Good morning, Washington, where the streets downtown are lined with port-o-potties.

Today in Washington
* President-elect Obama will be at his transition office holding private meetings, as his family moves from the Hay-Adams to Blair House.

*President Bush will stop by the State Department for a farewell visit, and then deliver his final address to the nation tonight.

* Vice President-elect Biden will give his farewell speech to the Senate, followed an hour later by Hillary Clinton. No word on whether Biden plans to fill the entire hour, but it's certainly possible.

** Transition News
* The Judiciary Committee will start Eric Holder's confirmation hearings. It's likely to be a rocky road, but Holder is prepared to address his role in controversial pardons, ABC reports. "He will admit the mistake and reiterate that if he had to do it over, he would proceed differently -- but insist that it was not a mistake of integrity."

* Obama tells Katie Couric that it's not necessarily a "dead or alive" situation, saying he'd be fine just to isolate bin Laden. "My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him. But if we have so tightened the noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives, then we will meet our goal of protecting America."

** Stimulus News
* The Senate will vote on the request to release the remaining $350 billion in TARP funds. It's likely to succeed because it's Obama's team, not Bush's, making the pitch. AP adds that his stimulus plan will now cost $850 billion.

* The LA Times reports that the stimulus plan will likely pass, but without the bipartisan vote Obama was hoping for. "To attract Republicans, they lose Democrats. It is a very difficult needle to thread," said Sen. John Thune (R-SD). They are discovering that the goal [of an 80-vote majority] is unrealistic. He got so much push-back from his own people."

* And yet the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds "broad support" from the American people for his plan. By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans prefer government spending to tax cuts.

** Biden News
* The New York Times interviews Joe Biden, who humbly says: "I know as much or more than Cheney. I'm the most experienced vice president since anybody."

But seriously folks. "I never thought a lot about the vice presidency until I was asked to go on the ticket." He also made a "sharp assessment" of his predecessor as he tried to reconcile his desire to scale back the power of his future office but stay relevant. "The only value of power is the effect, the efficacy of its use. And all the power Cheney had did not result in effective outcomes."

** Blago Alert
* Two can play this Lincoln game; Rod Blagojevich quoted the 16th president as he swore in his state Senate/jury. Meanwhile, his top aides were summoned to appear at the trial.

* In other corruption news, Baltimore's recently-indicted mayor still plans to appear Obama as the whistle-stop train tour hits Charm City.

** 2010
* Harry Reid has hired Brandon Hall, who ran Mark Begich's successful campaign in Alaska last year, to be his campaign manager in 2010.

* Politico also sizes up the candidates to succeed Rahm Emanuel, with each claiming to be the reformer.

** Last But Not Least:
* If you missed it, check out the sweet letter Obama writes to his daughters in "Parade."