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    Ezra’s Pre-Game Show

    Thu, 02/25/2010 - 08:35 EDT - Economist Mom
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    Oh, boy!  Are you ready for a full day of health-reform summit viewing?  (Complete and live coverage will be on C-SPAN today, with extensive live coverage on CNN.)
    Ezra Klein, the Washington Post’s uber-blogger and resident health policy expert (and all-around wunderkid), does a nice job summarizing what to expect from today’s bipartisan meeting of minds (…ok, probably just a meeting of bodies).
    And here are some other pre-game features from this morning’s Post:

    • For the game roster, click here.
    • For some thoughts from real Americans from the living room chair, click here.


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