1. GOP congressman says Congress must investigate the Bush administration…

There should be a thorough investigation of the ways in which the current Administration may have disregarded the Constitution

2. Mormon church under investigation for possible election fraud …

California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) confirmed Monday that it will investigate allegations that the LDS Church failed to report nonmonetary contributions to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign.

3. Blaming Obama…

An attempt is underway to blame Obama for the Bush Depression we are suffering from. It started with the fat man on the radio calling this the Obama Recession. That was obviously laughable since Obama is not even President yet.

4. Florida Gay Adoption Ban Ruled Unconstitutional…

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman Tuesday declared that Forida’s 50-year-old ban on gay adoptions unconstitutional — a ruling that state lawyers immediately said they would challenge.

5. Ann Coulter’s jaw wired shut..

We hear… THAT although we didn’t think it would be possible to silence Ann Coulter, the leggy reaction- ary broke her jaw and the mouth that roared has been wired shut.

6. Obama on ‘the new way of doing business’: ‘When we make mistakes, we admit them.’…

I understand that as a life-long White Sox fan, you were placed in the Cubs section yesterday. And I want to apologize for that. This is also part of the new way of doing business: When we make mistakes, we admit them.

7. Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Sullivan Celebrate “Exceptional News”: John Brennan Won’t Be CIA Director…

John Brennan, a top adviser to Barack Obama on intelligence issues who had been widely rumored to be the President-elect’s top choice for CIA director, has taken himself out of the running. Bloggers, including Salon’s Glenn Greenwald and the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan, had vociferously opposed Brennan on the grounds that he had reportedly supported the torture of terrorist detainees and the governments extraordinary rendition program.

8. Gates accepts position as Obama’s defense secretary…

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Obama, according to officials in both parties.