President Obama's political operation, Organizing for America, is hiring a "social networks manager" whose primary responsibilities will be maintaining the group's Twitter, Facebook and MySpace accounts.

Gone are the days when a pudgy Easter Bunny might greet kids at the White House with chocolate eggs and sugary yellow chicks for  the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. This time, it's all about fitness.

The White House announced Tuesday that the theme of this year's highly anticipated springtime event is "Ready, Set, Go!” with a goal of promoting health and wellness (not chocolatey deliciousness).

The roll will take place Monday, April 5, one day after Easter Sunday, on the South Lawn of the White House. According to a statement, there will be live music, sports to play, cooking stations where children can learn how to make healthy food, storytelling, and egg rolling.

Chalk the change up to First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" initiative, the national campaign to combat childhood obesity that she launched earlier this month. Free tickets will be distributed via a three-day lottery system starting on Feb. 25. Last year, more than 30,000 tickets were given out.

But not everyone can participate: the event is open only to kids 12 and under and their families.

Visit whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll for more information, but don't even think about trying to sneak in some unhealthy treats: Food and beverages are at the top of the list of prohibited items, albeit for security reasons, not calories.

Betsy Fischer, executive producer of Meet the Press, will celebrate her 40th birthday tomorrow. An invitation for the party has been sent out boasting an impressive guest list, including Meet the Press host David Gregory and wife Beth Wilkinson, editor of Newsweek Jon Meacham, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren and husband John Coale.
 
The invitation is decorated with a masquerade mask and will be held at Hilary Rosen’s Northwest D.C. residence.
 

Television and radio talk show host Tony Kornheiser is no fan of Chris Matthews.

Kornheiser on Friday lit into the well known MNSBC personality, saying, "Nobody likes Chris Matthews."

The former Washington Post columnist and ex-broadcaster of Monday Night Football took great exception to Matthews's criticism of Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty for the district's response to the record snowfall last week.

On his radio show, Kornheiser gleefully read an opinion piece in the Post by Jo-Ann Armao that noted Matthews lambasted Fenty last week for running a "city that can't plow its streets."

Armao opined that "Matthews is even more unlikable than the mayor."

Kornheiser said, "That is a critical sentence. You won't find five people in the city who will disagree with that even though Fenty's numbers are tumbling and nobody likes him. Nobody, nobody likes Chris Matthews."

He later said, "Chris Matthews is the last person on Earth anybody believes because he is a yeller and a screamer," claiming it is ridiculous for the city to have streets plowed so soon after the biggest storm to hit D.C. in 88 years.

Kornheiser said he "didn't think Fenty's response was terrible," asserting the city's initial response was better than Montgomery County's.

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D), who sees a lot of snow in his home state of North Dakota, agrees with Kornheiser.

During a hearing last week, Conrad said, "Those of us from North Dakota feel right at home with these conditions, but in fairness, this city, I think, has done a remarkably good job given how much snow has fallen here. I certainly found, once you are able to get your car dug out, you can move around. So hats off to the D.C. government for really, I think, doing a remarkably good job in extremely difficult conditions. This would even tough back home."

Kornheiser on Friday was pressed by a colleague about his criticisms of the road conditions in the Washington area.

He responded with a caveat: "I'm an idiot."

A spokeswoman for MSNBC declined to comment.

The two media personalities could continue the discussion at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner later this year. Both Matthews and Kornheiser are regulars at the annual event.

Break out your Gucci loafers, because Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) is coming to one of Georgetown's preppiest bars.

Pawlenty is hosting a fundraiser on Friday at Gin and Tonic, Fritz Brogan's Glover Park tavern, which, while little more than a dance floor inside, attracts a cute, young, preppy crowd that lines up around the block from Thursday to Saturday nights.

The event is being billed as "Late Night with TPaw," and it kicks off at 9 p.m.; $50 gets you an open beer and wine bar. An email from Brogan also noted that there would be an after-party sponsored by the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) following the Pawlenty event, but didn't provide details about it.

The host committee includes three young GOP members of Congress from Minnesota, Reps. Michele Bachmann, Erik Paulsen, and John Kline, as well as a handful of well known Republican lobbyists-about-town.

The culprit behind Sen. Frank Lautenberg's (D-N.J.) Monday trip to the emergency room was a bleeding ulcer, according to a statement from his office Tuesday.

Lautenberg was rushed to the hospital on Monday night after taking a fall at his home.  He underwent a successful endoscopy, a diagnostic procedure that examines the inside of the gastro-intestinal tract, and he's expected to make a full recovery and be back to work soon.

During the snow from this past week, what were all the Washington socialites doing?

Despite many complaining of cabin fever, The Washington Post’s Sally Quinn enjoyed her time away from the usual party scene in the nation's capital.

“This week was completely blissful for me,” Quinn told ITK. “All of the racing around and meeting and interviews were all canceled, I actually had time to sit and think.”

Read Quinn's op-ed in the Post here.

Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) will make his first appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" this Sunday, and he tweeted in celebration Friday.

It's no surprise the freshman was happy; it's rare for first year lawmakers, especially from the lower chamber, to appear on the Sunday morning talk shows.

His tweet parroted the show's signature sign-off line, coined by its late host Tim Russert:

If it's Sunday....making my first visit to Meet the Press on Sunday.