Obama Tilts to Center, Inviting a Clash of Ideas  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination with the enthusiastic support of the left wing of his party, fueled by his vehement opposition to the decision to invade Iraq and by one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate.

Obama outlines job-creation plan  —  (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday offered an outline of his economic recovery plan and jobs were the top priority.  —  American workers will rebuild the nation's roads and bridges, modernize its schools and create more sources of alternative energy …

AS BAD AS IT GETS  —  “And you thought her media outings as a vice presidential candidate were as bad as it gets,” says alarmed MSNBC host David Shuster ... following footage of Sarah Palin speaking at a turkey processing plant:  —  Shuster (who urges that young viewers be shielded from the interview) …

Making It Explicit  —  James Pethokoukis in US News (h/t Sullivan): … The Michael Cannon post quoted is on the Cato Institute's blog, here.  —  Pethokoukis and Cannon claim that if Obama succeeds in passing health care, then people who might have been conservatives will like it …

Clear and Present Danger  —  The Obama administration is about to discover that the terrorists detained at Guantánamo are there for good reason.  —  On Sunday, November 16, CBS News's 60 Minutes broadcast the first interview with President-elect Barack Obama.

The Saturday Cartoons  —  And here's our friends at Headzup showing us James Dobson celebrating the passage of California's Proposition 8 by asking WWJF?  —  And, via The Onion, we have a few minutes with Andy Rooney — well, China's version of the 60 Minutes commenter-in-chief …

Terror plot mastermind killed by US missile in Pakistan: officials  —  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - The alleged Al-Qaeda mastermind of a 2006 transatlantic airplane bombing plot was killed in a US missile attack in northwest Pakistan early Saturday, officials said.  —  Rashid Rauf died when a missile hit …

How much is a detroit autoworker really worth?  —  $70 per hour: right or wrong?  —  Felix Salmon argues that this figure for GM's labor costs is deceptive.  Sort of, but it's actually quite apt at showing the core problem with GM.  —  Felix says that “the average GM assembly-line worker makes …

The New Deal Didn't Always Work, Either  —  MANY people are looking back to the Great Depression and the New Deal for answers to our problems.  But while we can learn important lessons from this period, they're not always the ones taught in school.  —  The traditional story …

Shares Falling, Citigroup Talks to Government  —  With the sharp stock-market decline for Citigroup rapidly becoming a full-blown crisis of confidence, the company's executives on Friday entered into talks with federal officials about how to stabilize the struggling financial giant.

The Comedian-in-Chief  —  Is SNL's Fred Armisen up to the job?  Jocelyn Guest says Lorne Michaels should recast the role.  Plus, view clips of four actors who auditioned for the part. … Barack Obama's transition is well underway, with Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, and Tom Daschle all signed onto his staff.

Woodward Knocks Clinton SoS Choice  —  Now that it's considered a foregone conclusion that Sen. Hillary Clinton will be the next secretary of State, the chattering class is weighing in, including legendary reporter Bob Woodward.  FishbowlDC has obtained an advanced transcript of this weekend's …

Obamarama: The Obamas Pick a School — It's Sidwell Friends  —  **An updated version of this story appears in the print edition of Sat., Nov. 22 and online here.  The daughters of president-elect Barack Obama will attend private Sidwell Friends School when they move into the White House in January.

Just What Has Obama Gotten Hillary Into?  —  Word is Hillary is saying yes.  —  President Obama could do a lot worse than a foreign policy team of National Security Adviser James Jones, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and CIA Director John Brennan.