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Here are some Twitter highlights from the second night of Passover. For all my Twittering, go to Twitter.com/MartyEisenstadt.  I just heard that FoxNews is inviting me to the White House Correspondents Dinner, but I’m sure there’ll be a strict no-Twitter rule there.

# Wolf said, “well, Marty, if you’re REALLY stuck for 2nd night seder, I suppose you could come by for a nosh.” I took as an invite 5:26 PM Apr 9th

# I guess Wolf wasn’t invited to the Obama WH seder tonight either. I pick some marigolds for Mrs. B. 5:30 PM Apr 9th

# Finally ask John King if he got CNN gig ’cause his dad is Larry. He’s offended, and says Larry’s not related. 5:54 PM Apr 9th

# Koppels arrive. Ted; Andrea, her hubbie Ken Pollack. Ken upset he wasn’t invited to Kristols’ last night for neocon seder. Awkward. 6:18 PM Apr 9th

# @anamariecox So I guess R.Maddow not coming to Wolf’s seder tonight. That explains why I got her slot at the table. 6:27 PM Apr 9th in reply to anamariecox

# Wolf still on the air w/brk’ing news on the Somali pirate thing. He texted wife to start without him. I should be punditing on air. 6:35 PM Apr 9th

# J. King was eager to step in and lead seder (wanted magic wall for exodus story). But Wolf called; he’s off air, & on the way. 7:04 PM Apr 9th

# The Blitz is in the house. Takes over for King in time for Rabbi Jose reference. Good thing Lou Dobbs not there. 8:01 PM Apr 9th

# King here with wife Dana Bash. Her face is what it is, but in person, I finally get what John saw in her. Nice figure, bawdy jokes. 8:04 PM Apr 9th

# Blitzer conducts the whole seder standing up and pacing aimlessly. Recline, I tell him, recline! 8:12 PM Apr 9th

# Dana gets text from Reggie Love at WH seder. King wonders why she gets text, not him. I sense tension. 8:37 PM Apr 9th

# Dana says Reggie texts: “Prez. loves the seder. Jokes that it makes him feel less Muslim with each cup of wine.” 8:52 PM Apr 9th

# Bitter Herbs, party of 1: Ted Koppel asks Wolf about job opps. at CNN. Wolf starts singing Dayenu and pretends not to hear. 10:01 PM Apr 9th

# Amanpour’s kid asking Wolf very detailed questions over whereabouts of Afikomen. Refuses to even look unless he narrows down search. 10:23 PM Apr 9th

# A Reggie text frm WH: “Sash&Mal looked for matza in Resolute Desk. Thought they were in Nat. Treasure. found old microphone.” 10:59 PM Apr 9th

# Ted K. says ChadGadYa song is parable for Bush Admin. I say 4 cups wine don’t mix with his meds. 11:29 PM Apr 9th

# Angling to get invite to Chris Matthew’s Easter Sunday dinner. Catholics at MSNBC are like Jews at CNN; good to know for a pundit like me.1:31 AM Apr 11th

For those of you following me on Twitter, you already know that I was at a very neocon seder tonight at Bill Kristol’s house. (or “tweder” as a twittered seder is apparently now called) For those of you hip to the Twitter, you can see all the tweets at my Twitter home page, or over to the right on my blog. For those of you old-schoolers who still rely on blogs, here’s a quick look at my tweets from last night:

• # Heading to the Kristol’s for seder tonight. Irving’s a bit long winded, but Bill’s wife a great cook. Couldn’t turn it down.

  # Is it rude to Tweet from a seder? Just heading to Kristol’s house now. I see Scheunemann’s car. Could be awkward since election.

  # Wolfowitz just walked in. Still revered in our circles. He’s much more relaxed since “leaving” World Bank.

  # Richard Perle brought a kosher-for-Passover wine from California. Big debate if that really counts as kosher.

  # One of Doug Feith’s kids wants to do the 4 questions. We joke that “why on this night couldn’t we find WMDs?” should be a fifth.

  # Irving Kristol compares Jews in Egypt to modern times. “Next year in…Tehran!” He’s still got matzah balls of steel.

  # Wolfie’s shikse girlfriend faux pas #1, re: Mrs. Kristol’s famous brisket: “I love the Texas BBQ beef!”

  # Afikomen: We all tell the kids that we know it’s there somewhere; they’re just not looking hard enough. They demand UN inspectors.

  # Neocon seder update: We just opened door for Elijah. OMG, it’s Joe Lieberman at the door! Making the rounds. L’chaim!

  # Solved Passover mystery. Irving Kristol was lobbyist for Maxwell House in the 60s. Got them Hagadah naming rights for 70yrs.

  # Kids still couldn’t find the afikomen. Bill K. told them they just didn’t look hard enough. three kids cried, and one pee’d.

  # Mrs. Kristol wants all hands on deck in kitchen. I’d rather play Wii with Feith’s kids. Wolfie & the shikse left early.

  # For the record, Bill finally told me that there WAS no Afikomen; he thought his dad had hid it, and Irving thought Bill had. Oops.

  # Tomorrow night: A very CNN second night seder at the Blitzers!