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Quotes of the Day Politico reporter in Iowa faces clock issues "Yesterday I tweeted about the clock in my Hampton Inn Muscatine room being fast. Today I got an email from the hotel's general mgr. #service." -- Politico national political reporter Reid Epstein. Jealous journo "The DeLorean from Back to the Future went for over $541K in an auction #insanelyjealousofnewowner." -- NJ "The Hotline's" Chris Peleo-Lazar. The sights and sounds of Washington "Just saw a dump truck towing a Metro bus, with lots of people on it. #DC" -- HuffPost's Jen Bendery. And now for a brilliant question from Current TV: "What stories do you want Current to report today?" Seriously? Burr! "In a @Starbucks where it is basically too cold to think. (Hint: 14 & New York in DC.) Going into the office so I can feel my fingers & type." -- Metro Weekly White House Correspondent Chris Geidner. Santorum is down on pundits "#2012 Former Senator Santorum tells Iowans to ignore the media: 'Pundits talk to pundits. They don't talk to voters.'" -- AFP's Olivier Knox. Blogger has stress dream involving Kate Middleton "I had weird, stressful dreams last night, including one in which I was planning a dinner for Kate Middleton in DC." -- Global fashion blogger Samantha Sault who writes SamanthaonStyle, a blog intersecting fashion and politics. Here's an idea... "Tell me tweeps, how can I save Andrew Breitbart's tweets to use in a lecture on color-blind racism?" -- Rebecca Scott, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota. Say hello to Boybander Fan Club Prez @MzDiva67 (a woman named "Nicole" who says you always have the option to kiss her ass): "Why this dude on @msnbc look like Charlie Sheen #bashirlive lol" (Mz Diva pictured at left). WaPo's Ezra Klein: "#winning" Slate's Dave Weigel (who's doppelganger is Sheen): "I'm on a drug called... you know." From the Road "Four events in a day. This is like a Fred Thompson on ludes Iowa schedule." -- Reuters' Sam Youngman. "Just intvd Romney on his bus. Asked about Paul's foreign policy Romney said, 'Ron Paul's not going to be our nominee.'" -- RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy. A Convo Between Fake Journo and Real One Politico's Jake Sherman, something of a Phish fanatic, writes: "If you're a political conservative in DC, and like phish, shoot me a note. working on something." To which Fake Jim VandeHei cracked, "Oh, this is gonna be good."

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