Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message
Daschle to HHS, Eric Holder to be AG
Stevens loses Alaska Senate race

Determined not to make news, Emanuel speaks of ‘era of reform’
President-elect Barack Obama’s new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, spoke of the Era of Reform, offering few details but working to shape the narrative of the next administration.
Wall Street Journal

Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group's first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
Associated Press

Daschle to become Health and Human Services Secretary
President-elect Barack Obama is tapping former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be the next Health and Human Services Secretary.
Fox News

Obama's Attorney General: Eric Holder
President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition. (ED: Just to remind you, this is the guy who, having promised Tim Russert on Meet the Press that he wouldn't send a SWAT team in the dark of night to kidnap Elian Gonzalez, with Janet Reno's approval, then did exactly that. This will be an era of socialism, enforced with brutal thugs. We've already seen that. God is still in charge.)
Newsweek | Daily Telegraph | Fox News

Bill Clinton seeks to smooth wife's path
Bill Clinton offered to submit future charitable and business activities for reviews if Hillary Clinton were nominated as secretary of state.
Wall Street Journal

Lieberman keeps chairmanship
Senate Dems say he'll lose his seat on the Environmental and Public Works Committee.
Politico

Democrats say no to drilling ban
A top House Democrat on Tuesday said his party will not push to reinstate a ban on offshore oil and natural-gas drilling next year.
Washington Times

Now it's payback time, say Obama supporters
The President-elect is being besieged by a wide variety of interest groups who feel they have contributed to his victory
The Times

Stevens loses Alaska Senate race
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.
Fox News

Lawyers drawn into fight for Senate superpower
Disputed contests with a colourful cast will determine whether the agenda of the President-elect agenda is given a clear run
The Times

Steele chastises 'country club' GOP
Republican National Committee Chairman candidate Michael Steele castigated Republican Party leadership Tuesday for having a "country club" mentality and being out of touch, and said if he is chosen to represent the party, he will help transform it into an inspiring choice for young and minority voters.
Washington Times

An interview with Joe the Plumber
Every presidential election has distinct images and words that come to people’s minds when they reminisce. In 1960, it was the New Frontier. In 1980, it was Morning Again in America. In 2008, it was Joe the Plumber.
Tufts Daily

Britain strikes spy-deal with Syrians
Syria has one of the best intelligence systems in the region specialising in tracking the movements of Islamists into Iraq
The Times

Villepin to stand trial over Sarkozy smears
Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin has been ordered to stand trial in a criminal court in connection with an alleged smear campaign that targeted President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Daily Telegraph

Out of thin air comes a 'right' to win
Thomas Sowell: Americans have long had the right to put their candidates and their ideas to a vote. Now there seems to be a sense that your rights have been trampled on if you don't win.
Investor's Business Daily

Keep the change
Tocqueville would have understood
American Spectator

I'm still inspired by John McCain
Robbie Cohen: He was right to keep Rev. Wright out of it.
Wall Street Journal

Why they hate her
Mark Hyman: Some of Gov. Sarah Palin's critics do not just dislike her. They hate her. However, such groups are relatively few in number. They are the usual suspects on the political left including the abortion-on-demand crowd, big government advocates, tax-and-spend liberals, the feminists who find husbands and offspring to be an annoyance, media elites and the McCain camp.
Washington Times

Offensive conservatives
Lisa Fabrizio: All the wishful thinking in the world won't make the culture wars go away.
American Spectator

No room for RINOs
Brendan Miniter: Who will resurrect the GOP?
Wall Street Journal

The Lieberman pardon
Democrats decide they still need the Connecticut Senator
Wall Street Journal

A check on change
It was wise and patriotic of Democrats to keep Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as Homeland Security chairman. His principled independence will help steer the ongoing global war on terror.
Investor's Business Daily

Obama hears a giant sucking sound
Holman Jenkins: His legacy is spent before he gets his hands on it. Mr. Obama's one deeply false note during the campaign was his harping on "deregulation" as if that were the source of current troubles. His real problem is the crack-up of the world FDR built.
Wall Street Journal

Obama appoints Castro's lawyer as White House Counsel
Humberto Fontova: Among the throng of Clinton regime retreads recruited for the Obama administration we find Gregory Craig. The media mostly has omitted mention of Craig's role as chief facilitator for Fidel Castro's shanghaiing of Elian Gonzalez
American Thinker

Happy birthday to a plucky little mouse
Dominic Sandbrook: Mickey Mouse was born 80 years ago. While Disney is playing down his age, it's up to us to celebrate.
Daily Telegraph

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