Candy Crowley
CNN Senior Political Correspondent

“Administration reached out to us a few days ago about next installment. Wanted to know what we thought. We encouraged them to convene a meeting with bipartisan Hill leaders to talk it through, make the case, lay out their plan etc.,

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Michael Moore
The Daily Beast

I drive an American car. It’s a Chrysler. That’s not an endorsement. It’s more like a cry for pity.

Cate Vojdik
AC360° Writer

We’re following breaking news on the auto bailout. We’re getting reports that Senate Majority leader Harry Reid says the Big Three bailout is in jeopardy. Democrats apparently don’t have enough votes to give the Big Three the money they want from the $700 billion rescue plan pot. We’ll have more details by air time.

Jami Floyd
AC360° Contributor
In Session Anchor

Today we take a moment to remember Odetta. Odetta’s voice was beautiful but she was more than just a singer. She brought the tradition of American folk music to the Civil Rights Movement.

Ken McLaughlin
Mercury News

In a move bound to create political tension between Latinos and Asian-Americans, a group of Chinese-American activists in Silicon Valley has launched a nationwide grass-roots movement to fight President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination today of Bill Richardson as commerce secretary.

Gary Tuchman | BIO
AC360 Correspondent
 
Now that the Georgia U.S. Senate race is over and voters are finally done casting their ballots in the 2008 elections, it seems an appropriate time to bring up something that we in the news media need to do something about. And that is, to stop being propagandized by campaign spokespeople about the size of crowds at campaign rallies.

Jack Gray
AC360 Associate Producer

Well, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Try not to go too wild. But yes, it’s true. President-elect Obama is today announcing Bill Richardson as his nominee for Secretary of Commerce. Which, while not an unimportant post, was not Richardson’s first choice. Secretary of State was what Richardson really wanted. Commerce was further down on his list, right below U.S. Ambassador to Dairy Queen.

• Obama team on bailout talks
• Why Chinese American activists oppose Bill Richardson
• Political campaigns and ‘Crowd control’
• Sorry Bill Richardson: Barack gave the new Lexus you wanted to Hillary

Raw Politics Video:
Obama’s economic team revealed
Clinton power couple
Awkward news conference

• Autism linked to vaccines?
• It’s the recession, stupid.
• Prescription company case

• Crime Blotter: Killer face?; Holdup video
• Trampling the holiday spirit
• Evening Buzz: Arrest in Jennifer Hudson family murders… and Wal-Mart’s deadly stampede

• Odetta: The voice of America
• Sorry Bill Richardson: Barack gave the new Lexus you wanted to Hillary
• Autism linked to vaccines?

• Erica’s News Note: Reflections
• The children are hungry
• Erica’s News Note: Friday Roundup

• What a Long, Strange Week It’s Been
• Caught in the Crowd
• It’s over

• Evening Buzz: Is the auto bailout a bust?
• Morning Buzz: A Miracle Tree