Last year, Adrian Fenty was the coolest, promising, intellectual, handsome young politician in Washington, D.C. But this year, there’s a new kid on the block, and he’s throwing down the gauntlet for D.C.’s former most popular kid. From the mean streets of Chicago, Barack Obama swaggered into the city, gliding over sleet-filled sidewalks with the confidence of a Zamboni. D.C. residents were sheepish as the new kid teased the city for its reaction to some January winter weather:

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