Political bits

(CNN) Crazy money: "An aide to the president-elect says that the Obama campaign will disclose how much money they have left over from their run for the White House..."

(Politico) In a very pitiful moment, John McCain is welcomed back to the Senate by John Kerry.

(AP) Clinton bumps up against Senate seniority rules (I keep wondering if some of this is pressure to get her to move out of the Senate and into the Obama administration.)

(WaPo) A little Dem pressure back on the White House about "burrowing" political appointees into civil service jobs.

And, (WaPo) Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker continues her effort to become the Religious Right's Danish cartoonist with an editorial titled "Giving up on God."