The Real Whoreswives Of Washington

Wash Post and CNN "Reliable Sources" host Howard Kurtz dishes on the journos hoping to make a buck off Obama while he's still hot.

MSNBC talking head and Fox News party crasher Richard Wolffe is one of the whores:

With the publishing world nourishing a deep appetite for all things Obama, those working on such books include Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, NBC's Chuck Todd, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and David Maraniss, the New York Times' Jodi Kantor and two New Yorker writers -- editor David Remnick and Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza. Time's Mark Halperin and New York magazine's John Heilemann, whose campaign chronicle "Game Change" became a huge bestseller, have just signed a deal with Penguin Press to chronicle the 2012 contest -- for an advance reported to be about $5 million.

Such contracts have caused high-level grumbling about reporters cashing in on their connections. But that hasn't shut off the West Wing cooperation.

"Everyone thinks the doors are flung open for the book authors, and you just take it all down in your notebook," says Wolffe, who published a favorable account of Obama's 2008 campaign. "None of that's true."

Administration officials "have been very good to me -- I'm not complaining about it," Wolffe says. "But everyone has to work it."

Kurtz reports First Lady Michelle Obama is off-limits to the book bucks-a-million minions.

While I'm on the subject of party crashers, Wolffe, who was thrown out after trying to get into Fox's invitation-only Radio Television Correspondents' Association pre-dinner bash, gets his revenge May 1st when MSNBC hosts the post-dinner invite-only drunk-a-thon. 

White House Correspondents INSIDER's heavy breathing can be heard from Keith  Olbermann's "Rain Man" closet to Chris Matthews' favored MSNBC Washington urinal where the thrill runs down his leg:  "MSNBC, which has enjoyed much ratings success and made itself a primary player in the Washington political media culture, will give everyone a run for their money this year.MSNBC’s party will be created by top event producer, Philip Dufour, mastermind of the Radio and Television after party. If you are one of the lucky few to receive an invitation, we’ll see you at the Mellon auditorium." [photo, Ed Schultz and MSNBC czar Phil Griffin enjoy a cocktail.]

It's a safe bet the new whores stars of NBC's Bravo "Real Housewives Of Washington" centerpieces - Michaele and Tareq Salahi - will be honored guests.