gut check on this special morning. we have a case of the holiday giggles. let's have fun with our list now. it's been a busy year in washington, a government shutdown, the disastrous website launch for obamacare and now a surprising bipartisan budget compromise. who knew? so who was naughty and nice in the capital this year? we've made our list and checked it twice. our santa is cnn political analyst and executive editor of the daily beast, john avlon here to break it down for us. myr merry christmas. >> who's on the nice list this year. >> quickly. it will be short. >> i feel good about the results. >> good. >> right at the top, you've got to lead with paul ryan and patty murray coming together late in the year, coming up with a bipartisan budget bill. that's a big deal in this environment. that puts them on the nice list. >> see if they can carry the holiday cheer, the bipartisan spirit in the new year. we'll see.