Our Endorsements: A Christmas Space Song!

* This astronaut wrote a Christmas song.

* Hawaii loves their Obaminal Snowman.

* The 2012 coming out party was awesome.

* President Obama loves to embarrass his kids.

* This New Yorker political cartoon gets a little fresh.

* The origin of the teddy bear, from Laughing Squid.

* Relax! I finally found the dumbest article explaining the fiscal cliff.

* The Christmas edition of the Professor Blastoff podcast features Ira Glass.

* From The Onion, Paul Ryan ups Congress' heart rate with a new exercise video.

Tags: Daily Links, Fiscal Cliff, House of Representatives, LGBT, Malia Obama, New Yorker, Sasha Obama, The Onion, Theodore Roosevelt

From the Pork Barrel: The Empty Chair

* Oh, man! I wish we had an empty chair up there on stage Wednesday night. Just look at the charisma oozing from that empty chair. Besides, a chair sits. It doesn't just lie down.

* The actual truth behind Mitt Romney's handkerchief have finally been revealed!

* "You see! I told you! We've all been falling right into Obama's plans all along!" – your uncle who likes forwarding emails

* Rep. Paul Broun explains that evolution and the Big Bang are "lies straight from the pit of Hell," by which I'm pretty sure he means "a classroom."

* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond with us as we watch CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning at 9 am (EST).

Tags: Barack Obama, Debates, Evolution, Georgia, House of Representatives, Mitt Romney, New Yorker, Paul Broun, Pork Barrel, Science & Technology, Unemployment

Our Endorsements: Putin Chick-fil-A to Shame

* Formal Sweatpants' Josh Mecouch draws @RobDelaney's latest Romney tweet about Pussy Riot.

* From The Onion, Huffington Post news sees all.

* Paul Ryan's Song of Himself, by Andy Borowitz.

* Did you see more bad lip reading with Romney?

* The Long Walk's latest installment, from McSweeney's.

* David Letterman has a talk with Mitt Romney's good friend Tracy Morgan.

* Oh sweet mystery of Paul Ryan's clothing choices, at last we've found you!

* Why Obama and Romney are both wrong about cars and dogs and energy.

* The Jimmy Kimmel show re-enacts Romney's outsourcing of Sesame Street.

Tags: Chick-fil-A, Daily Links, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Mitt Romney, New Yorker, Paul Ryan, PBS, Primaries, Republicans, Rob Delaney, Russia, The Onion, Tracy Morgan, Vladimir Putin, Women's Rights

Our Endorsements: Dave Hill and the Olympics

* Comedian Dave Hill explains Olympic sports to us.

* The Long Walk: A Column About Washington.

* The New Yorker's political cartoon of the day.

* Politicians and kids go together like peas and carrots.

* The USA wants to add a new sport to the Olympic games.

* Newsweek questions the weight of Mitt Romney's cojones.

* This election could be decided by a few key swing corporations.

Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, New Yorker, The Onion

Our Endorsements: Santorum Non Sequiturs

* From Buzzfeed: If Rick Santorum quotes were New Yorker cartoons.

* A real American horror story, from The Onion.

* The six funniest photos from the NBC News-Facebook debate.

* Get your political stump on, with McSweeney's "Stumpin' Randy."

* Hint: War Horse is not Ron Paul's choice. The candidates' Oscar picks from Funny or Die.

Tags: Capitol Hill, Daily Links, Debates, Facebook, Funny or Die, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, New Yorker, Newt Gingrich, Primaries, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, The Onion