The Social Poets: Groundhog Day: How Many Talented Psychic Rodents In America?: This is the stuffed, ok, taxidermied groundhog, known as Potomac Phil that hails from
Washington, D.C. He gets wheeled out to the
Dupont Circle Ground Hog Day celebration to determine whether he sees his shadow or not. Not sure who the human political hack is for him to make the announcement. But hey, the new burgeoning club played polka music to honor him.
His fans are hoping to raise enough money to replace him with a live groundhog next year. Until then, Potomac Phil continues to trash talk his beltway imitator Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania.
And what is Punxsutawney Phil's response to this stuffed upstart? "Ah, Potomac Phil is
Newt Gingrich's first cousin, all trash talk and no money. I'm the real deal since 1887."
