Remainders: The Newly Dry Market For Peach Schnapps

• Bush twins unemployment index goes to zero at the same time the Bush twins in DC index goes to zero. Saddest possible trombone plays a solo for every bar owner in Georgetown. [Fresh Politics]

• A guy who gives redneck mayors of small hick towns a bad name. [The Smoking Gun]

• Orrin Hatch may love the red, white, and blue, but comedian Bill Hicks sure doesn’t — and he’ll tell you all about it. [WFMU]

• More pundit-on-reporter smack talk! Talk show host Melanie Morgan wants to send Bill Keller to the gas chamber, advocates Reporto-pundicide! [Andrew Sullivan]

• Rep Jeff Flake prefers his lady friends call him “the peppermint mustang.” [Washington Wire]

• A primer on photographing fireworks. Sadly, no tips on what to do about the way your thumb always slips over the lens after you’ve finished the flask you managed to slip by the park police. [Digital Photography School]

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Senator John Ensign: This White Man Can Jump

Washingtonians enjoy watching basketball, especially given George Mason’s recent success. But they also enjoy playing it. A reader offers this report about last night’s Congressional Basketball Game:

I was at Gallaudet University tonight as the handler for the Washington Wizard’s mascot G-Wiz for the Congressional Basketball Game between the Dems and Republicans. Before the game, Senator John Ensign (R-NV) was alone on the court, practicing while many of the other players had not yet arrived. What I saw from this 48-year-old senator with salt & pepper hair was not what I expected. He was nailing three pointers from around the arc. At one point he hit 5 of 6 from NBA range. I was impressed but didn’t expect he would continue it during the game.

Well he did. He was crucial to the GOP’s 35-27 win over the Dems. As non-partisan as I am, the “Dunkin Donkeys” had a pretty poor showing with the exception of Ron Kind (D-WI) and Kendrick Meek (D-FL). Congressmen Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Vito Fossella (R-NY) were impact players, too, but the story was Ensign. He continued to hit 3-pointers and was awarded the GOP MVP.

Senator Ensign’s performance is especially impressive given that he injured his hand last year — while playing basketball, natch.

The basketball court: yet another forum where the Republicans defeat the Democrats.

Sen. Ensign’s Damaged Hand [The Hill]

Earlier: March Madness at the DNC: Howard Dean’s Standing in the Office Betting Pool

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