Could Santa really stuff our stocking with Norm Coleman as RNC chairman?

Wikileaks cable reveals North Korean officials asking the U.S. to arrange an Eric Clapton concert in Pyongyang as a show of “good will.”

Big majorities of Americans support extending all the Bush tax cuts and ending the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. It’s all in how you ask the question.

U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke remains in critical condition. He underwent another procedure yesterday, according to the State Department, following surgery on a ruptured aorta Saturday.

Having a hard time reconciling the teary John Boehner of late with the cold, hard, nicotine-stained pol we’ve all known for the last 20 years.

Chris Hayes, on the tax cut deal: “It’s the standard bribery model of legislating that has come to characterize Washington in the era of oligarchy: if you want to put food on the table of the unemployed, you must lavishly wine and dine the CEOs and bankers who laid them off.”

Michael Steele will announce tomorrow whether he plans to run for reelection to head the RNC.

Remember when the Republicans won back Congress in ’94 and like a week later Bill Clinton was already kicking their butts? Good times.

Steve Clemons, a friend of Richard Holbrooke’s, comments on the current situation.