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Just when you thought 2012 couldn’t get any better, it’s Iowa caucus day. As MSNBC’s First Read blog notes, turnout is everything in these political matters. And the candidates are doing everything they can to make sure the votes come in, like physically transporting people to polling sites so they can cast their votes.

The Ron Paul and Rick Perry campaigns are providing voters with transportation, and Mitt Romney’s camp is providing transportation “for special circumstances.”

But before voters can get to the polling locations, the candidates, unfortunately for them, had a few more days to make their cases.

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A still from yesterday's event. From left: Mike Allen, Karen Hughes, Don Baer, and Pat Mitchell

During the Paley Center for Media’s International Council forum on digital media and politics in New York on Wednesday, Mike Allen, chief political correspondent for Politico, discussed the current explosion of media coverage.

“Now there is no place that everyone automatically goes for news. In the new world, all media outlets face the nightclub conundrum – when they’re hot, everyone goes there. Politico needs to make sure we don’t end up like Studio 54,” he said.

The panel was moderated by Pat Mitchell, president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media, and the other panelists included Don Baer and Karen Hughes, both worldwide vice chairs at Burson-Marsteller and former presidential communications advisers, for Clinton and Bush respectively.

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“I love my job,” Gibbs is quoted saying in The Hill. Still, he wouldn’t say that he would rule out a move when pressed and saying nothing is tantamount to saying something. The current chairman is former Virginia governor Tim Kaine.

Over the weekend, Politico columnist Mike Allen gave his short list to succeed Gibbs in his Playbook column (in alphabetical order): Bill Burton, Jay Carney, P.J. Crowley, Stephanie Cutter, and Geoff Morrell. Dee Dee Myers, former Clinton press secretary and current Glover Park Group MD, is also predicting Burton will be next in the role.

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While the homepage of Politico.com and Mike Allen‘s “Playbook” column are must reads for Washington D.C. political insiders, the “Click” section of the publication’s website, which features lifestyle and other random items of note, is easy to get featured on.

Take a story published today titled, “Ben Marter’s Home Cooked Weekend.” The story features Ben Marter, communications director for Rep. Betsy Markey. Here’s how it begins:

Ben Marter spent most of last week working late and eating out. So, this weekend, the communications director for Rep. Betsy Markey was craving some home-cooking.

Who cooked? He did.

We asked Marter–who enjoys playing the role of the sometimes-chef–what showed up on his dietary dossier this weekend.

On Friday night, at home with his girlfriend, Marter cooked up a spicy chicken stir-fry with broccoli, cabbage, mushrooms, green beans, peanuts and onions, and seasoned with with ginger and lemongrass.

“I recommend it,” he said.

The story goes on to state how Marter also enjoyed frozen yogurt and Boboli Pizza. So there you have it PR pros: pitch Politico’s “Click” when you’re looking to get a quick hit.

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Yuille will join as head of marketing communications and public affairs, effective June 21, 2010. She joined move to CBS from MSNBC/NBC in October 2007.

UPDATE: After the jump, the internal memo from Polyvore CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy announcing the news.

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Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the national incident commander for the massive BP Gulf Coast oil leak, will begin daily media briefings today.

“The idea is to give the government’s response a reassuring, authoritative face. The new plan is designed to send a clearer signal of control than was possible when various Cabinet secretaries were serving as the spokesperson du jour, or when rotating government officials were appearing next to BP executives,” Politico’s Mike Allen reports.

Meanwhile, the White House dispatched Carol Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, to appear on the national morning shows today. Video of Browner’s “Good Morning America” interview after the jump.

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Laura Burton Capps, a veteran of the Clinton White House, Kerry presidential campaign and Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s staff, is joining Blue Engine Message & Media, a strategic communications firm led by Erik Smith and Kathy Roeder, Politico’s Mike Allen reports.

Blue Engine Message & Media was formed in 2006. Perhaps Burton Capps is filling the role of BEM & M staff member Miti Sathe, who is joining the White House in the Office of Public Engagement.

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For a variety of reasons, the PR issues around the Gulf Coast oil spill are about to get a lot worse.

Notably, an NPR report released today reveals that the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico is at least 10 times the size of official estimates.

Also, as Politico’s Mike Allen reports, “From a P.R. standpoint, the worst could be yet to come: The oil hasn’t started rushing ashore.”

In addition, CBS’ “60 Minutes” is promoting an exclusive interview to air this Sunday with Michael Williams, chief electronics technician on the oil platform, who jumped into the water after the explosion and was rescued.

“All the things that they told us could never happen, happened. You know, on a daily basis, we were told, ‘We’re going to send you home better than the day you got here. It wasn’t true that day,” he told “60 Minutes.”

RELATED: Oil Rig Operator Transocean Hired PR Agency Financial Dynamics (FD) Within 24 Hours of Explosion

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President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, the administration told media yesterday. If confirmed, she would succeed the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

Politico’s Mike Allen reported on Friday, “The West Wing may leak the pick to AP’s Ben Feller on the later side Sunday, then confirm it for others for morning editions.”

Instead, NBC’s Pete Williams got the story first.

Shortly after, @todayshow tweeted, “Tune in to @todayshow tomorrow morning for the latest on Pres. Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court.”

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