12/14/09 links.

• Gallup has President Obama's approval rating at 48%. 
• Experts say the United States needs to get it's debt under control soon.
• Obama gives himself a B+ grade in interview with Oprah. My grade for him would be much different.
• Reihan Salam says excessive centralized government is a failure.
• Citi & Wells Fargo will repay government bailout funds.
• NASA launches infrared telescope to scan the solar system.
• 22 million lost e-mails from the Bush administration have been discovered.
• Al Gore, loose with the facts, as always.
• California's Republican Party is in abysmal shape.
  
• The Washington Post wants you to vote on the most influential person of the past decade.