Codey Not Interested In NJ Senate

And other news...

1. In a news conference today, acting NJ Gov Richard Codey said he did not want Gov-elect Jon Corzine to appoint him to fill Corzine's Senate seat. That's after a poll showed him defeating probable GOP challenger Tom Kean, Jr., in 2006. Mssrs. Pallone, Andrews and Menendez still want the job. Menendez is probably the favorite to get it.

2. The man who narrowly lost the Detroit mayor's race to incumbent Kwame Kilpatrick wants a hand recount. Freman Hendrix says there were discrpancies in preliminary vote totals and the final number recorded by elections officers.

3. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez supplies heating oil for Bill Delahunt's constituents.

4. Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) retires.

5. More Alito/CAP ties questioned.