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...Johnny Mercer, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 informs us, was "the lyricist for more popular songs than any other songwriter in history." In the mid-'40s, Mercer, a founder of Capitol Records, also had three No. 1 hits as a vocalist: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," "Candy" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" - a record, I believe, for a classic pop songwriter. The Savannah native with the gap-toothed smile was the author or co-author of more than 1,000 songs, which scaled the charts for 30 years, in the prime of the Great...
...embrace of the blogs has helped spawn a new kind a staffer on Capitol Hill: the Internet outreach specialist. In Reid?s office, Ari Rabin-Havt, 27, who worked for Moveon.org and on the Internet team for John Kerry?s presidential campaign, spends his entire day reading blogs, responding to hundreds of e-mails from bloggers and figuring out how to get stories favorable to Senate Democrats onto the blogs. The relationship is helpful for both sides; Rabin-Havt will feed documents on key issues to the bloggers, which they like because it helps them post faster, and the close...
...White House moved quickly today to stem a surprising tide of objections from key Republicans on Capitol Hill to the nomination of Deputy Director of National Intelligence Michael Hayden to head the Central Intelligence Agency...
...Hastert had been one of Goss's closest friends on Capitol Hill. By contrast, Hastert said today that he didn't know Hayden and that the general had never paid him a visit. While Hastert runs the House and Hayden's nomination will be decided by the Senate, the Speaker's comments will carry significant weight among Republicans in both chambers...
...White House officials said they had worked extensively from Friday on through the weekend to test the waters and lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill about Hayden. They told Hoekstra of the planned nomination several days ahead of time, and knew he planned to make critical remarks in a weekend TV appearance. "We had a series of calls through Friday and Saturday to try and address his concerns," a senior administration official said. "We had more outreach with the Hill this weekend than on any prior nomination...