It's Tuesday Dec. 2, and we have another election upon us. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss is fighting for his elected life against Democratic challenger Jim Martin in the Georgia Senate race. We'll find out today, perhaps, just how influential Atlanta-native rapper Ludacris (known for such classic songs as "Move B*tch") is on turning out voters. In the meantime, here are today's top stories...

The Transition
President-elect Obama ended any doubts yesterday when he officially nominated Sen. Hillary Clinton for the position of secretary of state. Their drawn out battle during the presidential primaries this year leaves some to wonder how well these two can work together. Obama made Clinton appear as the out-with-the-old candidate with less foreign policy experience than she claimed to have. Now Clinton joins the in-with-the-new administration.

Here is the Washington Post's Abramowitz and Kessler on the whether this can be a successful relationship: "Many of the most successful secretaries of state, though not all, enjoyed great influence with the presidents they served, giving them crucial leverage with foreign leaders and inside the national security establishment. But Obama and Clinton are only starting to develop the kind of rapport that could lead to that trust, and the ultimate success of the senator from New York in her new role may depend as much on Obama's willingness to admit her to his inner circle as her ability to master the intricacies of the Middle East peace process or North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to senior foreign policy officials from past administrations."

The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder writes that the takeaway from Obama's press conference yesterday was the idea of "holism," as he introduced six cabinet positions at once: "Announcing, at once, an attorney general, the homeland security chief, Obama's defense chief, his chief diplomat, his chief negotiator and his chief adviser sends the message that Obama's conception of national security includes the need to defend against terror attacks at home and to devise a sensible mechanism to detain and punish those who attack us. More prosaically, Obama has chosen to render the foreign policy decision making mechanism as a table, over which people will disagree to the point of consensus."

The Big Three
The Big Three automakers' detailed plans for how they'll use $25 billion in government assistance are due on Capitol Hill today, while the CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler will appear in person later this week.

From the L.A. Times's Puzzanghera and Bensinger: "But skeptics still abound. And the companies' detailed reports to Congress, just like their executives' new travel plans, may be more about public relations than economics. Analysts say the expected promises to renegotiate labor contracts, cut benefit costs or reduce product lines may placate some in Congress but will be hard to achieve."

The Washington Post's Marr has a glimpse inside some of the three companies' plans: "In its second attempt to persuade Congress to grant the U.S. auto industry $25 billion in emergency loans, Chrysler plans to make the case that automakers can cut their costs and point to the future by forging an alliance to share fuel-efficient vehicle technologies. Ford will tell lawmakers that it intends to retool plants for smaller, more fuel-efficient cars as a part of its goal of becoming the fuel-efficiency leader in every vehicle category. General Motors will address its $43.3 billion debt burden and an upcoming multibillion-dollar payment to a union-run trust that will cover employee health-care costs."

The Media
It appears NBC is set to make its chief White House correspondent, David Gregory, the next moderator of "Meet the Press." While we were rooting for someone else, here's hoping Gregory can become the likeable -- yet tough -- interviewer Tim Russert was.