehner said “for God’s sake,” not “Christ’s sake.” I based story off an inaccurate Fox transcript. I regret the error yhoo.it/Qk3NDZ” — Yahoo! News’ Chris Moody.

Romney camp hates the media campaign continues…

“The Romney campaign’s Trash the Press Campaign continues in Colo. w/his introductory speaker who is part of the Women for Romney coalition.” — LAT‘s Maeve Reston.

Journo dismisses Shannen Doherty’s advice

“Worst commercial ever – so if Shannen Doherty says I should get my degree online, I guess I should do it.” — MSNBC’s Domenico Montanaro.

Reporter adjusts to new iPhone

“Well, I’m an iPhone guy now. should know how to send an email about two weeks from now.” — Reuter‘s Sam Youngman, who later asked: “Uh-oh. How do you press the #1 key on an iPhone while you’re on a call?!”

And now…a Schwarzenegger impersonation

“So, Arnold Schwarzenegger has a think tank. That’s pronounced Tink Tank.” — CQ Roll Call‘s David Drucker.

TBD…

“It’s a memory, not a thing.” — Journal Register Co. and Digital First Media’s Steve Buttry on his former employer, TBD, when asked, “So TBD is still a thing?”

Politico reporter to offer anger management classes

“Yeah I know. was on United from Denver and I wanted to punch people who got upped to Econ plus seeing as how I’m kind of tall and all.” — Politico‘s Ben White, who recently got pissed off at the Madison Hotel when they didn’t honor his reservation. As you can see, he has moved on from that. And no classes yet, but we’re hoping…

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What better way to wrap the week than to turn your attention to “The Week Ahead” with Domenico Montanaro and Andy Gross?  Next week President Obama goes West, Rick Perry channels his inner Steve Forbes, and Mitt Romney makes it official in New Hampshire.

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NBC’s Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX); David Brooks, The New York Times; Harold Ford, Jr., Former Congressman (D-TN); Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric; Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News.

CBS’s Face the Nation: Michelle Bachmann; Rick Santorum; Kevin Madden, GOP consultant; John Dickerson, CBS News.

ABC’s This Week: Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State; Senator John McCain (R) – Arizona; Bob Kagan, Brookings Institution; Martha Raddatz; ABC News; Rick Stengel, TIME Managing Editor; Donna Brazile, Democratic Strategist; Matt Dowd, ABC News; Frank Luntz, Republican Pollster; Jake Tapper, ABC News; George Will, ABC News; Tom Donohue; US Chamber of Commerce President; Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President.

CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Mike Duffy; Washington bureau chief, TIME magazine; A.B. Stoddard, The Hill.

CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Jim Lehrer, PBS NewsHour.

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Dan Balz, The Washington Post Gloria Borger, CNN.

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt:

NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News; Michael Duffy, TIME; David Ignatius, The Washington Post; Gloria Borger, CNN.

Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, President and CEO of Global Policy Solutions and Julie Ajinkya, Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress.

Platts Energy Week: American Electric Power’s Nick Atkins, Hogan Lovells’ Mary Anne Mason and the University of Texas-Austin’s Wayne Hoyer.

C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: Tesla Motors co-founder JB Straubel and filmmaker Chris Paine.

Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Dr. Eric Bing, George W. Bush Institute; Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAD; Dr. Groesbeck Parham, CIDRZ Cervical Cancer Program.

Politico’s Turn the Table after the jump.

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In the past week MSNBC “Hardball” Host Chris Matthews has significantly upped his Twitter following by doing one simple act: Tweeting.

For months now, he had one measly message on his feed. In one night — the evening of the GOP Presidential Debate in Simi Valley, Calif, — he increased his following by approximately five thousand. All because he announced on his “Hardball” program that he was going to be tweeting that evening.

Though Matthews’ tweets have so far been boring and bland, he caught flack for it, with FNC’s Ed Henry baiting him with ALL CAPS imitations of how he presumed Matthews, a shouting interrupter in real life, would be. And there were others who couldn’t quite imagine an online world infused with Matthews.

At the moment he’s broaching 20,000 followers (to be exact: 19, 957). He follows 65. So which lucky Washington journalists top Matthews’ list? Being at NBC certainly helps, but it’s not the only deciding factor. Politico‘s Mike Allen is on there as is HuffPost‘s Howard Fineman, C-SPAN’s Steve Scully, ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, NYT’s Jeff Zeleny, WaPo’s Dan Balz and Anne Kornblut, former CNNer Larry King and White House Spokesman Jay Carney. NBC colleagues include everyone from Joe Scarborough, Savannah Guthrie and Andrea Mitchell to Domenico Montanaro and Luke Russert.

Naturally Twitter is an opportunity for Matthews to offer a more controlled version of himself — a man who reveals himself slowly and thinks before he speaks. But here’s to hoping he unleashes his true self and gives fans what they want.

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Beauty and the Guido: “Colorado’s rocked so far! At the Steamboat Institute now and hung out with @michellemalkin yesterday.” — Washington’s version of “The Situation” Jason Mattera, Editor of Human Events, in a Friday tweet with the accompanying photograph. We prefer Mattera’s usual wife beater tank to this shapeless snow-patterned purplish T. It looks like he found the elusive Michael Stars – Grimace collection. They tried it once in the mid-90′s but never spoke of it again.

Media elitism

“I go to Whole Foods, other people go to Walmart. There’s a difference.” — The Daily Caller media writer Matt Lewis on media elitism and what it means on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” on Sunday in response to Texas GOP Gov. and presidential hopeful Rick Perry getting “pounded by the press.” Lewis remarked that this cultural bias is even more prevalent than a liberal bias. Later he opined that President Obama going to “hoity-toity” Martha’s Vineyard doesn’t make for good optics.

Astute observation

“CONNOISSEURS of Sunday-morning TV noticed that ‘This Week’ today revived the more urgent, David Brinkley-era opening music.” — Politico‘s Mike Allen in a weekend Playbook observation.

What is not journalism

“How sad that campaign ‘journalism’ has now devolved into, Is so-and-so going to run?? #thatsnotjournalism” — Media Matters‘ Eric Boehlert in a weekend tweet.

And this…

“This is par for the course for Politico. I brought this up on another story and they said they had it first but were just waiting to ‘report out the details.’ Politico, waiting to break news?” — Anonymous Tipster in response to our story, “Politico Behaves Unprofessionally.”

Hairless in D.C.

“There’s a laser hair removal Groupon for the Washington area twice a week, at least. At this rate, #DC should be hairless by 2013.” WaPo Express News Editor Sara Schwartz in a weekend tweet.

Future weatherman

“It’s raining it’s ass off in suburban MD/DC… yeesh!” — Washington Business Journal designer Tim Wong in a Sunday tweet.

En route to Mongolia

“You’ll next hear from us from Ulan Bator, something pooler never thought he’d have the chance to say just a few weeks ago.” — LAT‘s Mike Memoli in a Sunday night VPOTUS Pool Report from China. Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia.

Journo Love

“Whole lotta Twitter love for @SavannahGuthrie’s first time filling in on @MeetThePress today.” — NYT Brian Stelter in a Sunday tweet.

Where does Bret Baier shop?

A follower asks FNC’s Bret Baier: “Where do you purchase majority of your shirts/ties from? Good looking combos.” Baier replied, “Most are Brooks Brothers.”

Arianna tweaks Weiner

“And on the pretty geeky side of the news ledger, it was announced that ‘retweet’ and ‘sexting’ have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. No word on whether @RepWeiner feels validated.” – HuffPost/AOL Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington in her “Sunday Roundup.”

Seeing the glass half full…

“So the only good thing about waiting 20 minutes for a train is that I finally got to read about Kim kardashian’s over the top wedding.” — Netcentric editor and writer Elizabeth Brotherton in a weekend tweet. She was formerly an HOH writer for Roll Call.

The media critic

“Peggy Noonan’s wrong that Obama doesn’t have a solid base of people who ‘love’ him. Cheap shot w no data to back up” — NBC’s Domenico Montanaro in a Sunday tweet on WSJ Columnist Peggy Noonan, who appeared on NBC’s “MTP” on Sunday.

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What better way to end the week and kick off the Sunday Show Preview than by watching “The Week Ahead” with MSNBC’s Domenico Montanaro and Andy Gross?

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary; Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL); Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL).

• ABC’s This Week: Bill Daley and Christine Lagarde.

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Majority Whip; Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Ranking Member, Budget Committee; Rick Santorum (R) presidential candidate, former senator of Pennsylvania; James Garvin, chief scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Toby Harnden, The Guardian; Matt Frei, BBC; Emily Bell, Columbia University; Diane Dimond, The Daily Beast; Lauren Ashburn, Ashburn Media; Tony Blankley, conservative columnist; Katrina vanden Huevel, The Nation

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics.com; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News; Greg Ip, The Economist; Yochi Dreazen, National Journal.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show:

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Tatyana Ali, Mario Van Peebles, Anna Deavere Smith, J. Anthony Brown, Kym Whitley, Vanessa Williams and Bill Duke.

•Platts Energy Week: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

•Bloomberg & WJLA’s energyNOW!: George McKerrow, CEO of restaurant chain Ted’s Montana Grill; Scott Jenkins, VP of ballpark operations, Seattle Mariners; Jon Jarvis, Director, National Parks Service.

•Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman: Steve Largent, President of the CTIA – The Wireless Association and former US Representative from Oklahoma; Gordon Smith, President of the National Association of Broadcasters and former US Senator from Oregon.

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While attendees at another post-WHCD party struggled to gain admittance due to their host’s chronic and unapologetic guest list failures, MSNBC’s guests breezed though check-in and down a sprawling red carpet to the Italian Embassy.  Rather than watching celebrities make their way to an isolated VIP space, MSNBC’s guests rubbed elbows with the likes of Glee’s Jayne Lynch, SNL’s Andy Samberg, Valerie Jarrett, Meghan McCain, Eliot Spitzer, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), Bristol Palin with aunt Molly McCann and Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL).

Perhaps the weekend’s best event, MSNBC’s soiree drew a huge array of journalists – many from competitive networks.   CNN was represented by Ed Henry and Shirley Hung Henry, Edie Emery, Peter Hamby, Mark Whitaker, Sam Feist, Roland Martin, David Bohrman, and Christa Robinson.  We spotted ABC’s Rick Klein, Jim Sciutto and Polson Kanneth, as well as CBS’s Christine Delargy.  Fox News anchor Bret Baier was there.   And so was Greta Van Susteren who made quite an entrance when she and husband John Coale appeared with Todd and Sarah Palin.  The family Palin was swarmed by cameras and party-goers only moments before Cee Lo Green took the stage to perform a short set including his hit song “F**k You.”  As Palin posed for what seemed like thousands of photos, Todd, Bristol and Molly conversed with the hoards of guests who circled their table in the room’s far corner.

“We’re still getting used to this,” Sarah’s sister Molly admitted to FishbowlDC.  “I find it kind of exciting but I’m not around it all the time,” she added.

As we turned away, we nearly bumped into WaPo‘s Ezra Klein who was doing a drive-by “Mean Girls” impression.  The liberal blogger laughed out loud and rolled his eyes as he passed by Palin-palooza.  Back on the dance floor, another former governor was getting a different kind of attention from one Kiki Ryan.  The fearless reporter’s blonde ambition must have been in overdrive on Saturday because we hear she tried to persuade Eliot Spitzer to shake his groove thing.  He kindly declined:

From @burgerinfo:
@keeekster(@Italian Em):Mr. Spitzer,would you like to dance?
Spitzer: Dancings not really my forte
@keeekster:Thats not what I hear #winning

Besides our favorite celebrity bartender and TV host Rachel Maddow who spent the evening slinging drinks, NBCers like Luke Russert, Kelly O’Donnell, Domenico Montanaro, Phil Griffin, Tanya Hayre, Ed Schultz, Dylan Ratigan, Erika Masonhall, Betsy Fischer, Savannah Guthrie and Contessa Brewer were among the guests gifted Starbucks swag, a slice of pizza and bottle of Fiji as they left the fete in the morning’s wee hours.

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But first “The Week Ahead” from MSNBC’s dynamic duo Domenico Montanaro and Andy Gross…

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN); Michele Norris, NPR’s “All Things Considered”; Dan Balz, Washington Post; Ed Gillespie, Former Counselor to President Bush; Anita Dunn, Former Communications Director to President Obama.

• CBS’s Face the Nation: An interview with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT).

• ABC’s This Week:

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Majority Whip; Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Minority Whip.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Terence Smith, former PBS media correspondent; Alicia Shepard, ombudsman for NPR.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Dan Balz, The Washington Post; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post; Peter Baker, The New York Times.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL).

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: David Brooks, New York Times; Katty Kay, BBC; David Ignatius, Washington Post; and Kelly O’Donnell, NBC.

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin: Gen Colin Powell; Mayors Kasim Reed of Atlanta, GA, Vincent Gray of Washington, D.C., and Robert Bowers of East Orange, NJ; and Rep. Allen West (R-FL).

•Platts Energy Week: Helix Energy Solutions CEO Owen Kratz.

• C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: This week’s “Newsmakers” guest and reporters are TBD …

•WJLA’s energyNOW!: Daniel Weiss, Center for American Progress; Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen.

•Politico’s “Turn the Table” after the jump.

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Snow, snow and more snow

By our favorite Twit photographer, CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry

Producer sleeps at office

“@davidgregory I am camping at the office. Attempted Chain Bridge – not moving. Your office couch bigger than mine.” — NBC MTP Executive Producer Betsy Fischer in a Wednesday night tweet.

Producer has unpleasant sleepover

“Sooo not making it home tonight…anyone else having a sleepover at someone else’s place like me? A place with no power… Argh!” — TBD Segment Producer Sara Kenigsberg in a Wednesday night tweet.

Reporter watches sky light up

“Transformer in Kensington blew up ten minutes ago sky lit up blue-green — as bright as noon for 20 seconds. Lights now kaput.” — Politico‘s White House reporter Glenn Thrush in a Wednesday night tweet.

Windows, fog, sh-t

“Windows on newly freed metro bus are fogged to shit.” — The Daily Caller‘s “Daily Baller” Mike Riggs in a Wednesday night tweet.

Scribe rejoices in Uggs victory

“Feeling really great about the decision to wear Uggs to work today #lonevictory” — Politico‘s Meredith Shiner in a Wednesday tweet.

Commutes from hell

“Commute home now hits 5 hour mark. Have gone 3 miles. Stuck on I-66 at Rosslyn. Send more Chuck Berry!” — C-SPAN Communications Director Howard Mortman in a Wednesday night tweet. (Happy Birthday Howard!)

“Snow update. Two hours to drive from Cap Hill 1st/Constitution to 20th/Constitution. Will I ever get home?” — NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell in a Wednesday night tweet.

“Ok, car stuck at bureau. Trying metro. Not looking forward to the half-mile walk but at least I’ve been running for the past 2 mos.” — NBC’s Domenico Montanaro in a Wednesday night tweet.

“Almost killed by cars on 17th and k” — The Hill‘s Publicist Tricia Barba in a Wednesday tweet.

“Braving thundersnow, heading to Metro. If I don’t make it… It’s been a blast, Twitter.” — WCP‘s Managing Editor Mike Madden in a Wednesday tweet.

French-braid weirdness

“Time is bending, curving, french-braiding itself on the Metro tonight. Maybe just stay where you are, tonight! #servicey #thundersnow” — HuffPost‘s Jason Linkins in a bizarre turn of phrase in a Wednesday night tweet. (Really, Jason, time is french-braiding?)

Journos get a little help from their Twitter friends

“Tweeting while driving is bad. But can I tweet while not moving on Roosevelt bridge?” — NBC’s Chuck Todd in a Wednesday night tweet. To which NJ’s Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier chimed in with a warning, “@chucktodd when you get across, don’t take spout run thru ‘hood. Bad wreck. Stay on 29.”

ABC’s Tapper in a moment of mayor-envy

“@CoryBooker how do we draft you to be Mayor of DC? How about just during snowstorms? Can you call Mayor Gray and offer some tips?” — ABC News’s Jake Tapper in a Wednesday night tweet.

Colonic anyone?

“Bizarre: LivingSocial will give me a free colonic if I get 3 friends to buy 1. Who has friends like this?” — WaPo Book World Editor Ron Charles in a Thursday morning tweet.

A congressman’s dirty, smelly times

“We dug out in light of day – crashed at a Rep. Bachmann’s staffer’s house- like Willie Nelson put on my cleanest dirty shirt – Dulles bound” — Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) in a Thursday morning tweet.

Making Savannah’s Mom’s Day

“Thank you @mikeallen for making my mom’s day #nancy’sbday” — MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown” Co-host Savannah Guthrie in a Thursday morning Tweet. Politico‘s Mike Allen gave Nancy Guthrie the high honor of mentioning  Savannah’s mother’s birthday in this morning’s Playbook (h/t Savannah Guthrie).

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Kicking off your Sunday show preview this week are the zany duo of MSNBC’s “The Week Ahead” – Domenico Montanaro and Andy Gross.

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• NBC’s Meet the Press: VP Joe Biden, Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D); Mark McKinnon, Republican Strategist;Andrea Mitchell, NBC News; Joe Scarborough, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

• CBS’ Face the Nation: Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan); Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina); Senator Jeff Sessions; (R-Alabama); Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota).

• ABC’s This Week: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA); Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN); Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator; Chrystia Freeland, Thomson-Reuters; Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post; Donna Brazile, Political Strategist; George Will, ABC News.

• CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and to Iraq; Adm. William Fallon (Ret.), former commander, U.S. Central Command; Gen. Richard Myers (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Fredric Rolando, President of National Association of Letter Carriers.

• CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: Katrina Vanden Heuvel,The Nation; Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review;  Wagner, Politics Daily; Soledad O’Brien, CNN anchor and special correspondent; Ian Shapira, The Washington Post.

• Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Janet Hook of The Wall Street Journal, Pete Williams of NBC News, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times.

• Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Maryland Representative Chris Van Hollen.

• NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show: Howard Fineman, Huffington Post; Norah O’Donnell, NBC News; Joe Klein, TIME Magazine; and Katty Kay, BBC will appear on this week’s edition of “The Chris Matthews Show.”

• Washington Watch with Roland Martin:Gary Locke, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

•Platts Energy Week: Michael Eckhart from the American Council on Renewable Energy.

•Politico’s “Turn the Table” after the jump.

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Gross’s Spanish-speaking “little lady” and mistresses show up to yell at him.

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