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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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Those who want to "Party Like the GSA in Vegas" should get a glittering entrance for guests suggests Shindigz, an events company that has already rolled out a General Services Adminstration-inspired party theme. (Image from Shindigz)

Inside the Beltway: General Party Services

"Party like the GSA in Vegas for less than $823,000," proclaims Shindigz, an Indiana-based party planning company that promises "to teach people how to party like federal agency rock stars." Well. Gee. That was quick.

April 18, 2012
CNBC analyst Rick Santelli is an ideal running mate for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, according to Jeff Kahn, co-founder of Draft Santelli for President 2012. (CNBC)

Inside the Beltway: Forever Santelli

The third anniversary of CNBC analyst Rick Santelli's famous on-camera rant that many grass-roots folk cite as an early catalyst of the tea party movement has passed - but Mr. Santelli's spell still lingers.

April 17, 2012

Inside the Beltway: Independents give an edge to Romney

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's got the edge on President Obama, thanks to those fickle independents and voter motivation. The Gallup Daily Tracking poll of general-election preferences among registered voters from April 11 to 15 reports that Mr. Romney garners 47 percent of the vote, Mr. Obama 45 percent. The previous findings gave Mr. Obama a 49-45 lead.

April 16, 2012
Herman Cain

Inside the Beltway: The Hermanator returns

He's still a force to be reckoned with as tax day looms: Herman Cain has arrived in the nation's capital for a "patriot's summit" and tax day rally Monday at the U.S. Capitol with a cast that includes Faith & Freedom Coalition Director Ralph Reed, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips and conservative activist Alveda King.

April 15, 2012
The nimble Republican National Committee already has replied to insults delivered to Ann Romney with a timely travel mug. (Image courtesy of the Republican National Committee)

Inside the Beltway: Ladies Day

A big cultural moment follows the encounter between Ann Romney, mother of five, grandmother of 16, and Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist who did not equate Mrs. Romney's traditional domestic duties with real work, or economic expertise. Media hysteria ensued within minutes of the ladies' exchange via Twitter, leaving pundits to either sort out the tangle, or add to it.

April 12, 2012
Longtime Heritage Foundation President Edwin J. Feulner has won a $250,000 Bradley Prize for transforming Heritage into a "bastion of ideas." (The Heritage Foundation)

Inside the Beltway: Apres Rick

Rick Santorum's campaign was undermined by a wave of bad press, while Mitt Romney's coverage improved over time," says a new analysis of 483 evening news broadcasts covering the Republican primaries by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University.

April 10, 2012
The White House is selling special-edition souvenir eggs ahead of its Easter Egg Roll on April 9. A single egg costs $7.50 while a set is $30, and the commemorative red egg features the first dog's paw print. (White House photo)

Inside the Beltway: Time for the annual White House eggstravaganza

There will be a bipartisan cast of thousands at the White House on Monday, liberating all from policy and campaign doldrums for a few hours, anyway. The 134th annual White House Easter Egg Roll is set to host 30,000 guests on the South Lawn to promote "health and wellness" through sport, dancing, cooking, storytelling and, uh, an egg roll.

April 8, 2012
California Rep. Dan Lungren suggests that Rep. Paul Ryan is the "political heir" of the late Jack Kemp.

Inside the Beltway: Counting Rubio’s rebuffs

Sen. Marco Rubio must be weary of the phrase "I'm not going to be vice president." He's said it enough. The affable Florida Republican has spent months dissuading fans, voters and rabid journalists from speculating on the possibilities. Now Mr. Rubio is down to this stark seven-word phrase to get his point across.

April 4, 2012
Talk radio host Michael Savage has a sixth political book due in stores on Tuesday. (Image from William Morrow)

Inside the Beltway: Savage unleashes more fury

The inimitable talk-radio host Michael Savage can attack his foes with a quick bolt of vitriol or via long-form insight that is just as caustic. Speaking of long form, Mr. Savage's sixth political book, "Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America," will be published Tuesday.

April 2, 2012
Sen. Rand Paul

Inside the Beltway: A Ron Paul narrative

"Like sharks smelling blood in the water, the establishment is looking for any excuse to close in, declare this race over, and Mitt Romney the winner." (Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky describing certain Republicans in a fundraising message on behalf of "my dad," Republican hopeful Rep. Ron Paul).

April 1, 2012
The Republican National Committee says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev should have a D after his name.

Inside the Beltway: In the streets

"Don't shoot me, I'm a congresswoman" and "Don't shoot me, I'm a pastor" are among the protest mottos to be seen at high noon Thursday when reactions to the shooting of Trayvon Martin get more vigorous, and more political.

March 28, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney presses the flesh at a campaign stop on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Moline, Ill. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Get Romneyfied

Love Mitt, surrender to Mitt: And so goes the rallying cry among Republicans who insist that the GOP nomination process end with Mitt Romney as the imperfect but inevitable candidate.

March 27, 2012
Sen. Jim DeMint was a speaker at the "Hands Off My Health Care Rally," which was organized by Americans for Prosperity and 21 interest groups. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: An Elvis moment

An interesting alliance, perhaps: The Elvis Presley Holy Land Tour has been organized by Elvis Presley Enterprises and Israel Theme Tours, set to take 100 fans to Israel next year "to explore the Gospel side of Elvis Presley."

March 26, 2012
A high-definition webcam at Cornell University follows the real-time nesting instincts of red-tailed hawk Big Red as she incubates three eggs and dines on voles. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Romney’s chicken soup

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney may have a cure-all for health care reform as the Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of the law on Monday.

March 25, 2012
BIg thinker, statistician and maven of risk engineering Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the 2007 bestseller "The Black Swan," will appear at an upcoming Ron Paul fundraiser in Bel Air, Calif. (Photo courtesy Nassim Taleb)

Inside the Beltway: Lose-iana for Romney?

The short take on the Louisiana primary on Saturday: Pollsters predict that Mitt Romney will lose this one to Rick Santorum, who's already wooed the Deep South with much down-home success.

March 22, 2012