Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

We're getting health care news from the soon-to-be Obama administration today. The president-elect, we're told via email, will talk about "the future of the nation's health care system." That future includes Tom Daschle in as Secretary of Health and Human Services and head of the new White House Office of Health Reform. Obama always said health care will be one of his top priorities -- and it has to be. This will be one area were the opposition will be fierce. The insurance companies have a lot of money and they'll be spreading it around. Democrats who side with the insurance companies should do so at their own peril -- and that means Democratic members of Congress and Demcorats who are lobbyists.

Two weeks til Christmas. Yikes.

Let's get cranking..