Middle of the Week Mélange

• "Lugar's Loss Follows 'Curse' of Senate's Foreign Policy Committee"/Michael D. Mosettig, The Rundown
• "Picking the Next US Secretary of State"/Scott Stearns, Voice of America
• "Insiders say Susan Rice likely to succeed Clinton at State Department"/Bloomberg News
• "Obama considers John Kerry for job of defense secretary"/Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller, Washington Post
• "What To Celebrate"/Nicole LeFavour, Notes From the Floor
• "Democrats please they didn't lose ground in 2012"/Associated Press
• "Takeaways"/Marc Johnson, The Johnson Post
• "Evolution is a thing"/Will Fernia, The Maddow Blog
• "'Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States': Facts through a new lens"/Ann Hornaday, Washington Post