Daily Polichicks - Wednesday

We are in our cozy Betty Boop flannel pajamas, watching the Mike and Juliet Show as we peruse the news.  Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima are on saying that any woman can look hot in Victoria's Secret lingeree.  Yeah, that's easy for them to say.  And they get paid to say it.

So anyway, what's up in the news? Conservatives in Georgia are just peachy after saving a GOP senate seat; auto industry CEOs came to Washington with a question for Congress and taxpayers: "Why spend ours, when we can spend yours?"; First Lady Laura Bush said "Oh hells no!" to an artist hoping to display an ornament on The White House Christmas tree; and Second Lady to be Jill Biden will not wear mom jeans to Washington. 

That's just a teaser, but you want to be totally in the know, right?  So without further ado, here's your Daily Polichicks:

• Obama is said to announce New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as his pick for Secretary of Commerce today.  Despite long ties to the Clintons, Richardson endorsed Obama early in the primaries.  (Well, kind of early.  Richardson waited until he himself dropped out of the presidential race.) [The Washington Post]

• The visitor's center at the U.S. Capitol opened to tourists yesterday, after 6 years in the making and $621 million spent.  But not everyone understood what the hoopla was all about.  "This is new?" asked one visitor. [The Washington Post]

• The CEOs of GM, Chrysler and Ford came to Congress to ask for $34 billion in federal loans.  In exchange, GM, the world's largest automaker, promised to reduce executive salaries,  cut labor costs and shutdown factories.  They remind us when we were kids and we told our mom, "If you give us money to buy Fashion Photo Barbie, we'll pay you back... and we'll brush our teeth, clean our room and never sass the babysitter again." Yeah, we didn't mean any of it either. [The New York Times]

• Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) won re-election to the U.S. Senate after a month long run off election against Democratic challenger (and his Sigma Chi frat brother) Jim Martin. His victory dashed Democrats' hopes of winning 60 seats to have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

• Seattle-based artist Deborah Lawrence was so excited when asked to create an ornament for The White House Christmas tree.  She immediately created a red and white "Impeach Bush" ornament and waited on pins and needles to see her work on display at The White House.  But alas, her creation won't make it to the tree this year.  The ornament "is inappropriate and it's not being hanged," said a spokesperson for First Lady Laura Bush.  [The Washington Post]

• And last but not least, here's a lovely portrait of the Second Lady, Jill Biden, published just before the election.  [Vogue]