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  RBC: The Movie

  Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 6:58 PM | By Christopher Beam

  Saturday’s Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting had so many smack downs, cheap shots, hissy fits, and highfalutin lectures, it’s pretty much guaranteed that the episode will be turned into a Recount-style TV movie.

  We felt obliged to cast the inevitable film. Click the links to see the resemblances.

  DNC Chairman Howard Dean: Dennis Quaid
  RBC co-chair Alexis Herman: Maya Rudolph
  RBC co-chair Jim Roosevelt: Jeffrey Tambor
  Florida DNC member Jon Ausman: Philip Seymour Hoffman
  Florida DNC member Allan Katz: Jeremy Irons
  Donna Brazile: Queen Latifah
  Florida Sen. Bill Nelson: Fred Willard
  Florida State Sen. Arthenia Joyner: Tim Meadows
  Tina Flournoy (no photos): Jada Pinkett Smith
  Florida Rep. Robert Wexler: John Travolta
  DNC Vice Chair Mark Brewer: Brendan Gleeson
  Clinton adviser Harold Ickes: James Cromwell
  Michigan Sen. Carl Levin: Danny DeVito
  DNC Secretary Alice Germond: Frances McDormand
  Clinton Chief Strategist Howard Wolfson: Bradley Whitford
  Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe: Luke Wilson

  Filed under: Rules and Bylaws Committee

About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

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