This one from our White House Photo Blog seems like it is crying out for a weekend-edition Swampland Commenter Caption Contest: UPDATE: The Washington Post has this story on the unveiling of the portraits of the President and First Lady. I’m no art expert, but I do prefer the Bush portrait to the Clinton one [...]

On his website, Change.gov, Barack Obama lists his gay and lesbian agenda under the heading of “Civil Rights.” It is, without any doubt, a very liberal plan: allow gays to serve openly in the military, expand hate crimes statutes, support same-sex civil unions, oppose a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and expand adoption rights for [...]

Pew has an interesting new report out on the religious affiliations of the incoming Congress. It turns out they are more religious than the rest of us, and more likely to be Jewish, Catholic or Mormon.: …a comparison of the religious affiliations of the new Congress with religious demographic information from the Pew Forum’s recent [...]

The President-elect hails it as “a necessary step to help avoid a collapse in our auto industry that would have devastating consequences for our economy and our workers,” and warns, “The auto companies must not squander this chance to reform bad management practices and begin the long-term restructuring that is absolutely required to save this [...]

The Anchorage Daily News reports: WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. Sherry L. Johnston was charged with six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, the Wasilla 18-year-old [...]

In Minnesota, a round of ballot rulings has (at least temporarily) put challenger Al Franken ahead of incumbent Norm Coleman. UPDATE: Commenter wvng passes along a link where we can follow this in real time.