Howard Kurtz tweets with some interesting thoughts on the First Dog:

WashTimes guest said Post shouldn't have put WH dog story on P. 1. But everyone at CNN buzzing about it. I bet it gets the most hits by far.

Sen. Claire McCaskill checks in with an update on her Easter Sunday:

Happy in the kitchen. Maybe I'll blog a recipe or 2 later. Martha's Easter dinner: 2 deserts, 2 meats, homemade rolls?? What a show-off. :)

Brownies please?

Jake Tapper of ABC wishes the Twittersphere a happy Easter:

happy easter, tweeps. hope it's a day of peace and love for y"all.

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) had maintained Twitter silence for a few days. But no more: the group posted a series of tweets this afternoon hitting back at their critics.

First some background. NOM launched a $1.5 million ad campaign this week, including an ad that featured "real people" talking about how same-sex marriage would adversely affect their lives. The Human Rights Campaign got their hands on the casting tape for the ad, leaking it to the blogosphere in hopes of underming the ad's claim to genuineness.

In that light, take a look at NOM's tweets today:

NOM Responds to HRC Lies: http://snipr.com/fp9n9

And:

Pro Gay Marriage Groups Scared . . . the best they can say . . . our new ad uses professional actors. Note to HRC: It's a professional ad.

And:

Check out the TV ad everyone is talking about: http://snipr.com/fpado

And finally (?):

We're launching an army for marriage. We're working for two million activists by the 2010. Go to www.nationformarriage.org and sign up NOW!

Let's see how Ana Marie Cox responds to all this...

Just posted an 'utter' - Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Reporter's audio device confiscated - Jake Tapper (ABC News)
Damaging leak to the Washington Post - K. Madden (Glover Park)
Watch my Sunday show - Howard Kurtz (CNN/WaPo)
Why doesn't Obama throw pitches? - Alex Conant
Future of news - Markos Moulitsas (DailyKos)
Rhett Miller on Twitter?? - Ana Marie Cox
Saturday brunch - Michelle Malkin
A productive visit home - Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

Republican strategist Kevin Madden's most recent tweet would make for an excellent screenplay:

if pirates were involved in a high-speed car chase w/ Levi Johnston in backseat, would that rip a hole through cable tv universe?

I'm thinking "Speed 4," with Keanu Reeves to play Levi Johnston.

Former RNC spokesman Alex Conant asks in a tweet why Obama is avoiding the pitcher's mound:

Why doesn't Obama throw first pitches? http://alexconant.com/?p=289

The link goes to Conant's homepage, with a longer blog item about Obama's hesitancy to throw the heat.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) is probably the most entertaining tweeter on the hill. Around the same time he was tweeting about putting out a fire on his farm, he let this one rip, in response to an apparently forgetful constituent:

Yes Ron Pheres of PrairieLakesChurch CedarFalls I tweet myself like I told u at Easter friNite service. Why u ask?

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) had a close call on Friday, according to this tweet:

Work on farm Fri. Burning piles of brush WindyFire got out of control. Thank God for good naber He help get undr control PantsBurnLegWound

Grassley seems to be OK. But wow--"PantsBurnLegWound" is probably the most intense tweet that Twitter Room has come across...