LAST TICKET: Obama narrowly leads in 2012; Tom Coburn’s beard gets a Twitter feed

The Ticket

Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment:

• NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds President Obama narrowly leading 2012 rivals. (Washington Wire)

• Just 41 RNC members have endorsed in the party chairman race. (Hotline on Call)

• Michael Steele didn't register his re-election website until Dec 8th. (CNN Political Ticker)

• Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is going after unemployment aid for the rich. (The Caucus)

• Meanwhile, Coburn's increasingly bushy beard got its own Twitter feed. (Twitter)

• Female voters still prefer Obama to his opponents. (First Read)

• Utah Senator Orrin Hatch stripped his earmarks from the omnibus bill. (TPMDC)

• Fox and ABC announced more 2012 presidential debates, but there are still no actual candidates in the race. (Los Angeles Times)

• The health-care debate looms over Mitt Romney's potential 2012 run. (Associated Press)

• South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint missed seven of 12 congressional hearings on the START treaty, which he's threatening to filibuster. (Political Punch)