AP: “Democrats won control of the [Pennsylvania] state House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years Tuesday as Chester County officials settled a pair of hotly contested House races three weeks after the election. In the closest race, Democrat Barbara McIlvaine Smith was declared the winner in the 156th District by a 23-vote margin.”

Bush: “There is one thing I’m not going to do. I am not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete.”

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) releases statement after Speaker-to-be Pelosi gives him the bad news.

Take away line: “Sorry, haters, God is not finished with me yet.”

So where do we stand on Net Neutrality? Here’s an update.

Getting off to a great start (from The Hill) …

At a private reception held at the White House with newly elected lawmakers shortly after the election, Bush asked Webb how his son, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq, was doing.

Webb responded that he really wanted to see his son brought back home, said a person who heard about the exchange from Webb.

“I didn’t ask you that, I asked how he’s doing,” Bush retorted, according to the source.

Webb confessed that he was so angered by this that he was tempted to slug the commander-in-chief, reported the source, but of course didn’t. It’s safe to say, however, that Bush and Webb won’t be taking any overseas trips together anytime soon.

Can he vote on bills from Gitmo?

A federal judge strikes down a presidential order on blocking terrorist funding as “impermissibly vague.” That and other news of the day in today’s Daily Muck.

Obama’s book number one on the Times hardcover nonfiction best sellers list.

Your update on Florida’s 13th, where the state’s first run of tests on electronic voting machines brought “intriguing” results.

So Bill Frist is not running for president in 2008.

So I guess if he’d known he was going to get the presidential run he might have held on to his senate seat and even his dignity.

Prez ’08 watch:

Joe Biden in.

Bill Frist out.