Here’s your weekly think tank event roundup:
Monday, July 13: The National Endowment for Democracy, true to what it was put on this earth to think about, is hosting an event today that looks at how we can foster democracy in oil rich countries.  The demand for oil seems to bring about dictatorships in these countries instead of everyone’s favorite type of government, democracy!  We wonder if the thinkers at NED get a kickback every time a country becomes more democratic ….
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It turns out that Hillary Clinton is not the only member of her family to speak with the dead. One artist has captured in paint definite proof of two living Democratic ex-presidents in sinister commune with the long deceased. What sort of liberal witchcraft is this coven engaged in? And what does it mean that Bill seems to “have all the chips,” while FDR “deals the cards”? MORE »

* Reliable Source: Who’s Anna Nicole Smith’s baby-daddy? Yes, it’s President’s Day Weekend… Which bits of Breach are real and which are made-up? Take a quiz… More juicy Woodrow Wilson gossip! [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Virginia hates Hillary, loves Barry Obama… Mos Def wore an “Obama: So Fresh, So Clean” shirt the other night… Rep. Roscoe Bartlett wants everyone to stop calling it Presidents’ Day, because it’s clearly Washington’s birthday… Newt Gingrich will not announce his intention to lose the Republican nomination until September. [Examiner]
* Washington Whispers: Mike Huckabee’s daughter is following him around keeping him out of trouble… Bushies still attempting to stack the courts, hope to get one more on SCOTUS before they’re run out of town… Arlen Specter called the Supreme Court lazy. [USN&WR]

* Heard on the Hill: It is possible to vaguely connect the death of Anna Nicole Smith to Congress. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: In what might be the single weirdest Reliable Source item we’ve ever seen, Amy and Roxanne uncover a heretofore unpublished love letter from Woodrow Wilson to his eventual wife. Woodrow signed it, “Tiger.” [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Darrell Issa asked grieving widows testifying before Congress who wrote their opening statement… The National Association of Manufacturers accidentally scheduled their congressional reception on Valentine’s Day… Nancy Pelosi added the first anniversary of Dick Cheney shooting that guy to the calender she sent to Democrats last week. [Examiner]
* Washington Whispers: “Top secret” religious right group (members include Tim LaHaye and James Dobson) prefers Mike Huckabee to Mitt Romney 60-40. [USN&WR]