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Best reindeer name so far - Vixen. Best present, the warmth and love of my family and friends. Second best present....

Anyone in the mood for an Open Thread? Most of us are deep into Christmas preparations and celebrations, but if you are touching base with us here, let us know what interests you this weekend. Since it is the Holiday Season here, you can expect posting to be light by the Editors here who are scattered to the four corners of the earth this week. Here are a couple of things that caught my eye while I'm waiting for the cocktail hour:

Don't get me wrong. I think Coons is a patriotic American. He just seemed to be in the thrall of a deeply pessimistic and un-American political philosophy. Hold up the…

Mitt Romney was running for his party's nomination. (...and lying his ass off)

The GOP "intelligentsia' wants to skip Cantor and go with Ryan. Filling in for Bill O'Reilly last night Laura Ingraham says her source on the Hill told her there is…

It is a little ironic that the same people who are so jazzed by indulging in empty flag waving jingoism, are the very same ones who claim to be cold…

As TPM's Josh Marshall points out, this doesn’t square with what we think we know about President Obama’s negotiating style.   But, if true,  it warms the heart: From the Journal…

UPDATE: The fact that the NRA is a lunatic organization appears to be entering the national zietgiest.

Boehner is now a SPINO, "Speaker in name only." He didn't have the votes to pass "Plan B" and he doesn't have enough votes to close a deal with the President prior to going down the fiscal slope. He doesn't even have standing to negotiate.

10. The decorations are pretty cool. 9. It's the White House, which is cool even without decorations. 8. Standing in line in Washington on a December evening is lovely. 7. The President and the first family are upstairs, probably wrapping presents. 6. Portraits of good Presidents given prominent locations. 5 Portraits of Republican Presidents shunted into dark corners. 4. Awesome National Archives exhibit on the Cuban Missile Crisis just blocks away. 3. Possible C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn sightings. 2. People still dress up to tour the White House. 1. President Obama won. Suck it Boehner.