Klobuchar brings down the house
By: Anne Schroeder Mullins
Politico
February 5, 2009
"No one will beat Rahm," they said, but they turned out to be wrong.
"They" being the folks gathered tonight at the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton for the Washington Press Club Foundation's dinner that marks the beginning of the political prom season, when Hill seniors and freshmen alike get dressed and dolled up to toast, and roast, each other. The bar is pretty low for "entertainment" at these affairs, as it's tough to take good, hard shots at people you have to work with the next day. And there's a big difference, of course, between off-the-record funny and reporters-in-the-room funny. Last year, then-congressman Rahm Emanuel was as a guest speaker — and really nailed it.
But it turns out Sen. Amy Klobuchar is funny. Very funny. Bring-down-the-house funny.
The dinner brings together a handful of big names from Washington's press corps with the lawmakers they invite. This year, the master of ceremonies was CNN's Candy Crowley, and the guest speakers were Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R), all of them making their first appearance at the dinner.
The crowd they were there to entertain included, among others, Congressmen Chris Van Hollen, Elijah Cummings, Adam Putnam, Jason Chaffetz, Steve Driehaus and John Adler, staffers Jennifer Crider, Mike Manatos, Brian Walsh, Brad Dayspring, Ryan Loskarn, Rodell Mollineau, Linden Zakula and journalists Major Garrett, Jim Angle, Mike Viqueira, John King, Dana Bash, Sam Feist and Jonathan Karl.
(More here.)
Politico
February 5, 2009
"No one will beat Rahm," they said, but they turned out to be wrong.
"They" being the folks gathered tonight at the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton for the Washington Press Club Foundation's dinner that marks the beginning of the political prom season, when Hill seniors and freshmen alike get dressed and dolled up to toast, and roast, each other. The bar is pretty low for "entertainment" at these affairs, as it's tough to take good, hard shots at people you have to work with the next day. And there's a big difference, of course, between off-the-record funny and reporters-in-the-room funny. Last year, then-congressman Rahm Emanuel was as a guest speaker — and really nailed it.
But it turns out Sen. Amy Klobuchar is funny. Very funny. Bring-down-the-house funny.
The dinner brings together a handful of big names from Washington's press corps with the lawmakers they invite. This year, the master of ceremonies was CNN's Candy Crowley, and the guest speakers were Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R), all of them making their first appearance at the dinner.
The crowd they were there to entertain included, among others, Congressmen Chris Van Hollen, Elijah Cummings, Adam Putnam, Jason Chaffetz, Steve Driehaus and John Adler, staffers Jennifer Crider, Mike Manatos, Brian Walsh, Brad Dayspring, Ryan Loskarn, Rodell Mollineau, Linden Zakula and journalists Major Garrett, Jim Angle, Mike Viqueira, John King, Dana Bash, Sam Feist and Jonathan Karl.
(More here.)
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