Gossip Roundup: Chairs Missing
* Heard on the Hill: Ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee throws a tantrum over not getting a good seat at a meeting, makes all the Republicans leave... Rep. Adam Putnam, who is 12 years old, is serving reporters lots of orange juice... House Dems decide to stop calling first-termers "freshmen." [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: White House Social Secretary Lea Berman is stepping down... What was the deal with the Baby Einstein lady at the SOTU? ... Clinton BFF Stephen Spielberg is hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: No one mentioned that poor Michael J. Fox attended the SOTU... Susan Sarandon in being a big hippie shocker... Jack Abramoff's restaurant Signatures reopened as D'Acqua on Tuesday. [Examiner]
* Under the Dome: Don't ride an elevator with Rep. Joseph Crowley unless you want him to start singing at you. It happened to Jane Harman, it can happen to you too... Lincoln Chaffee found a job! [The Hill]
* Shenanigans:Bob Ney's caricature is still on the wall at The Palm. [Politico]