Outside the Beltway has posted video of right-wing zealot Chris Matthews’s recent appearance on Jay Leno. MORE »

* Jack Valenti does look like one of Tony Soprano’s buddies, but Glickman? He looks more like one of Tony’s accountants. [MAFIAA Via Information Leafblower] MORE »

Found Object: DeLay on Hardball [HuffPo]
Earlier: From the Desk of Chris Matthews (and Friends)

Ok, our buddy/tablemate Brian Montopoli pointed this out in the earlier-linked MRC dinner post, but Chris Matthews can’t catch a break. The reactionary conservatives at the MRC hate him. The whiny bleeding-heart ideologues with poor hygiene at Media Matters hate him. And we think it’s getting to him. How else to explain this (from aforementioned bleeding-heart etc. etc.)? MORE »

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Earlier this afternoon, a Capitol Hill source advised us: MORE »

* Reliable Source: NBC flack on David Gregory: “Of course he was not drinking. Do you watch Imus? If so, you know how he jokes.” [WP]
* Cindy Adams: Bush “wears a thin, made-to-fit, barely noticeable mouth guard when biking.” [NYP]
* Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Tucker Carlson promises his week-long vacation is not the end of his MSNBC program; “Hardball” will be repeated in its place. [NYDN]