Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, joins the 1st hour of Today’s show to discuss President Obama meeting with Senate Democrats on do or die health care bill.

Jane Hamsher, founder and publisher of the blog FireDogLake.com, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show to discuss Sen. Lieberman holding up the Democrats on health care reform.

Brent Budowsky, columnist for The Hill, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show to discuss the latest on the health care debate.

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-FL, joins the 3rd hour of Today’s show to discuss the troop increase in Afghanistan.

Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers, joins the 3rd hour of Today’s show to discuss Sen. Joe Lieberman holding up health care reform.

The President goes to Home Depot to talk “Cash for Caulkers.” We’ll give you the details.

An Illinois prison is getting prisoners from Gitmo. We’ll talk about it

Hour One – Matt Taibbi – on Obama’s Big Sellout www.rollingstone.com

Hour Two: Should the world adopt China’s one-child policy if it means saving the planet? Thom challenges Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women’s Forum to a verbal duel www.iwf.org

Hour Three: Does the Rom Houben case revive the Terri Schiavo debate? Thom has a rumble with Wesley Smith of the Discovery Institute www.discovery.org

Plus…Do protesters want violence or their voiced heard in Copenhagan? Kyle Ash www.greenpeace.org

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls in at 6:30am to talk about health care reform and the economy.

Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer and author of “Idiot America,” calls in at 7:30am to riff on the news of the day.

The end game at hand, Senate Democrats appeared ready to jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from sweeping health care legislation Monday in a bid to remove the largest remaining obstacle in the way of Christmas-week passage of the measure.

Sen. Joe Lieberman was for a Medicare expansion before he was against it. Democrats circulated video Monday from a Connecticut newspaper’s interview in September showing Lieberman voicing support for a so-called Medicare buy-in allowing uninsured people as young as 55 to purchase coverage.

President Obama, who lashed out Sunday at “fat cat bankers” who “still don’t get it,” gathered the heads of major banks at the White House on yesterday to urge them to make more loans and to accept the necessity of greater regulation.

Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo.

Live Radio Theatre this Friday at Town Hall – “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring Pat Cashman and Tracy Conway and yours truly —only $13! See the article here —’Almost Live!’ alums, Patches to help with holiday broadcast  -

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413019_radio08.html

Norman Goldman, of The Norman Goldman Show, joins the 1st hour of Today’s show to discuss legal issues surrounding Tiger Woods.

Noel Davis, retired U.S. Navy Commander, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show to discuss President Obama holding a jobs summit at the White House.

Rep. Ron Kind, D-WI, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show to discuss Republicans are stalling health care reform when a new poll shows the people want a Public Option.

Rep. Chris Carney, D-PA, joins the 3rd hour of Today’s show to discuss the latest on the troop increase in Afghanistan.

President Obama is taking heat from Democrats over jobs. We’ll bring you the story.

It looks like Congress is going to pass Obama’s war plan. We’ll give you the details.

Quote:  “It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hour One - Lessons from Spain…what we won’t talk about, but must!

Hour Two  ”Everything You Know is Wrong” ”The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism” with Howard Bloom howardbloom.net

plus: “The End of Poverty” Phillipe Diaz www.theendofpoverty.com  Opening nationwide Friday 12/4

Hour Three - Is health care going to take your guns away? Larry Pratt www.gunowners.org

Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:05am to talk about Afghanistan, health care reform, and the Jobs Summit.

Comedian Tom Kenny calls in at 6:30am to talk about Spongebob Squarepants’ new Christmas song.

Hilary Rosen, Editor at Large of the Huffington Post, calls in at 7:05am to talk about Afghanistan, health care reform, and today’s Jobs Summit.

Obama administration officials are hoping that today’s Jobs Summit, where he will talk job creation with business and labor leaders at the White House, will let President Obama defend his administration’s handling of the economy. No major policy announcements are expected.

Amid soaring budget deficits, President Obama is running into congressional qualms over how to pay for his troop buildup in Afghanistan. The $30 billion cost is causing concern on both sides of the aisle. Still, leaders in Congress predicted yesterday that Obama would prevail in winning funding for the surge.

The politically potent AARP announced yesterday that they are supporting the Democrats’ $460 billion in Medicare cuts to help pay for landmark health insurance legislation.

White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi last night declined an invitation to testify before Congress about their caper last week at the president’s first state dinner.

John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show to disucss President Obama calling for 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-NY, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show to discuss the latest on the war in Afghanistan.

Maria Rohrer, Director Global Volt and Chevrolet Marketing, joins the 3rd hour of Today’s show to discuss the latest news on the Chevy Volt.

There is a new plan for a public option. We’ll give you the details.

Tiger Woods apologizes for letting his family down. We’ll talk about it.

Hour Two: “Health Care or Gun Rights?” Thom debates Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America www.gunowners.org

Hour Three: “Is belief in God hurting America?” Thom challenges Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute www.businessandmedia.org