Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee discusses employment and CEO pay, with CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood.   The new year could be an expensive one for drugmaker Merck as it starts writing checks for the $5B Vioxx settlement, and one of them could be made out to Mark Lanier of Texas, reports CNBC's Mike Huckman.   An outlook on the winning strategies for 2008, with Ron Insana, Insana Capital Partners, and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo & Matt Nesto.   When the smoke clears, video games are likely to be one sector that shines this holiday shopping season, with Britt Beamer, America's Research Group chmn.; Patti Freeman Evans, Jupiter Research sr. analyst; and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.