Recent scene from Chris Matthews’ Hardball green room at 400 N. Capitol Street — where there are more big headed egos than there were jellybeans in the Reagan White House:

The TV is tuned to a CNN Wolf Blitzer Situation Room interview with Robert Draper, author of the new book Dead Certain, which is deeply critical of the Bush administration.

Mary Matalin, famed conservative squawker, shouts: “This guy!”……

To which Andy Card, former White House Chief of Staff, responds, “Oh, we were directed to cooperate with him.”

Matalin proceeds to roll her eyes and whispers under her breath, “Idiot.”