DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Laugh or cry at spending? - Victor Davis Hanson, The Corner
Democratic incumbents beware! - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Can Dems pass health bill before Xmas? - Peter Suderman, Hit & Run
Merkley says Senate is 'dysfunctional' - Matthew Yglesias
Joe Lieberman wants a pony - Sarah Kliff, The Gaggle
Obama's formula for economic disaster - Nick Loris, The Foundry
So it's come to this - Charles Lemos, MyDD
Nobel peace prize winner takes out brass knuckles - Michelle Malkin
A not-remotely-sarcastic defense of Kristol - Jonathan Chait, The Plank
Best defense of Obama's foreign policy - Max Boot, Contentions
Fenty signs DC gay marriage bill - Adam Fink, Open Left
Polling woes for ObamaCare - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
A little shoving in Copenhagen - Helene Cooper, The Caucus
The exchanges, mandate, and the opt-out - Paul Waldman, TAPPED

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
McConnell not backing down as votes loom - The Hill
Pelosi vows to hang on to House in 2010 - The Hill
World leaders reach deal on climate change - WaPo
U.S. and Russia close on arms pact, leader say - NYT