Master of Ceremonies
Baratunde Thurston

Legendary ABC News Anchor Sam Donaldson will throw out the ceremonial first joke

Celebrity Contestants

Count Gore De Vol
WDCA-TV

Rick Larsen
Congressman

Senator Ben Nelson

(D, NE, receiving lifetime achievement award)

Congresswoman Jackie Speier
(D, CA)

Matt Cooper

(Talking Points memo)

Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform

Richard Miniter
Vice President of Opinion, The Washington Times

Anna Mulrine
US News and World Report

Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher

Mark Tapscott
Editor, Washington Examiner

Robert George
New York Post

Dan Glickman
President of the Motion Pictures Association of America

The Geico Gecko

Chef Geoff

Celebrity Judges

Ann Hand

Karen Tumulty
Time Magazine

Patrick Gavin
Politico

Kiki Ryan
Politico

Clarence Page
The Chicago Tribune

Nora McAlvanah
The National Journal