So now that our Nance is the women in charge, how did her big soiree go? Jam-a-riffic it sounds like as besides performances by Carole King, Wyclef Jean, and Tony Bennett, Pelosi had various members of the Grateful Dead and some other jam-band types play her party. Apparently Pelosi is a big fan of the Dead which we're not buying at all but we guess that's part and parcel of representing a district (does this mean if we ever achieve political office we'd have to pretend to like the Counting Crows?)

You can check out all the action in those Flickr photostream (including a picture of a really old and somewhat scary looking picture of Bob Weir) but the big news didn't concern who played but what happened as a result of who played. Apparently, a Dead Head camped out in front of the party holding the customary "I Need a Miracle" sign, probably dug out from the bottom of some closet, and despite the fact it was a party for the very well heeled and politically giving (read fund raiser), a Democratic aide swooped by and when nobody was looking, snuck them in the show for free.

Geez, the Democrats have only been in power for one day and they're already giving free handouts.