Former Senator (D-N.C.) and 2004 Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards's popularity has now fallen to 15% in his home state of North Carolina in a new Public Policy Polling survey, marking the lowest finding for Edwards of any PPP poll ever, four points lower than his 19% favorable opinion in May.

Edwards fell from political grace in late 2008, after a news broke of an affair and possible child out of wedlock with filmmaker Rielle Hunter. But a new book on the 2008 campaign reveals more nasty details about his turbulent marriage, and may have further damaged his popularity. The book, "Game Change," is by authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

The poll also notes that Edwards is more unpopular with men (75%) than women (68%).  25% of Democrats still hold a favorable view of him, but only 9% of independents and 3% of Republicans do.

The survey also found a steep drop in Elizabeth Edwards's popularity, who now garners 46% approval, down from 58% in May. THis may also be attributable to "Game Change:" the book portrays Elizabeth Edwards in an unflattering light.

Jay Carney, Vice President Joe Biden’s spokesman, celebrated the success of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann's new book "Game Change" on Monday night, only hours after he said the book left a "gross misimpression" of Biden's working relationship in the White House with President Barack Obama.

Carney was one of about 75 guests at a party at the W Hotel for the best-selling book, which has stirred up numerous controversies with its colorful, behind-the-scenes account of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Carney's statement to The Washington Post was in response to claims made in the book that then-Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) and his team excluded then-Sen. Biden (D-Del.) from conference calls out of frustration with his many gaffes.  At one point, the authors wrote, "Obama phoned Biden and laid into him."

Speaking in his capacity as the veep's spokesman, Carney questioned the book's sources, all of whom were interviewed on deep background.

"If the authors were concerned with accuracy, they might have checked their reporting with members of the vice president's staff or sought to check it with the vice president himself. They did not," said Carney.

As for why he attended the party, Carney told The Hill that he has known both authors for more than 15 years, and wanted to "congratulate them on the success of their book."

Carney added, "We disagree about how they handled some of their reporting in it, and I can't say we resolved that disagreement last night."

Author John Heilemann said the former Time Washington bureau chief was "magnanimous" when he arrived at the fete. "Carney was great."

As of Tuesday morning, "Game Change" is the best-selling book on Amazon.com.

The White House just released photos of President Barack Obama and FIrst Lady Michelle Obama serving lunch to the hungry at So Others Might Eat on Monday.

Michelle Obama serves refills of coffee.

President Obama serves fried chicken.

Sen. Paul Kirk (D-Mass.) was spotted at the Chef Geoff’s on New Mexico Ave. Monday evening.
 
Kirk, who was wearing a dark sweater over a dress shirt and tie, went to dinner with his wife. The two had wine to begin the meal. Kirk was out on the eve of the election in Massachusetts to determine who will fill the vacancy left by Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-Mass.) death, as Kirk was the interim until an election was held.

Director James Cameron, fresh off his Avatar Golden Globes win, checked into the Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave. Monday evening. He plans to be in town through Tuesday afternoon.

Cameron took home the best director Golden Globe on Sunday evening and his movie Avatar won best drama. It is unclear why Cameron is in town. Cameron has traditionally donated money to Democrats, but in 2006 he gave $5,000 to the California Republican party.

Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) decided late on Saturday that he wanted to go to Haiti to help earthquake-relief efforts. But getting there is the hard part, even for a congressman.

According to his staffers, the Senate hopeful didn't have a plane ticket, or a plan, so he started making phone calls. One of them was to a friend of Meek's, who said her hairdresser was from the Dominican Republic, Haiti's neighboring nation.

The woman called her hairdresser, who in turn said she had a brother in the D.R. who was a policeman, and who might be able to help Meek get into Haiti.

Armed with only one contact, and still no ticket, Meek headed for the airport on Saturday evening. He bought a seat on the last flight to Santo Domingo, and he would have missed it, were it not delayed due to weather.

Arriving on the island well after midnight, Meek met up with the policeman, who was off-duty, and Meek offered to hire him to make the six-hour drive to Port-au-Prince.

They arrived in the ruined city just as the sun was coming up. Within hours, Meek, a former Florida State Highway Patrol officer and a trained first-responder, was on a helicopter tour of the city.

His staff reports that Meek is staying at the U.S. Embassy, and he isn't sure when he's going to be back. For now, he's just "a guy with a backpack and an iPhone, trying to help."

A controversial documentary about homosexuality in politics, is coming out on DVD this Tuesday.

"Outrage" caused a stir this spring when filmmaker Kirby Dick named a number of lawmakers he suspected of being homosexual, despite their public denials.

There were lighter moments, too, like when interviewees overwhelmingly agreed that Republicans, straight or gay, are better in bed than their Democratic counterparts.

Or when The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan observed, "I've rarely seen a more sexually charged [gay] environment than a Republican political convention."

The DVD is for sale at Amazon.com.

Obama used the relief organization's page to tweet for the first time.

According to the Red Cross Twitter feed, "President Obama and the First Lady are here visiting our disaster operation center right now."

The next tweet read, "President Obama pushed the button on the last tweet. It was his first ever tweet!"

The president who made history using social media to help get elected is actually using the technology.

Now that's news.

Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, was spotted at the Chef Geoff’s near American University on Sunday for brunch with fiancé ABC news reporter Bianna Golodryga and other family members, including his brother.
 
Orszag was wearing a blue sweater and jeans and his fiancé was in a Good Morning America sweatshirt. Orszag spent the meal talking with family and playing with a toddler who was at his table.