• Kerry Eleveld, Political Editor for “The Advocate,” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the Prop. 8 trials and the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell hearings.
• Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about the new AIG bonuses this week, and the economy.
• CNN’s Paul Begala calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the budget, health care reform, don’t ask don’t tell, and other topics of the day.
• John Fugelsang joins us in the NYC Bureau at 8am Pacific for “Fridays With Fugelsang on Thursday.”
• Facing a politically excruciating vote, House Democratic leaders are counting on new budget deficit curbs to help smooth the way for a bill allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper into debt over the next year — or about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident. The debt measure set for a House vote today would raise the cap on federal borrowing to $14.3 trillion.
• Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he made the decision to charge the Christmas Day terror suspect in civilian court rather than the military system, with no objection from all the other relevant departments of the government.
• GOP-er Scott Brown is poised to take over the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s long-held seat today, ending the Dems’ Senate supermajority and giving the GOP 41 votes they can use to block President Obama’s agenda.
