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Once = lucky, twice = good: One good thing for Democrats about passing a health care reform bill in two parts: President Obama gets two signing ceremonies. CNN reports the president will sign the reconciliation bill which contains “fixes” to the original legislation at a community college in northern Virginia …

Vox Africanus: Enter the Health Care starring Black Belt Barack h/t WPIDC

Did you know that Andrew Breitbart ran The Drudge Report, helped start The Huffington Post and used to regularly IM with elite members of the Democrat media complex? Wired Magazine: How Andrew Breitbart Hacks the Media

Washington Nationals Press Release: President Barack Obama to throw ceremonial first pitch when Washington Nationals host NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies on Opening Day President of the United States Barack Obama will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. prior to the 2010 season opener between the …

We can’t imagine that Harry Smith has much game. [recess] This Thursday, CBS “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith will go one-on-one with Pres. Barack Obama in a court-side interview. Then, Smith and his CBS Sports colleague NCAA basketball analyst Clark Kellogg will shoot hoops with Obama on the White House …

President Obama made it to Afghanistan without anyone knowing.  But how? “After leaving the White House on Friday afternoon with the ‘cover’ of spending the weekend at Camp David, the presidential retreat, he flew from there by helicopter to the base on Saturday night to make the secret trip.” “Reporters …

We hope you had a good weekend and you stay dry this week. Robert Gibbs broke news on Twitter [Afghanistan] Betsy Rothstein got the scoop on Meghan McCain’s speech [FishbowlDC] The Final Four is set [Duke] Mike Madden ain’t happy about it [West Virginia] Tell Peter Cherukuri happy birthday today …

POLITICO’s Ben Smith: Pounder to Rubio Joe Pounder, the relentless former McCain aide who spent the winter with Kay Bailey Hutchison’s bid for Governor of Texas, has moved on to the next hot GOP primary: Florida. . A GOP source tells me Pounder will be Marco Rubio’s Deputy Campaign Manager …

Jock Friedly is back. Erika Lovley: 2,000 Hill Staffers Make six figures

ESPN: New York Jets to Star on “Hard Knocks” We fully expect Edward Cullen -esque obsession for Mark Sanchez to kick-off in a few months.

Sen. Merkley celebrating passage of Health Care Reform in style w/ Sen. Begich #hcr . hat tip – Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim

Biden recently said, “[I]t’s easy to be vice president, you don’t have to do anything. It’s like being the grandpa and not the parent. Yeah, that’s it!” He wasn’t kidding: [chew with your mouth closed] Vice President Joe Biden treated Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts for a lunch at the …

Was there a wedding we weren’t invited to?  [congrats] h/t BA

It’s not as cool as the Joe Biden tee, but it’s close.