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Kal Penn may have stoner comedy Harold & Kumar on his resume, but his past employment record also boasts "associate director of the office of public engagement," which sounds like a bit part in a political thriller but is actually a real-life stint he did with President Obama.

Penn left Fox's House for the White House job back in 2009, but now he's returning to the small screen for an upcoming recurring role on How I Met Your Mother.

And, no, he won't be playing the titular maternal figure.

Residents of Los Angeles had to find a different way to commute to work yesterday. President Barack Obama arrived at the Sony lot for a Democratic National Committee fund-raiser.

Deadline reports that, due to security reason, the Sony lot shut down at 2pm yesterday. The lot was closed today as well because of Good Friday.

Washingtonians are wondering whether President Obama is doing the Democratic party any good on their campaign trail before the midterm elections regarding his non-political public appearances, including appearing on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show."

The House is expected to lose up to 60 Democratic seats to Republicans, according to Fox News and the latest polls.

"I'm president and not king," Obama said Wednesday night in a meeting with bloggers. "And so I've got to get a majority in the House and I've got to get 60 votes in the Senate to move any legislative initiative forward."