Political Lunch

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The North Koreans have been playing nice, as of late, trying to gain respect from the international community and strengthen the regime of Kim Jong-il. It almost makes you yearn for the days of brash nuclear ambition and daily missile tests. Today's PL ...

For your PL Flashback fix, today we'll revisit the Vice President who never really left. Dick's back in the headlines this week, again. So did torture really work, does it matter now, and when do we get to move on?

To mark the death of the Lion of the Senate, we'll revisit the cause that was Senator Ted Kennedy's signature issue during his final years in office. For Lunch today, we'll flashback to our primer on the health care reform question: what might change, ...

Back in the good ole' days of the 2008 campaign, everyone was happy because we didn't have to worry about complicated, confusing stories like health care reform and, well, health care reform. Instead, we got to cover ridiculous nonsense like Sarah ...

Back in the final days of the 2008 campaign, it looked like Barack Obama had it in the bag. But a big win for the Dems wasn't necessarily a sure thing. In this Political Lunch Summer Vacation Flashback episode, Will takes a look at the ways in which ...

Today we're going back-in-time to revisit the early days of the Friday 10-in-3, back when Rob and Will actually managed to get it all done in less than three . Usually. In this flashback episode, the PL team covers the presidential candidates' economic ...

Today ends week two of the Political Lunch Flashback, with a trip back in time to last fall's Republican National Convention in Minnesota. Rob was there for all the action, including a look at what it's like to cover a convention, and of course the big ...

The Political Lunch Flashback roadtrip rolls on! Today we're back in Denver, Colorado for day one of the Democratic Convention. This was Barack's big moment, but not before plenty of political wrangling, old-school conventioneering, and... roller coaster ...

It's week two of the Political Lunch Summer Vacation Flashback, and we'll kick things off with a look back at the biggest presidential primary day in modern history: 30-plus candidates, record votes cast, lines at the polls, and more than a few ...

It's Day Three of your Political Lunch Summer Vacation Flashback, and that means we're headed back up to New Hampshire for Primary Day. According to the oh-so unofficial Political Lunch exit poll, Rudy still had a shot, Richardson wasn't out yet, and the ...

Welcome to Day Two of your Political Lunch Summer Vacation Flashback! Today we'll rewind to that freezing cold January day in Iowa, when Rob and Will went inside the 2008 Republican and Democratic Caucuses. Remember which candidates came out on top? You ...

Rob and Will are on summer vacation, so it's time to step into the Political Lunch time machine for a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) of the 2008 campaign. Today we'll go all the way back to June, 2007, to revisit the PL Team's coverage of ...

It's the final Lunch before Summer Vacation, and it looks like Congress will head home next week without anything resembling a healthcare reform plan. Also: Palin's post-gov debut (or not), a new plan for Afghanistan, bad news for Lou Dobbs, and much ...

Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will examine the idea of an Iraqi Air Force: should the US give jets to the Iraqis? ALSO: could more US Troops be heading home from Iraq sooner than expected? (And yes, we have to talk about healthcare reform. It's good for ...

Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will take a look at Palin's parting shots, Bernanke's media blitz, and Sotomayor's big day. ALSO: How will health care reform affect YOU?

Today's Lunch is much more fun than a long-winded explanation of healthcare... Your weekly wrapup includes hot topics like Clinton versus the Koreans, Sen. Graham versus his party, Pelosi versus the GOP, and yes, a couple quick notes on the healthcare ...

It's time to wonk out with a PL policy tutorial. In today's episode, Rob and Will cover the health care reform debate from top to bottom: what might change, what it might cost, and how we might pay for it.

Today on The Lunch, Will kicks off a week dedicated to health care reform. The President's pushing, the GOP is pushing back, and we'll bring you the basics on what exactly they're planning to reform. ALSO: Is the US military back in the foreign prison ...