“I’m thinking starting it with ‘Pooh’ is not a good idea,” said Megyn Kelly, attempting to pronounce PPACA, the acronym for the Health Care Law’s new name, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Both she and Alan Colmes were pretty unimpressed. The two had an interesting conversation about the powers of branding and the necessity for a “sexy” moniker.

We just read on the President Obama’s Twitter that he signed some kind of Bill today. Good for him. Unfortunately, we missed it though because we were following this amazing story about a plane that totally landed in a place that it didn’t mean to land in! Here’s a breakdown of the story courtesy of Fox News. Unfortunately, you have to watch some boring guy talk about something or other for a few seconds but the good stuff comes quickly, we promise!

It’s hard to discuss the passing of the recent health care bill without getting heated arguments from both sides. The media would like to make it easier for you: “Democrats = happy! Republicans = crazy, frothing at the mouth racists who are about to take up arms against Capital Hill.” Either way, here is your Daily Obsession on the ugly side of the health care discussion, courtesy of Newsweek.com.

The Internet never fails. Just hours after Vice President Joe Biden dropped his Biden bomb the Internet responded with a website. Also, a Twitter feed. Joe Biden may go down in Internet history for this one…a big f*cking deal?

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To most people that have ever spent more than ten minutes of their lifetime’s exposed to professional politicians, the fact that they will use anything and everything to claw their way into the national spotlight comes as no shock. To Politico‘s Jonathan Martin, it’s an unsettling new side effect of the national conversation in health care reform.

This is the game-changer, folks: Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak held a press conference at 4 p.m. today saying he’s voting yes on the House health care bill, with President Barack Obama signing an executive order that places restrictions on federal funding that can go to abortions in order to get the necessary voting bloc that Stupak brings to the table.

At 1 pm today, MSNBC was reporting that Democratic House member Bart Stupak was voting “yes” on the health care bill, via a chyron on the bottom of their screen, even as the hosts were saying he was “close to” a deal. C-Span repeated the same story. At 1:20 pm Stupak told reporters that he’s still planning on voting no, but “getting there.” So how did a major news org end up reporting otherwise?

After a week of debate over the process behind passing the potentially historic health care legislation before them, it appears that the Democrats in the House will now not be using the “deem and pass” method to move the bill through the house. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Tom Clyburn just announced to the press on Capital Hill that they expect to have the votes to pass the Senate bill deeming the “deem and pass” tactic unnecessary to pass the bill.

As the efforts to reform health care come to its end, the evidence on both sides of the debate is being used – and disabused – of its value (depending on where one sides on this controversial issue.) Case in point, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently reported that the current bill would the cut U.S. budget deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, all while covering 95%. Good news for the White House, but in an interview with CNN’s Rick Sanchez, RNC chairman Michael Steele has a simple explanation: “That’s a lie,” he said of the CBO report.

When we look back on 2010, we wonder if future generations will consider this as anything other than “The year everyone said crazy stuff about health care.” Like these analogies are just getting a tad ridiculous. Texas congressman Louie Gohmert may have made some good points about the Democrats reform bill, but all we heard was “I’ll vote for it when you eat it.”

Can it be possible that when it comes to bitter partisan divide we haven’t seen anything yet? Last summer’s Tea Party/Town Halls appeared to take much of Washington, and the media, by surprise (and by storm). But with this November’s midterms already looming large on the political horizon, look no further than the anti-health care ads sweeping the country for a preview of what’s to come.

Well…at least the conservatives are getting a little more relevant! Probably to appeal to us hip kids these days and make groovy 20-somethings care about Republican opposition to the health care bill, today Rep. Paul Broun released a statement saying, “Snookie, from the Jersey Shore, has more substance than President Obama‘s offer.” Wait, it gets better.

The former governor of Alaska has had her share of ups and downs with the internet, but certainly made a name for herself speaking directly to followers. In anticipation of Going Rogue, the Wall Street Journal reported that Palin’s publicity team has been making deliberate gains online. Have you seen this Facebook?!

The fortieth anniversary of Sesame Street makes me wonder if our long-drawn-out debate on health care might have been better served by the likes of Kermit and Big Bird than by the current cast of pundits — maybe then Americans would actally know what was in the bill! To that end, here are three Sesame Street-inspired explanations of the three core concepts that make up the current health care reform bill.

ABC News’ (and recent Office Hours guest) Jake Tapper interviewed President Obama earlier today. Interesting to note Tapper’s first question is about the Stupak amendment. I suspect that in the coming days that last-minute addition may trump the public option in terms of what the cablers (and the protesters) decide to focus on.

Much of the day-after health care bill coverage has focused on the GOP Senators (and Joe Lieberman) who intend to stall the bill in the Senate unless the public option is removed. However yesterday on Meet the Press Rachel Maddow took the time to note how the Stupak amendment, which restricts funding for abortion unless it’s the result of rape or incest, might complicate things for President Obama going forward.

220-215 may sound close, but given the sad, elusive nature of Universal Health Care in years past, it’s hard for me to see yesterday’s House vote on health care as anything but a massive victory for President Obama.

Sometimes it seems that Rachel Maddow is the Glenn Beck of MSNBC….merely in so far as she is able to explain things simply, engagingly, often with the aid of props! Behold her explanation of the various public option options facing the Senate and the country after yesterday’s announcement by Harry Reid that some form would be included in the Senate’s legislation.

In so many ways former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin is leading the social media charge where politicians are concerned. Should Palin really make a run for it in 2012 she make deserve the Internet crown. Now if only her new media staff (should they exist in plural) can get their act together!

Ever listen to President Obama make a speech (all things considered, the answer is probably yes) and think “wow, this sound very familiar”? Make no mistake about it! It’s not your imagination. According to the AP the president has a few favorite phrases he tends to repeat. Also, maybe a slight neurosis about whether or not he is explaining himself clearly.

Heckling the President during a joint session of Congress will get you a lot of cable flack, a long conversation with Rahm Emanuel (oh to be a fly on the wall for that chat), raise your Democratic opponent’s election funds by about 1000%, AND turn you into an Internet meme. Who knew Joe Wilson could bring out the best of the Internet?

Overlooked in much of the post-speech, “You Lie!” chatter last night was the fact that President Obama also used the word “lie” in his address and not just to describe (smackdown?) Sarah Palin and her death-panel assertions. He also, rather boldly, called out the “bogus claims” of “radio and cable talk show hosts.”

We’re experimenting with a new sort of Tweetfinder for tonight’s Presidential address. Instead of our usual widget, which pulls tweets based on a common hashtag, we’re trying a widget that pulls multiple feeds based on the handles we choose. Sort of like a curated twitter live blog. Alas, it’s not nearly as pretty as our [...]

Sarah Palin has found a new home for her health care, death panel rantings: the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal! What exactly qualifies the former, sometime Governor of Alaska, and failed running mate for John McCain to speak on the issue of health care remains unclear.

Unless, of course, it’s the democracy of linking that’s really at work here.