It’s a big deal that POTUS invited Mitt Romney over for lunch at the White House this afternoon. The event is closed to press, so outlets tried to have some fun with the story. HuffPost’s Sam Stein tweeted, “Tomorrow, I will dress up as a waiter/butler and will try to maneuver my way in towards serving Obama/Romney during their lunch.”

Fantasyland…WaPo’s Alexandra Petri imagined what the lunch would have been like if she was there. Imagine lots of awkward banter and nervous laughter from Romney.

Others took the matter more seriously… Read more

Leading up to what is sure to be a nail-biter of a second presidential debate Tuesday night, Politico has sent a whopping eight scribes to be on-site at Hofstra University.

They include Alexander Burns, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Reid Epstein, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin (let’s hope JMart’s teenage tweeting style improves), Lois Romano, Roger Simon and Glenn Thrush.

Live from the newsroom in Roslyn hosting Politico LIVE at 8 p.m. will be always dynamic duo of fast-talking Executive Editor Jim VandeHei and cheerful Mike Allen. Viewers will be able to watch on C-SPAN 2 and in Washington on News Channel 8.