This week we will announce the winners of our first annual awards for sycophants—at the federal, state, county, and local levels: The 2009 Eve Harrington Awards.



Why is a certain Republican U.S. Rep. from Washington state rising so fast in party leadership ranks? How was a certain conservative Democratic state Rep. able to secure such a plum committee chairmanship in Olympia? Who at the local level has made a career out of taking credit for other people's ideas?

These and other stories about brown nosing, back stabbing, and crass ambition will be answered when our winners get notified with a text that says: "Hi, Eve!"

Yes. We've got your number.