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Saturday Night Special: Bush, Obama, Lynne Cheney at Gridiron Club dinner

By  Lynn Sweet
   
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and vice presidential spouse Lynne Cheney speak at the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Satuday night. It’s Obama for the Democrats and Cheney for the GOP. President Bush closes the evening.

They will be under pressure to be very, very funny. It’s a white tie night. That’s tails for men and gowns for women.

Disclosure: Your blogger Sweet is a Gridiron Club member and, coifed and gowned, will be on stage singing with the Mighty Gridiron Chorus.

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