President Obama in December. (Rex Features via AP Images)
2012 ends on one heckuva busy day. Join us at 4 p.m. with our guest host, The Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart, where we’ll be discussing the fiscal cliff, Hillary Clinton and more.
- We may be close to a fiscal cliff deal. Or not. But even if Democrats and Republicans can reach one, it may not be in time. Or not. (First Read)
- Republicans are unanimous on one point regarding the fiscal cliff: The pizza’s excellent. (Rebecca Berg)
- The Republican Party in one tweet. (Wonkblog)
- Sen. Graham: The president won. (Lindsey Graham)
- The fiscal cliff brinkmanship has taken its toll on the economy. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized for a blood clot, “has not been seen in public since the first week in December.” (The Washington Post)
- President Obama is pushing Illinois to legalize same-sex marriage. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Words and phrases that should be banned, 2012 edition: “fiscal cliff”, “spoiler alert”, “kick the can down the road”, “trending”, “bucket list” (Associated Press)
