<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Writer dude raves about House chicken tenders "Dude, House side chicken tenders crush Senate side any day. and more choice of dipping sauces." -- HuffPost's Jon Ward. The Snowstorm That Wasn't. "DC such a train wreck of dysfunction even snow wants no part of it." -- Reuters' Sam Youngman. "The Post should replace their weather gang with a drunken nearsighted lemur." -- BuzzFeed Washington Bureau Chief John Stanton. "DC meteorologists - the Karl Roves of weather prediction. #snowquester" -- Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.). "As a friendly DC flack told me today, 'this town could use a blizzard.'" -- CNN's Jim Acosta. "Well in case the world gets snowed in tomorrow—which it won't—I'm glad I had the foresight to buy myself fresh hydrangeas." -- Roll Call's Meredith Shiner. "This is incredibly fucking dumb. I can't believe how freaked out DC is about this "snowstorm" #MassholeTweets" -- BuzzFeed's Rosie Gray who links to this story from Politico on the House's plan to gavel out Wednesday afternoon. Premature prediction: "As of tomorrow, DC will only be a faint memory, an echo of forgotten power buried under a shroud of white death." -- Politico's Ben White. "I'd be more impressed with this snowstorm, which has already shut down the government, if the snow would actually stick to the ground." -- The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg. "The people in my feed acting smug about the awfulness of the term 'snowquester' are becoming FAR more annoying than the term 'snowquester.'" -- Ben Harris, Rockville-based communications professional. "Washington deals with snow about as well as it deals with everything else." -- Reason's Peter Suderman. Late-night Bad Girls Club MSNBC's Touré: "Now that the Menendez story has blown up in a very embarrassing way, no one ever need take the Daily Caller seriously. Not that anyone did." Daily Caller's Jeff Poor: "Dear @Toure: You should put the J.Crew catalog down and catch up on the latest on the Daily Caller-Menendez story before popping off. Thx." ("Popping off" is a phrase often heard on "Bad Girls Club," as noted by trusted Bad Girls Club expert and FBDC writer Eddie Scarry.) Journo wasn't allowed to lunch with Lanny Davis "Lanny Davis once invited me out to lunch after I wrote a critical piece on him but my editor wouldn't let me go." -- InTheseTimes labor journo Mike Elk at the Lanny Davis book party last night at The Hamilton. Vietor picks on Stephanopoulos After ABC "This Week" and GMA host George Stephanopoulos welcomed former White House aide Tommy Vietor to Twitter this morning, Vietor replied, "Thanks! We'd like to know when you sleep since you host every show on ABC except Dancing with the Stars (next season??)" Gawker finds a terrible, fruity headline. The Traveler "Flying to Winnipeg this snowy morning" -- conservative writer David Frum. Have you been Marty'd? See Marty's reaction to our profile on him and watch WaPo's Gene Weingarten make fun of the humblebrag...Marty weighs in about newfound fame and attention: "It's a little bit Overwhelming to tell you the truth. I'm just a Curious Person who enjoys Chatting about Politics/News, etc." -- News junkie Marty Rudolph to Politico's Kate Nocera on Twitter late last night. Important Q to Ponder: "Is it rude to ask a waiter if his incredibly over-exaggerated French accent is B.S.? I need to know by dessert." -- Bloomberg News Social Media Editor Scott Bixby. NYT associate reveals TV gym preferences "Hell is a gym that plays FNC instead of CNN." -- NYT communications associate Jordan Cohen. See what he did here? "Douchebags who humblebrag really amuse me and my good friend, Bruce Springsteen." -- WaPo's sometimes funny humor columnist Gene Weingarten, who is also President of the FishbowlDC Fan Club Board.

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