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Someone at the NRSC has a brilliant plan for the Republicans: the dude who nearly lost to Jimmy Carter’s son should run for President. We like it! Ensign has such nice hair… MORE »

Your Senators from Nevada: Not secretly fucking each other. You know, just in case you were wondering. What? MORE »

The Nevada cowtown of Elko finally got another president to stop by. The last one was Herbert “Hooverville” Hoover. Today it was George W. Bush. MORE »

Maybe a hippie or two made a wrong turn after Burning Man and ended up in the Cowboy Capital of Elko, Nevada, but the place remains one of the most solidly Republican areas on Earth. MORE »

Spotted this week were some damn fine Americans, with a whole lot of shiny metal at home on their mantels. Mia Hamm has her World Cup trophies, Anderson Cooper has his Emmy, Michael Hayden has all that weird military stuff on his shirt, and Jimmy Carter has that thing they call a Nobel. Not everyone can be number one, though, so just enjoy what you can — like Donald Rumsfeld and his juicy steaks, or Antonin Scalia and his fancy car. Feed your need for life envy; there are lots more people richer than you. Check out the sightings, after the jump.

Oh, and intern season is here! It sure is great that just as soon as the laminate dries on their cute little “109th Congress Intern” badges, they’re off and sending us tips. Act like an intern and send in your own via email, with “Wonk’d” or “Sighting” in the subject line, and the name of the fancy pants you spotted. We won’t pay you anything, just like real interns!

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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: MORE »

* Reliable Source: Stephen Colbert to headline White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. . . Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, George Shultz, and Charles Krauthammer partied at Cafe Milano on Friday. . . Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledges abstinence until election in April. [WP]
* Under the Dome: Sen. McCain’s home is a tough sell at $3.75m. . . Sen. Cornyn (R-Texas) lampooned Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.) with remarks on Alito. . . Comedian Steve Carell runs for Congress in upcoming film. [The Hill]
* Inside Politics: Sen. Ensign (R-Nev.) suffers slight injuries after head-on collision with sleepy driver. . . Bush calls Bill Clinton “my new brother”. . . Tony Blair’s son begins congressional internship today. [WT]
* Page Six: “Enviro-babe and screenwriter” Nora Maccoby likely behind Bush’s State of the Union environmentalism. [NYP]
* Liz Smith: Chip Reid married on Jan. 2. [NYP]
* Rush & Molloy: Bill Clinton uses Davos forum to state, for the record, that he is not married to John McCain. [NYDN]