Inside the Beltway

Only in Arkansas

President Bush toured the Arkansas town of Rogers yesterday, spending an hour inside the barbecue smoke-filled “Whole Hog Cafe.”

The White House pool report reveals that the Whole Hog Cafe “is located in a Rogers strip mall, right next to the Honeybaked Ham store, and a stone’s throw from the Krispy Kreme.”

POTUS ‘08

Not getting your fill of presidential politics?

While that may seem difficult to believe, XM Satellite Radio will take over DC Coast restaurant this evening to celebrate the start of POTUS ‘08, the network’s new 24-hour channel devoted exclusively to the 2008 presidential campaign.

Washington-born comedian Lewis Black, dubbed “America’s foremost commentator on everything,” will entertain XM’s guests. Will Rogers would have been proud when Mr. Black commented: “Republicans are a party with bad ideas and Democrats are a party with no ideas.”

However, our favorite line was when Mr. Black commented on the 750-mile fence being built along the Mexican border to keep illegal aliens out of the U.S.: “Walls haven’t worked — not since they invented planes.”

POTUS stands for President of the United States.

Wolf and Lou

Congratulations to CNN District-based news anchor Wolf Blitzer and his “Situation Room” team for bringing home an Emmy Award for 2006 midterm election night coverage — when Democrats captured everything in Washington but the White House.

Meanwhile, explaining that it is leveraging the ratings successes and buzz surrounding two of its signature political programs, CNN will flip the time periods of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” and the third hour of “The Situation Room.” Under the new schedule, the latter becomes a single, three-hour program from 4 to 7 p.m., leading into Mr. Dobbs’ program at 7 p.m.

The new lineup will debut Nov. 5, one year from Election Day 2008.

GW’s recipe

A rare bottle of whiskey, the first ever produced at a distillery of one U.S. president and signed by another U.S. president, has sold at auction for $35,000.

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