WASHINGTON, D.C.— There was a line winding out the door of the Marriott Ballroom at CPAC for the bulk of the afternoon today, and it consisted mostly of bright-faced college kids. They were wearing dinner jackets and pencil skirts and toting bags full of free pens and pamphlets and souvenir T-shirts. Sarah Palin will speak at 4:30 today, and they wanted to make sure to get a seat.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— There must be some kind of perfect rallying cry for a giant ballroom full of conservative Americans, but it'll take a careful formula and a lot of practice to find it.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Samuel Wurzelbacher, otherwise known as "Joe the Plumber," is still plumbing. He is running for Congress as a Republican in Ohio's Ninth District—Dennis Kucinich's turf—but he is also still plumbing. He just did a job for a friend two weeks ago. He says he will plumb for life.
About 100 hormone-crazed middle and high school students descended upon the White House yesterday for a Science Fair (which, in this economy, am I right?) and Joey, an eighth grader from Phoenix, Ariz., was the unofficial winner of everything.
California's three-year legal battle over Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that effectively banned gay marriage in the state was suspended this morning after a panel from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it unconstitutional in a 2-1 decision.
PHILADELPHIA— The Wing Bowl ended for me at 9 a.m., three hours after the early morning competitive-eating contest began. But Takeru Kobayashi would not be finished with the event for three more days.
Not everyone knows football, and that's okay—even if you're an American. Everyone, though, is perfectly capable of sounding as if they might know a thing or two about football should the need arise. Here's what to yell at your TV and friends in order to sound like you maybe-kinda-sorta know what's going on this Sunday evening.
"Adorable!" (Also potentially terrifying, but that is a matter of taste.) Happy Friday.
This just in: According to Blake Lively, Blake Lively has never been on a date, ever.
Hey girl, Time Warner figured out your not-at-all-depressing Valentine's Day plans: The otherwise-execrable cable company announced this week that February will feature an entire channel of Ryan Gosling On Demand.
Just days after announcing that it would pull funding from Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen Foundation's Board of Directors released a statement apologizing for the decision today.
It's the end of an (extremely short-lived) era: 11-year-old pop star and celebrity spawn Willow Smith has cut off all of her hair. Months from now, we will watch the "Whip My Hair" video, cry a single tear, and think to ourselves, "When did everything change? WHY DOES EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAVE TO CHANGE?" [Twitter]
