MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Big week for healthcare reform - David Kurtz, TalkingPointsMemo
Would Obama have called the Japanese extremists? - gamecock, TMR
It's all about Joe - Joe Sudbay, AMERICAblog
Healthcare vote could cost Titus - Jim Geraghty, The Campaign Spot
Specter to Lieberman, Collins: Read the bill - mcjoan, Daily Kos
Americans express support for torture - Isaac Chotiner, The Plank
SNL criticized for Tiger Woods skit - Noel Sheppard, Newsbusters
Head of IPCC dismisses Climategate - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Crazy in Copenhagen - Jan Smith, The Foundry
Court to rule on student religious rights - Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog
A 2010 match to watch - Kathleen McKinley, Right Wing News
Tiger's handicap - Vic Matus, Weekly Standard
NPR execs question Liasson's Fox gigs - Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress
Five compromises beyond the public option - Ezra Klein
The nature and volume of the threats - Steve Benen, Political Animal

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Top Dem calls on Obama to endorse bailout money for jobs - The Hill
Senators buckle down for a long holiday - The Hill
Chicago man charged in Mumbai attacks - Associated Press
EPA to declare carbon emissions' risks - Washington Post