Daily Briefing: Democrats Bet Their Bottom Dollar

* Congressional Republicans push through change to health insurance rules at the buzzer. [WP]
* Meanwhile, Democrats fail to extort concessions from oil and gas companies. “Wait ’til next year,” they say. [WSJ]
* That’s when they’ll be relying on younger members’ “energy” and “intensity” to get everything they want from the 110th Congress. [WP]
* State department intelligence on Iranian nuclear terrorists powered by Google. [WP]
* William Jefferson wins reelection, reaffirms superiority of the American political system. [WP, NYT]
* Iraq Study Group’s report exposes rift among Republicans. James Baker and Lee Hamilton claim they got no beef with President Bush, and want to know who you callin’ “surrender monkey?” [WP, NYT]
* Barack Obama goes to New Hampshire, tells giant crowd that he doesn’t trust his own hype. [WP, NYT]
* In his farewell speech today, Kofi Annan will rip White House policies in the only dapper, civilized, and slightly accented way he knows. [USAT]
* Havana-born Republican congresswoman calls for the assignation of Fidel Castro, dog bites man. [NYT]
* Republican Presidential hopefuls kiss Bush family ass, dog bites man. [LAT]