Tweets From a Washington Dinner (a.k.a. #nerdprom)

David Carr (11:04 p.m.)
Ok! #nerdprom rocked nicely! Altho I think that wanda sykes may have fired up the culture wars with her last five minutes. Kinda tangy

Demi Moore (11:06 p.m.)
Hubby looked handsome as ever...even while frustrated that there was no signal to tweet!!!

Nisha Chittal, Associate Editor of CitizenJanePolitics.com (11:07 p.m.)
@Phillyberg did you see one of your Tweets is in the TIME article on #nerdprom?

Patrick Gavin (11:15 p.m.)
CHASE CRAWFORD TURNED DOWN AT DOOR

Patrick Gavin (11:19 p.m.)
CHASE CRAWFORD MAY STILL GET IN

Patrick Gavin (11:20 p.m.)
PEOPLE ARE ON THE CASE

Patrick Gavin (11:25 p.m.)
Bradley cooper, JASON BATEMAN terry moran katherine weymouth chrstine delargy. Jon meachem jon favreau mandy grunwald amy schatz.

Jenny Lynn Towns, Actress (11:37 p.m.)
My only regret — jason bateman was at the same party as me and I did not attack/hug him #nerdprom

Greg Mitchell, Editor of Editor and Publisher (11:42 p.m.)
Entertainment Weekly review: "Sykes was both brutal, and brutally funny." Says, bring on the debate in coming days.

Melissa Gira Grant, Journalist (12:34 a.m.)
At Capitol File party with @jomc. Girls in falling off gowns, and the Humpty Dance did NOT need a remix.

Patrick Gavin (12:40 a.m.)
Night highlight: finding bon jovi by himself: "what, no one to hang out with?" "I know!" "For a change" "very true sir" (smile) I repeat:sir

The original text of this story included tweets from Marty Eisenstadt, whose claims to be a former McCain advisor are at best fictional and whose Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy does not really exist.

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