Another reason for swagger

Eamon Javers: Top 10 Tweets of 2009

New York Post: Ripping Open New Wounds With the U.S. Senate having approved major health care reform legislation Thursday during an extraordinary Christmas Eve vote, Barack Obama moved one step closer to reshaping American medicine and accomplishing that which has eluded previous Democratic presidents.

A tipster spotted this rally a few days ago

Behind every failed terrorist attack on America, there stands a hero. Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him."

Obama Weather H/T – Meridithope

…By pledging to withhold sex from those opposing health care reform. Californication star Eva Amurri and Friday Night Lights quarterback Zach Gilford make the pitch. One wonky question from us: what if we would totally vote for cloture, but support a final bill without a public option, or maybe support …

Members from the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore participated in Jay Leno’s "Jaywalking" trivia last night, and while "The Situation" and Pauly did fairly well (with the help of the host), our favorite cast member, and self-proclaimed inventor of the poof, Snooki, made us worry about the education system in …

Kim Hart’s Hillicon Valley: It’s not just you: Blackberry outage reported: Blackberry appears to be having some problems in the Washington .. http://bit.ly/4RxS6L

If you’d like an all-expense-paid trip to a foreign country complete with five-star amenities, just become a member of Congress. Lawmakers take scores of overseas trips each year … [t]he cost they reported for such travel abroad was $13 million in 2008, a 70% jump from 2005, according to a …

Watch as members of Congress rate their job performance.

FishbowlDC’s Matt Dornic brings the heat: "She Wolf" Meets "The Wolf" on CNN’s Situation Room

Sen. Vitter’s face is priceless.

This means he has the best A-game at the T-Coast intern happy hours. ABC News’ Rick Klein: Ross Ohlendorf: From Major League Pitcher to Unpaid Intern How sad for Pittsburgh. People are taking unpaid internships to get out.

How do you start your morning? Here are a few of our faves with today’s highlights: Chris Cillizza’s Morning Fix Polling shows Democrats losing health care PR fight Democrats are losing the public relations fight over the health care overhaul Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook TIME Person of the Year 2009 …