<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Startling Monday headline "Woman killed by Orange Line train" -- story by the Washington Examiner's transportation reporter Kytja Weir. Read here. Weir reported that a woman jumped in front of an Orange Line train at 11:29 a.m. Monday at the Ballston Metro stop and died. Speaking of orange...GOP Consultant Roger Stone had a few choice words for CNN's Roland Martin for rooting for Texas AM aggies: "Roland Martin Dumbfuck--your avi photos shows you wearing ORANGE." NYT's Leibovich's book release on the horizon "Leibo book on DC, This Town, is avail for pre-order (ships 4/23)" -- GOP Conulstant Matt Mackowiack. Purchase NYT's Mark Leibovich's much anticipated Washington culture book here. The book can also be purchased at Amazon for $17.71 for the hardcover or the kindle version for $14.99. At the Barnes & Noble website, the book also costs $17.71, marked down $from $27.95. At Penguin.com, the hardcover costs $27.95. Important Q to Ponder: "Is Downtown Abbey the thing with Honey Boo Boo?" -- Reuters' Sam Youngman. And this: "How I feel about Twitter during Downton Abbey = how my non-sports fan friends must feel about Twitter during playoffs." -- Politico's Juana Summers. Anonymous wisdom to FishbowlDC: "Come on, Twitter fights with [Breitbart.com's] Matthew Boyle are like drunkenly walking into a light pole, and then getting pissed off at it for being in your way. Totally fun, but do you really want to give the light pole any relevance?" Convo Between Two Journos This morning's conversation is between The Atlantic's Molly Ball and The Atlantic Associate Editor covering business and politics Matt O'Brien. Molly Ball: "The American people are a bunch of lily-livered wusses who can't handle a little bit of legislative hardball." She links to this story on GallupPolitics which says that 77 percent of Americans believe that Washington politics is harmful to the U.S. Matt O'Brien: "That's underplaying how destructive it is to hold the debt ceiling hostage." Molly Ball: "Aww, so worried about your pwecious widdle economy. Adorable." A beloved journalist dies and an insult for TIME's Mark Halperin unfolds... Richard Ben Cramer died Monday of lung cancer..."Richard Ben Cramer, a man who changed political reporting forever, has passed away. A huge loss for anyone who cares about journalism." -- WaPo's Chris Cillizza. So Jim Newell took the opportunity to insult Mark Halperin... "Sad thing for Richard Ben Cramer is that 'What It Takes' inspired Mark Halperin to become a terrible political journalist." -- The Guardian and Salon freelancer Jim Newell. Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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