Repent! The end is near! (But first, let’s pass statewide cap-and-trade, or add another cigarette tax. We have our priorities, you see…) (h/t Terry H)

Credit where it’s due. McConnell and the Senate GOPers deserve plaudits for the limited CR, the defeat of the omnibus spending bill, and the repudiation of the DREAM Act. Now, don’t take those victories as the important ones — and allow as a result Net Neutrality and START (Democrats say they have the votes right now for the latter) to pass in a lame duck without plenty of debate. Stay

Totenberg: “If you don’t mind, I prefer you call me a cocktail dress of color, thank you very much…”*

And you thought the lame duck Congress would just go home and leave us all alone for the holidays. National Journal: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is making progress in narrowing gaps with his two Democratic colleagues over his controversial plan to adopt sweeping new rules for the Internet, National Journal has learned. But with the talks very fluid, and differences remaining, there’s still a possibility that the regulatory