Meet a leading foe of the labor unions as they prepare for their big battle over the Employee Free Choice Act: A business rep who’s known as the “Dr. Evil” of D.C. lobbyists.

We’ll be hearing a lot from him soon enough.

Obama team rolls out new Website designed to take questions from the public. With an interesting twist.

As Minnesota Senate recount officially ends, Franken camp claims a lead that can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

David Bonior mounts aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to get union activist Mary Beth Maxwell installed as Obama’s labor secretary.

It’s really, really official: Hillary will be named Obama’s Secretary of State tomorrow in Chicago, a person close to Hillary confirms.

President-elect Obama gets briefed by Condoleezza Rice on the Mumbai situation while Dem Congressional leaders forge ahead with plans to have big economic and health care initiatives on Obama’s desk when he takes office. Those and other political news items of the day in today’s TPM Election Central Morning Roundup.

Obama camp to unleash blistering robocall returning fire at McCain for running “sleazy” campaign.

Big news orgs start getting serious about tracking the magnitude of McCain’s robo-slime campaign.

The Virginia Senator cuts a strong ad for Obama.

Two high-ranking McCain campaign officials were longtime lobbyists for companies at center of sex-drugs-oil Interior Department scandal.