LAST TICKET: Unions don’t like Obama’s wage freeze proposal; Boehner will huddle with GOP governors

The Ticket

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

• Labor unions are not too pleased about President Obama's pitch for a federal wage freeze. (The Page)

• A Bloomberg candidacy would help Obama in 2012. (The Hill)

• Incoming House Speaker John Boehner will huddle with GOP governors. (Politico)

• The Senate will vote "next week" on an extension of middle-class tax cuts. (Bloomberg)

• House Republicans picked up just two seats in the West. (Hotline on Call)

• Joe Barton says he wants to be the GOP's George Patton in the fight against the White House. (First Read)

• New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez could be facing a tough re-election in 2012. (Political Wire)

• President Obama still hasn't visited half the states John McCain won in 2008. (The Fix)

• California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters's ethics trial was delayed again. (CBS)

• Minnesota began recounting ballots in the state's still-undecided gubernatorial race. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)