Today's Times
- Some liberal lawmakers are resisting significant changes to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, but many Republicans say President Obama will have to acquiesce if he wants to strike a deal with Congress, Robert Pear reports.
- With the retirement of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman in January, Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina will lose a colleague who has contributed to the veneer of bipartisanship that helped advance their foreign policy goals for more than a decade, Jennifer Steinhauer writes.
- A special primary election to replace Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who resigned his House seat last week, will be held in February in Illinois, and the line to succeed him is forming fast, Steven Yaccino and Monica Davey report.
 Around the Web
- Politico wants to know how that whole “super PAC†thing is workin g out.
- Former President Jimmy Carter is in Haiti building houses in a town still devastated by the 2010 earthquake, The Associated Press reports.
 Happenings in Washington
- Enrique Peña Nieto, president-elect of Mexico, will meet with President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the White House. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will attend as well.
