A Perfect Candidate

- SEN. CREIGH DEEDS shines in a stunning surprise appearance at Al Weed's Biltmore after-party! Outsmarts KENTON NGO, JAMES MARTIN, and others in Virginia political trivia and arrives/leaves at the exactly appropriate times. Way to go, Mayor Quim…er, Senator Deeds!

- DELS. KRIS AMUNDSON and BOB BRINK, quickly emerging as the most dynamic legislative duo the web has ever seen, regale bloggers with hysterical war stories from the General Assembly. Some of their digs easily outperformed material often seen on the WILMER VALDERRAMA-hosted MTV smash hit "Yo Momma" (not saying very much, I know). Even so, well done, Kris and Bob!

- The party was roaring @ Allen staffer TUCKER WATKINS's hospitality suite! Bipartisan hilarity ensued. As Waldo notes, the alcohol was indeed top notch. It's potency was quickly proven by the following events:

1) A major Virginia blogger who shall remain unnamed overpowered the room with a quite boisterous rendition of "House of the Rising Sun," and nearly had to be cut off by Tucker himself. Ouch! (editor's note: turns out this was a sober performance, as proven later by the blogger-in-question's ability to participate in a duet encore with a backing fiddle)

2) Yet another party attendee broke out into a spontaneous freestyle rap that seemed to be going decently until he attempted to rhyme the following:

Aspiring blogger/rapper: "someone pleez fahnally/tell gerry connolly/it's 'bout time to inhibit/the nonsense of Tribbett/who deals mo' cards than/bills sponsored by Marsden." 

The crowd: "bwahaha, booooooo"

UPDATE: Good lord, someone call Lloyd Bentsen 'n get this m'f'r crunk!

3) A prominent female blogger steals the award for line of the night at an apartment on the UVA Corner by announcing "someone come onto this bed with me, I'm feeling friendly!" Ha ha ha. Let's just say NLS wishes he had been there. hmm…..

The moral of this liquorific exhibition? Drinking the opposing side's alcohol is an excellent campaign tactic – it depletes their resources quickly. I employed it with great success at the HARRIS MILLER-sponsored "JJ After Dark" open bar in February. Just look what happened to him! Many thanks to Tucker Watkins, and…you're next, GEORGE ALLEN!

To be clear, Tucker Watkins was a very generous host, and I thank him very much for having us.

- Finally, speaking of the show "Yo Momma," I am reminded of my favorite smackdown yet: "yo momma's so stupid, someone told her to do the robot and now R2D2 has aids." In turn, R2D2, of course, gets me thinking about another all-too-obvious resemblance:

Next week's S.A.B.A.T.O., anyone?…