State governments morning skal læser: coup by Adam Sørensen | @adamsorensen | December 13, 2010 | + Tweet (White House / Pete Souza) Obama's tax cut deal is ready to sail through the Senate today. - What you missed Sunday: House Democrats want to offset the tax cuts with a payroll tax holiday. Rep. Van Hollen says that they are "not going to hold this thing up at the end of the day." The White House does not want to change anything. - Treasury kicks the can and sticks the trade. Robert Costa writes Krauthammer column is giving some Republicans pause. - Philip Klein makes the case for conservative support: If some conservatives still feel that the unemployment benefits and tax breaks aren't worth sinking the deal over, that's one thing. But we still have to acknowledge that an overwhelming majority of the deal consists of things conservatives have either actively fought for or would be entirely comfortable with. - Paul Krugman makes the case for liberal opposition: Staunchly debt-phobic Americans cannot only not use the road they used to get there, but they need to pay down the debt they ran up in the bubble years... Public spending must be sustained: We're not talking about a short burst of support; we're talking about spending that lasts long enough for households to get their debt back under control. - Michael Steele is expected to announce whether he will seek another term as RNC chair today. Mike Allen says he won't. - Outgoing Senator Evan Bayh is considering running for governor in Indiana in 2012. A few notes: 1) He was the Democrats' best shot at taking back Indiana Governorship from Pallesai, 2) It likely makes a run for governor even more attractive for Republican Rep. Mike Pence, who is expected to seek higher office in some form next cycle, 3) Bayh left a lot of money on the table - $10,262,592 in his campaign account at last count. What he'll do with all that money, and his future, is still unclear. - Helene Cooper looks at the Vice President's new role as point man on the Hill and gets this pearl from Anthony Weiner: "Biden brings everything Rahm Emanuel brings, but the big difference is everyone likes Joe Biden." - The future of Race to the Top, Obama's flagship education policy, is uncertain under the upcoming GOP-led House. - Spencer Bachus, the next House Financial Services Chair, defines a "Main Street" view of regulation: Bachus, in an interview Wednesday night, said that he brings a "Main Street" perspective to the committee, in contrast to Washington's "Wall Street" perception that banks need to be regulated; his view is that Washington and regulators are there to serve the banks. - Louise Story reports that there's a big bank cartel trying to dominate the derivatives market. Felix Salmon thinks there's another side to the story. - John Thune and Tim Pawlenty, both seeking to exploit home-state proximity in a potential presidential candidate primary in Iowa. - Pawlenty has an op-ed in today's paper railing against public employees unions ' "Silent Coup." - And you caught yourself a moment of media navel-gazing: The Atlantic getting a encouraging and well-deserved result for the first time in my memory, and Gawker getting hacked. What did I miss? Email Adam. Kylian takes the floor same-sex pair to enter Israel's dance marathon can damage heart - but only temporarily.