Someone just might have gotten into the eggnog a few days early, and his name is George W. Bush.

“The recent days can be a moment that Americans can be proud of,” the president said at this morning’s White House press conference, which saw him summarize recent Congressional legislation and cooperation.

“I hope the members of Congress enjoy their holiday break,” he added. “I intend to enjoy mine.” No doubt.

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We learned only a few short months ago on Big Head DC that Chris Matthews is probably a drunk….now, we’ve discovered he’s a copycat, too.

Beginning this week, the MSNBC host introduced a new segment called “Power Rankings”….as he described on his show this past Friday, “all next week, by the way, we’ve got something big coming up on Hardball. Every night, starting Monday, for five nights, we’re going to have the Hardball power rankings. We’re going to tell you as best I can who’s got the best chance now to win the Democratic nomination. On Tuesday we`ll do the same thing for the Republicans. Then we’re going to run and show who the major contenders are, just like a sports show. We’ll deal with politics.”

That’s all fine and dandy until you realize that FOX Business Network’s America’s Nightly Scorecard has already featured “Power Rankings” a few times a week every night as one of their signature segments. It’s a pretty pathetic sign when an 11-year old network copies an idea from a network, which launched only a few weeks ago, when they had quite a headstart to generate their own material. But, then again, it would have been even more desperate if sister network, CNBC, stole the idea…oh, right, they already succeeded with Happy Hour.

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Florida governor Charlie Crist put the gay rumors to bed last week during a bar-hop extravaganza.

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From a tipster:

I was listening to 106.7 this morning and Chris Matthews was doing his 1,000th interview for his book, and he brought up his (alleged) drinking problem again. He said he hasn’t touched a drink in 13 years, which I know to be false because I’ve personally seen him drinking on several recent occassions, and definitely acting drunk afterwards. Why does he keep saying that? Is it just to make his wife happy, or is he in as much denial as Larry Craig?

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After a ho-hum interview by his wife Kathleen Matthews on Thursday night’s show, some D.C. media insiders were wondering privately if the Chris Matthews 10th anniversary Hardball bash would live up to all the hype (Patrick Gavin, after all, has been peeing his pants over this one).

Well, we were there, and can answer definitively: yes AND no. Some big politico “names” did not show, which was disappointing for Chris, but lots of people, including Sen. Ted Kennedy, told him they simply adore his new book Life’s a Campaign, copies of which were readily available for purchase at the decked-out Decatur House (which was kinda crass, if you ask us). Several TV types also told Chris that they thought Jon Stewart was much too hard on him during his recent Daily Show debacle, but just as many were whispering that the clobbering was just what the doctor ordered to tame his ever-growing ego.

The biggest question of the evening was what exactly the somewhat grumpy Chris was drinking. Read more…

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