<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day "To live my life in a kind of metaphorical fishbowl, it's pretty challenging, yeah." -- Madonna on NBC's "Rock Center" last night. A Question to Ponder..."So isn't castrating a dog worse than tying a it to your roof for a couple of hours? #askingforafriend" -- BuzzFeed Political Editor Ben Smith. Uh oh! Tschida's pooch takes a leak in the house "pup pees in house. supposed to praise profusely when he goes outside. so pick him up say LOVE YOU smother him with kisses. get weird looks." -- ABC7 reporter Stephen Tschida. Deep Thoughts With Lachlan Markay "It's so cute when people complain about how dysfunctional DC is then insist on giving it more power." -- Heritage Foundation's Lachlan Markay. CNN reporter endures DC DMV "Covering presidential politics, White House, global issues - cakewalk compared to dealing with DC DMV." -- CNN's Jessica Yellin. Politico's Roger Simon: Resident Tough Guy "Wife just killed a centipede. Thank God for wives." -- Roger Simon. USA Today travel writer deals with dopey cab driver; BuzzFeed reporter chokes on a pretzel "Oh cab driver, that's my arm u just slammed your trunk door on. Hope this is not an indication of what's to come on this trip #travelfail" -- Nancy Trejos. "Started to choke slightly on a pretzel, tried to wash down with diet coke, spilled diet coke over hair, shirt, pants." -- BuzzFeed's Rosie Gray. Washington reacts to Dick Clark's death "Dick Clark's fabulous makeup artist is now available." -- James McTague, Washington Editor of Barron's. "I move we cancel New Year's Eve this year." -- Reuters' Sam Youngman. "He made us feel as young and vibrant and optimistic as he was." -- President Obama. "Condolences to the family of Dick Clark. We join them in mourning his passing, & will never forget his achievements in entertainment & music." -- Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). "#DickClark taught me & so many others to dance to the beat of the music. God bless his teenage spirit. Every Saturday morning after cartoons." -- Democratic pundit Donna Brazile. "America's oldest teenager has died. Dick Clark passed away at age 82. The phrase 'good beat- easy to dance to' keeps running through my head." -- NPR's Michele Norris. Journo Hate "You see, Smith will have his staff go on and on about elevators and a dog named Seamus--but not a dog named Dinner." -- Breitbart.com's John Nolte in a story claiming that BuzzFeed's Smith shills for Obama -- i.e. he'll cover the Mitt Romney dog on a roof flap, but not Obama growing up eating dog, as reported by The Daily Caller. "Now officially hate the jaunty NPR 'Hey there, Ari' reporter intro. My friend H called this sort of thing 'hearty hack.' I blame @kairyssdal" -- The Daily Caller's Mickey Kaus referring to NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro. Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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