It may not seem possible, but Jeff and Glenn actually have fun explaining the Senate Finance Committee health care amendments. No, we're not kidding. They go into the substance, but offer up a lot of laughs in this new episode of PoliTalk. Listen as they substantively explain what you need to understand about the process and about what's in the bills, and laugh while they rip on each other, and clear through the blizzards of acronyms and legal-ease.  Tired of people screaming at each other on political shows? Always informative and entertaining, it's straight-forward political analysis on PoliTalk, your weekly political podcast.

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We want to apologize up front for this episode. No, literally. Because in this one, Jeff and Glenn dive deeper into the issue of political apologies. Why are they done? What is their purpose? Why do innocent family members get dragged out into public? And maybe most important, do they actually change anything (I mean, after all, they are apologizing for a reason...).  Our co-hosts not only look at the recent apology by Congressman Joe Wilson, but also President Bill Clinton, Senator David Vitter, Senator John Edwards, Governor Mark Sanford and Governor Eliot Spitzer. Always entertaining and informative, it's PoliTalk, your weekly political podcast.

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Glenn and Jeff react almost immediately to President Obama's speech to Congress, putting the speech in context, reminding listeners what they should watch from the President and Congress over the next week, and explaining the politics and policy ramifications of the speech.  They offer praise for the broad objectives met through the speech, dive deep into a discussion on the proposed health care exchanges and the effect on small business. Jeff reacts strongly to Congressman Wilson's outrageous outburst during the President's discussion on immigrants and Glenn takes heed of President Obama's closing words and offers his strong views on the need for more reasoned and rational debate of issues. Always entertaining and informative, it's PoliTalk -- your weekly political podcast.

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Glenn explains his popular blog post on how twitter is changing political communication and events, and Jeff finds a way to liken it to Aristotle, calling its use with cell phones the new era of political mass personalization. Moving beyond Twitter's role in politics, they also talk about a fascinating blog post from an Army veteran who served 2 tours in Afghanistan, who explains what's really going on there and why. They close by talking about the upcoming Senate race in Massachusetts and what is likely to happen to health care reform when Congress comes back from recess next week. Always entertaining and informative, it's PoliTalk, your weekly political podcast.

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