Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle found himself stuck Friday night on the side of the road in the middle of “snowmageddon.”

Daschle had some unlikely helpers---reporters from D.C.’s Fox affiliate FOX-5 news. The reporters from the news station got out and helped Daschle, who was stuck on Wisconsin Ave. in front of the Booeymongers and Froyo restaurants in Friendship Heights.

The Christian Science Monitor reported that Fox used the incident to show people that they really shouldn’t have gone out that night during the worst of what many have dubbed the storm of the century.

Check out the video below for a clip from the great Daschle rescue.

Most Washington-area residents are snowed in this weekend. But not the president.

The leader of the free world is delivering a speech to Democratic National Committee officials at the Capital Hilton. And while he made the trip across town successfully (in only four minutes!), the leader of the free world was delayed a bit on Saturday morning.

There was a fender bender that had to be attended to before the 15-car motorcade headed out. An ambulance slid into one of the press SUVs before the White House pool reporter had gotten into a vehicle.

The already fairly tall President Barack Obama joked about feeling little Thursday evening at the Democratic National Committee Fundraising Dinner at the National Museum for Women in the Arts.

During his opening remarks, he told everyone to take a seat, especially Tom McMullen and Dikembe Mutombo, retired professional basketball players. 

“Every time I stand next to them, I look like a little kid,” Obama joked.
  
Obama, who is 6’1” himself, was dwarfed by the 7’2” Mutombo and McMullen, who also towers above Obama.
 

Rep. Joseph Cao (La.), the only House Republican who voted for healthcare reform, is also the only GOPer going to the Super Bowl party at the White House.

Here's the full list of attendees, according to a White House release:

Members of Congress:

Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)

Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)

Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)

Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)

Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)

Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
 

Cabinet Members:

Secretary Shaun Donovan

Secretary Arne Duncan

Attorney General Eric Holder

Administrator Lisa Jackson

Secretary Janet Napolitano

Ambassador Susan Rice

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary Eric Shinseki

Secretary Tom Vilsack

Todd Palin was intricately involved in official business of his wife's administration, according to newly released emails.

Obtained by MSNBC, the thousands of pages of emails demonstrate that former governor Sarah Palin's (R) husband, known informally as the "First Dude," was involved in "countless areas of state government and politics," including "potential board appointees, constituent complaints ... oil and gas production,  marine regulation, gas pipeline bids, postsecondary education, wildfires, and native Alaskan issues."

Todd Palin also played a role in state efforts to save a dairy, oil shale leasing, budget planning, and possible budget vetoes.

Closer to the former Vice Presidential candidate's personal life, Paling weighed in on staffing, both at the governor's mansion and in her office. He also had a say in how to handle the media, both for responding to "allegations" leveled at the then-governor and answering questions about daughter Bristol Palin's pregnancy.

Read MSNBC's full report here.

Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.) lost his wife, Ethie Radanovich, on Thursday evening after a long battle with ovarian cancer.

On Friday, Radanovich released a statement which read in part, "Ethie was the love of my life. Her smile would light up a room and her boundless energy brought joy and beauty to everyone she met. Ethie truly lived life to the fullest ... she was a most wonderful wife and mom — we’ll miss her every day.”  Ethie Radanovich was 50 years old; she is survived by her husband, 54, and their son, King, 11.

Memorial services will be held in Mariposa, Calif., and Alexandria, Va. In lieu of flowers, the family requested that donations be made to Mariposa Bears Football League, c/o Dave McNally,  P.O. Box 2098, Mariposa, CA  95338 or to Mariposa Parks & Recreation Department for the Mariposa Little League, c/o Shannon Hansen, P.O. Box 732, Mariposa, CA 95338.

ITK would like to express our condolences to the congressman and his family.

Vice President Joe Biden and his family left Washington on Friday for a weekend in Beaver Creek, Colo., the ski resort that abuts its more famous neighbor, Vail. Weather permitting, the veep will return to Washington on Sunday.

The trip was well timed, as Washington prepares for what meteorologists are billing as a snowstorm of historic proportions.

President Barack Obama and his family will stay in snowy Washington for the weekend. Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama had a day off from school on Friday. Like many Washington-area schools, Sidwell Friends School declared a snow-day.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) had some fighting words for Connecticut's Independent senator on Thursday night during an appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."

Stewart praised Weiner for his passionate defense of a medicare buy-in, saying, "Lieberman said because you're so for the medicare buy-in, and he singled you out, then that's why he would vote against it.

"My question for you is this: Is he a d***?"

Weiner paused, "Yes, John" he said.

The lawmaker then laughed and shook his head, as though he were about to qualify what he'd just said, as politicians often do when they realize they've said something that could be controversial.

But instead of saying something nice about Lieberman, Weiner just went on to talk more about healthcare policy. 

Lieberman's office declined to comment on Weiner's statement.