Political Roundup Week of 12/5

A bunch of thoughts on what's in the news.

1. Why a notes column?

   I feel like I should start there for week 2 — probably should have done it last week — because admittedly it’s probably a terrible format from a business perspective. I’d be better off parceling out each numbered story on a different day of the week to create daily content. But I grew up loving the classic Sunday baseball notes colum…