Lunchtime Links

It’s holiday listicle season. Check out the top climate and national security players of 2009.

Democrats try not to jinx health care reform.

The House works to put its stamp on the bill.

Senators aim to get it to Obama before the State of the Union, but White House officials say that’s unlikely to happen.

Palin’s not wild about her “lie of the year” award.

The most valuable Democrat of 2009 is (the retiring) Bart Gordon; the least valuable is Artur Davis.

When it comes to energy policy, Denmark feels like another — much saner — planet.

A Tea Partier worries his prayers against Byrd may have hit Inhofe instead. But it could be a prank.