Daily Briefing: Secrets Out
* President Bush says victory in Iraq is "achievable" with more troops, will likely be sending them as soon as he can get rid of some whiny-ass Generals. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Those Generals, John Abizaid and George Casey, (no pushovers) run the old "rope-a-dope" on Robert Gates. [WP, NYT]
* No mere shirt and tie can cover Virgil Goode's Muslim-hating red neck. [WP]
* Democrats' plan to raise minimum wage gets endorsement, caveats from President Bush. [WP]
* Arnold Schwarzenegger to give all of California health insurance for Christmas. What does he want? To terminate bad movie-pun headlines about him. [WSJ]
* Even Mitt Romney doesn't know how he feels about the gays. [WP]
* First big wave of declassified documents to hit January 1st, impact on the conspiracy theory community still unknown. [NYT]
* Yes, Sandy Berger is that "ham-handed and comical." [WP, NYT]