FROM THE BLOGS:
Backing Dem bills not necessarily bad politics - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
Senate GOP decides to improve health bill so it will pass - Erick Erickson, RedState
Bottom-up indifference - pmcarpenter, Buzzflash
Ask not for whom the tree rings - Mark Steyn, The Corner
Sorry, gay people...  - Attaturk, Firedoglake
Huck's W.H. chances now slim to none - Jill Lawrence, Politics Daily
Obama defended by U.S. Communist Party? - Brian Faughnan - The Conservatives
Huck's Christ delusion - tristero, Hullabaloo
Nice kid you got there - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line
High end grifters - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Give the W.H. party crashers a medal - Bill Geist, The Daily Beast
Dem: Bush let Osama go on purpose - Allahpundit, Hot Air
The Afghan speech Obama should give - Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
Where was Biden? - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Obama -- and Congress' -- impressive first year - Ezra Klein
Premiums up or premiums down? - Megan McArdle

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Threat of reconciliation hovers over centrist Dems - The Hill
Afghanistan war upends deficit spending - The Hill
Plan to show possibility, limits of nation building - Washington Post
Colorado GOP rides tea party wave - Wall Street Journal

FROM THE BLOGS:
Revival of fiscal conservatism - Andrew Sullivan
Dems, GOP ready amendments for health bill - Brian Beutler, TPMDC
CBO: ObamaCare will drive premiums up - Ed Morrissey
Smells like polarization - Ezra Klein
Base clamors for more immigration talk - Mark Krikorian, The Corner
Hutchison's a conservative, by the way - Abby Livingston, Hotline
Empire of self-delusion - Matthew Yglesias
CBO on insurance premiums - Paul Krugman, NYT
Which president should be added to Rushmore? - Kyle Drennen, Newsbusters
Why keep fighting for public option - Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake
Obama too quick to assume death penalty - Michael Goldfarb, Weekly Standard
Last eight years never happened - John Cole, Balloon Juice
ClimateGate update - Nick Loris, The Foundry
Love-hate relationship with stimulus - Steve Benen, Political Animal

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
CBO reports hike in insurance costs - The Hill
Obama gives go-ahead to implement Afghanistan strategy - The Hill
What will be Obama's Katrina? - NYT
Mortgage industry crackdwn - WaPo

FROM THE BLOGS:
Encouraging Dick - Steve Benen, Political Animal
The abortion wars heat up - Megan McArdle
It's a go - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
In defense of Mike Huckabee - John Hawkins, Right Wing News
The unmasking of President Obama - Peter Wehner, contentions
MIT analyst supports Senate health plan - John Amato, Crooks and Liars
Trouble for Zardari means trouble for Obama - Michael Crowley, The Plank
123 uninsured could die in U.S. today - mcjoan, Daily Kos
Oh, Canada - Jon Shazar, Dealbreaker
Climategate and scientific journal chicanery - Ronald Bailey, Hit & Run
Obama: Manchurian candidate, version 2.0 - Dave Lindorff, BuzzFlash
Chelsea Clinton engaged, village happy - Mark Silva, The Swamp
Honduras elects conservative rancher - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
From inane to the insane - Former Rep. Vito Fosella (R-N.Y.), RedState
How HHS became a gov't propaganda machine - Dennis Smith, The Foundry

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Reid faces more pressure from unions on health reform - The Hill
Bernanke, Geithner at hearings this week - The Hill
Obama's Afghanistan speech to envision exit - New York Times
Court sides with gov't in detainee photos case - Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:

  Funny how that works - Attaturk, Firedoglake 

  Rather do nothing - Jonah Goldberg, The Corner 

  Not getting distracted - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo 

  Crashergate shows lack of accountability - Michelle Malkin 

  Huckabee in the eye of a storm - Charles Lemos, MyDD 

  Rush is the most influential conservative - Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters 

  Do we know how this debate ends? - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment 

  McCarthy gets a challenger - Brad Smith, RedState 

  W.H. crashers want to get paid - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog 

  Dems, GOP disagree over spending priorities - Kristina Wong, The Note 

  A brave new healthcare world - Carol Platt Liebau, Townhall 

  National shame - digby, Hullabaloo 

  Less-than-honest science - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line 

  Iran's newest threat - Nicole Belle, Crooks and Liars
  Who has the courage to stop ObamaCare? - Frank DeMartini, Big Hollywood 

A deeper look at global warming attacks - Paul Rosenberg, Open Left

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Reid faces more pressure from unions on healthcare reform - The Hill 

Bernanke, Geithner at hearings this week - The Hill 

Obama's speech on Afghanistan to envision exit - New York Times 

GOP both united and divided - Washington Post 

FROM THE BLOGS:
Cheney for fisherman - John Judis, The Plank
Good news on food stamps - Brian Faughnan, Red State
Ten months in... - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Iran speeds up - John Podhoretz, Contentions
The irony of Tora Bora - emptywheel, Firedoglake
NYT distorts Honduran history - Jimmy Bise, Jr., Hot Air
Idiocy on the rise - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
A loyal opposition - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
Sunday shows in five bullet points - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
McChrystal testimony coming in early Dec - Spencer Ackerman, Wash. Ind.
Iran to world: Drop dead! - John, Power Line
Ben Bernanke's credibility - Matthew Yglesias
  The dog ate my tree rings - Mark Steyn, The Corner
War and peace - Kevin Drum, MoJo

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Senators split on Afghan exit strategy, funding - The Hill
Obey calls Afghanistan surge a 'fool's errand' - The Hill
U.S. will push mortgage firms to reduce more loan payments - NYT
Iran to expand uranium enrichment efforts - WaPo

FROM THE BLOGS:
Heritage in Honduras, Part 1 - Gerrit Lansing, The Foundry
Don't pass health reform, lest we be healthier - J. Aravosis, AMERICAblog
Another classic moment in gov't intervention - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
The nascent movement to end the filibuster - David Dayden, firedoglake
Trouble in wingnut paradise - digby, Hullabaloo
Home job a good gig, if you can find one - Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
That'll show 'em! - John, Powerline
The humiliating Obama-in-Asia failures mount up - James Fallows
Will Obama crash the crashers? - Jonathan Garthwaite, Townhall
Couric tweets on state dinner - Tim Graham, Newsbusters
RIP David Hinz - Mike "Gamecock" DeVine, RedState
Give voters a reason - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Why watch cable? - David Frum, FrumForum
The Dubai mess - John Cole, Balloon Juice
Guys worth fouling - Matthew Yglesias

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Nelson, Specter wrestle with anti-tax pledge in health debate - The Hill
Afghans detail secret prison still in use by U.S. - New York Times
U.S. weighs fate of Yemeni detainees - Washington Post
White House crashers cause a hangover - Wall Street Journal

FROM THE BLOGS:
Meaningless sanctions - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
What Dubai means for the U.S. - Noam Scheiber, The Stash
Scientists get heated in ClimateGate debate - Noel Sheppard, Newsbusters
Turning Black Friday into Green Friday - Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake
The Middle East needs Dubai - Max Boot, Contentions
In praise of the Financial Times - Matt Yglesias
How badly has Congress screwed up ethanol? - Brian Faughnan, Red State
Evolving public option choices - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Obamacare not a good fit for women - Nina Owcharenko, The Foundry
Some amendments more equal than others - David Waldman, Daily Kos
Is universal insurance a moral imperative? - Paul, Power Line
Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable? - Glenn Greenwald, Salon
The White House Christmas tree - Kate Phillips, The Caucus
Church and state - digby, Hullabaloo

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Abortion fight takes shape on social networking sites - The Hill
Black Friday boom? Sales boosted by carry-back legislation - The Hill
Dubai debt troubles push down stocks in U.S. and Asia - NYT
IAEA censures Iran over nuclear efforts - WaPo

FROM THE BLOGS:
Obama's company in Copenhagen - Chris Good, The Atlantic
On principles, pledges and 'purity' - Mark Impomeni, Red State
U.S. fails to join landmine ban - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
Obama to Copenhagen: Will anything change? - Nick Loris, The Foundry
Chamber nemesis regular visitor to White House - Greg Sargent, The Plum Line
Law vs. proportion - J.E. Dyer, contentions
It didn't used to be this way - Steve Benen, Political Animal
It's safe to say Rubio is grateful this Thanksgiving - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
Conrad pushes 'cat food comission' on White House - David Dayden, firedoglake
Fed predicts 7.5 percent unemployment in 2012 - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Government waste through improper payments - Tom Schaller, 538
Cronies, czars and corruptocrats at Obama's state dinner - Michelle Malkin
Good hosts - Matthew Yglesias

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama faces daunting December thanks to make-or-break issues - The Hill
Emissions target set ahead of summit - The Hill
After Cheney - The New York Times
West Point will provide backdrop - The Washington Post

FROM THE BLOGS:
Behind the scenes at the State Dinner - Anita McBride, Daily Beast
Obama's dithering may have lost the war - John Guardiano, FrumForum
Another signal from Iran - Joe Klein, Swampland
A sobering thought for Thanksgiving - Jonathan Last, Weekly Standard
Dopes' hope is fading fast - Van Helsing, Right Wing News
The Fed's perverse search for an exit strategy - Matthew Yglesias
Perino's poor perspicacity - Steve Benen, Political Animal
The real problem with climate science emails - Megan McArdle
Voting for it before they vote against it? - Peter Suderman, Hit & Run
Fallout from Obama's civil liberties record - David Dayden, firedoglake
Global warming skepticism up, not winning - Michael Crowley, The Plank
Turkeys of the year - Michelle Malkin
Somewhere Bob Hope is smiling - Big Hollywood
Deliberative, or overly-compromising? - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog
Cap and pollute - Michael Silverstein, The Moderate Voice

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama will travel to Copenhagen for climate summit - The Hill
Modern flourishes at Obamas' State Dinner - New York Times
West Point will provide backdrop for Tuesday speech - Washington Post
Afghan surge targets Taliban bastion - Wall Street Journal