The Politico sauce is flowing our way again, kids! Some media insiders, both inside and outside the newsroom, think that reporter Aoife McCarthy did a much better job of working the gossip beat when she filled in for a few weeks in Sept. while Anne “Mellons” Schroeder was busy tying the knot.

“It’s not fair that Anne gets to keep the choice spot when most of her scoops come from other reporters,” one source, who asked not to be identified, tells Big Head DC. “Aoife deserves a byline at least on some stuff.”  Read more…

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Stop the presses. Campaign bloggers matter, reports staff writer Aoife McCarthy (who was very briefly a blogger herself with FishbowlDC).

“Political Internet strategists are now in a fevered race to make their sites faster, smarter and better,” she writes in the main Web site story this afternoon. “This is one medium where stealing your opponents’ ideas is not only encouraged, it is also a necessity.”

Why do I feel like this story is from 2004? Why do I also feel like making an old-fashioned Howard Dean scream?

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FishbowlDC’s Patrick Gavin just wrote this item:

It’s an interesting parallel for him to draw, given that he’s had well-publicized social relationships with several staff members. Aoife McCarthy even worked for him, remember? And he writes positively about The Politico all the time. Hypocrite alert.

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We’re hearing that Mediabistro’s FishbowlDC is *this* close to announcing it’s next co-editor. Thank goodness because we were beginning to wonder how much longer Patrick Gavin could keep up the Howie Kurtz-like pace: editor of FishbowlDC, gossip columnist with the Examiner, associate editorial page editor with the Examiner, and man about the town. We’re tired just typing this BS.

Has Mediabistro’s Dorian Benkoil even thought about what might happen to the DC enterprise if Gavin were to retire anytime soon?

He should, especially considering the poor luck the site has had since we spoiled Garrett Graff’s exit, Aoife McCarthy was a miserable failure, and Benkoil was “too afraid” to hire BHR. Excuse us for editorializing, but they need a hot ass in that seat — and fast.

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Will Patrick Gavin continue to recycle old items when he finally becomes co-gossip columnist with Jeff Dufour at the Examiner? Tongues are wagging that he’s much more than a day late and a dollar short with his FishbowlDC item today, “Lloyd Grove Back to DC?” The news first appeared in his own paper way back on May 2.

Former Fishbowler Garrett Graff even noted the item (maybe Gavin was too busy schmoozing that day to notice?)…

Speaking of stale fish, when is FishbowlDC going to fill it’s perennially open slot for the new Gavin sidekick? They’ve been advertising for months, and ever since the Aoife McCarthy debacle, we’ve been hearing lots of questions about what’s going on inside the dirty little fishbowl.

Gavin himself must be worried about juggling the new Examiner column without a reliable co-editor in place. Those silly New York City Mediabistro administrators (hi, Dorian Benkoil!) must be too busy thinking about the alleged impending sale of the company — and what they’ll do afterwards — rather than a blog that used to be a flagship enterprise.

Jon Fine, the husband of Mediabistro’s founder, Laurel Touby, even recently confirmed to Big Head Rob that he doesn’t read the blog, yet he does partake in the FishbowlNY and FishbowlLA offerings. Word is that he’s going to buy Gavin dinner to make up for it.

Enough for now–you’ve gotta stay tuned if you want more.

Happy Friday, kids.

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