The AIPAC Lobbying Plan This Week

Ever wonder what it’s like to be trained by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to lobby on Capitol Hill? Well wonder no more. Read my story on the first day of the AIPAC Policy Conference here. And thanks, Adam, for the link below.

1,000 Words: Embraceable Edition

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What Set Neugebauer Off

As Jay notes, Congressman Randy Neugebauer of Texas has owned up to shouting “Baby killer” last night on the House floor, and apologized for it. Here, from our friends at the C-Span Video Library, are Congressman Bart Stupak’s comments from last night.: more about "What Set Neugebauer Off", posted with vodpod (If the video doesn’t [...]

Health Reform’s Incredible Significance And Why It Won’t Matter Much In November

Even after a weekend of hyperbole from Democrats and Republicans on what the passage of health care legislation will mean for America, it is hard to overstate the bill’s political and policy implications. President Obama largely got the bill he wanted — a tempered compromise between the wings of his party that alters the existing [...]

In the Arena

Romneycare=Obamacare

The ever-vigilant Greg Sargent picks up on Mitt Romney’s hilarious scorching of Obamacare. Romney, of course, passed an entirely similar plan in Massachusetts a few years ago. He did this before the Republican Party’s current spasm of wingomania, when he thought it might be–get this–a credential in his quest for the presidency. The sad thing [...]

Neugebauer Admits to Yelling ‘Baby Killer’

The great mystery of the passage of health care reform is resolved. Who yelled “baby killer” at Bart Stupak during the debate over the motion to recommit? Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer just now issued the following statement: “Last night was the climax of weeks and months of debate on a health care bill that [...]

In the Arena

Kristol Blue Deflation

It should come as no surprise that Bill Kristol’s reaction to the passage of health care reform is ungracious and tactical. After all, his “thinking” on this issue has been non-stop base and cheesy since he wrote his infamous memo advising Republicans to deny Bill Clinton a victory on health care in December 1993. The [...]

Jane Mayer Takes On Marc Thiessen

“Thiessen is better at conveying fear than at relaying the facts,” Mayer writes in the new New Yorker. “‘Courting Disaster’ has a scholarly feel, and hundreds of footnotes, but it is based on a series of slipshod premises.” Read her entire review of Thiessen’s book here.

Morning Must Reads: Moment of Victory

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza –There’s a lot to digest after last night’s historic vote on health care reform. Might as well dive right in: –David Sanger writes in the New York Times that Obama succeeded at reshaping American social welfare — a feat the last two president’s failed to accomplish — but [...]

Health Care: A Historic Win for Obama

. Here’s my story for TIME.com.