In 2013: Everyone is taking over the White House.

• The Not-Good: Olympus Has Fallen (with Ashley Judd as a helpless victim)
• The Bad: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
• The Roland Emmerich: White House Down

A couple of notes: Morgan Freeman is NOT playing the president in one of them, Channing Tatum is responsible for two of them and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

yahoopolitics:

The official White House Flickr photo of the Obama/Biden celebratory moment. 

Run Bo, run. The first dog crashes a TV promo. [video]

The President’s photographer. Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, snaps a photo of President Obama. Souza follows in the footsteps of Cecil W. Stoughton who was the first official photographer appointed by John F. Kennedy and those after him - each with increasing access to the POTUS.

“He’s seen me on difficult days and he’s seen me on happy days. Pete really does feel like part of the family,” says Obama about Souza. [new yorker]

“Our Goal!” Matt Stopera gets an inside look at Michele Bachmann’s Iowa Headquarters in Urbandale. Question: Is Michele’s goal to remain outside the White House in 2012? 

Stephen Colbert arrives at the White House for the Kennedy Center Honors. Colbert made a surprise tribute to “chell-ebrate” the accomplishments of Yo-Yo Ma during Sunday night’s ceremony. [UPI/AP]