video Cable news was all atwitter with the back and forth between Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday, and Fox News' Geraldo At Large was no exception. However, guest Ann Coulter's unique take on the sitting vice president was rather remarkable."It almost is kind of effective to send out this drunken Irishman to respond to Dick Cheney. It's like sending out the White House dog." Woof. (more...)

The Founding Bloggers? Or an Internet tea party? Take your pick. This morning news broke that a group of "politically diverse group of bloggers" were so impressed with last week's question and answer session between President Obama and the house Republicans that they have banded together to call on the president and the Congress to make it a regular thing. Sort of takes the term 'Internet Presidency' to a whole new level. (more...)

In the age of the Verified Account, we expect our celebrities and media personalities to be on Twitter. It's not only the quickest and easiest way for them to reach their audiences, but sometimes it provides us a small window into the minutiae of their everyday lives. "Famous people, they're just like us!" we like to think when Martha Stewart's dog pees in the house or Oprah says she's tired. But that's not why it's a category on our Power Grid. (more...)

Full disclosure: Joe Trippi is a guy with whom I am friendly. We're not BFFs, but we talk from time to time about things not directly related to my role as a journalist and his as a source.

I disclose this because it appears that community blogs, like Daily Kos, expect a chapter-and-verse dossier on everyone who posts there before they'll consider them non-slimeballs. (more...)