Gossip Roundup: Marble Shower
* Heard on the Hill: House Administration Chairwoman Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.) sends out a hilariously self-praising press release... Nancy Pelosi coins first non-dirty phrase to make it onto Urban Dictionary: "Marble Ceiling." [Roll Call]
* Yeas and Nays:Thomas "Nasty" Nast first used the ass to represent the Democratic party on this week in 1870... "Accompanying Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen P. Hughes on her trip to China today is none other than figure skating champion Michelle Kwan" ... Mark Steyn: "Muslim is the new gay." [Examiner]
* Under the Dome: Two tobacco-chewing Senators defeated by fellow tobacco-chewers... Confused Freshman Rep. gets lost in Senate side looking for Nancy Pelosi's office... Worst job in the Senate, presiding over the gavel, going to freshman. [The Hill]