Next he ought to do a town hall with the Progressives. The people who elected him and who are now sorely disappointed in him. Let’s see how well he does with the myriad of concerns we have.

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I genuinely doubt anything will change.

If Obama stops making so many speeches, standing behind lecterns, and getting in front of people like this it COULD be a game changer for *him*.

Republicans aren’t going to change at all, I don’t believe.

And remember, as I’ve said many times, he has no ideology, so since speeches aren’t working for him, Obama has to find another means to “connect.” This was an important moment for him, because he doesn’t have a lot of tools in his political arsenal. It’s not like he’s going to lead through policy.

Tweety should have called Pence, imo, on his repeated statement that Democrats had called the Republicans the “party of no ideas.” No, they are called the Party of No – because that is the response they repeatedly give.

“A people should know when they are conquered.”

I don’t think the Republicans in that room knew they had been defeated. Frank Luntz seemed to instruct the all before-hand to stand, hold up a sheet of paper and say the word “ideas.” All they seem to want is to be right as they have narrowly defined right.

And Obama in this vein is not unlike Sisyphus forever pushing this rock of his own righteousness up this hill seeking cooperation. Good luck!

Trouble is, our country is so obtuse and uninformed because they’re out chasing sales at Wal-Mart, or worrying about whether Elin will divorce Tiger, that the Republicans know, they just know that they can continue to obstruct, tell lies about their own proposals and feed their frenzied base without turning a hand to help anything Obama proposes succeed.

I genuinely doubt anything will change.

He knows he lost the messaging on health care with the wrong strategies from the outset, and is pushing to salvage what he can at this point, IMO. He needs to exhibit some fighting spirit and yesterday was a start – his message was more that the other side lacks bipartisanship. I only wish he had called them out like this from the outset when he had momentum and we might be in a different place now on health insurance reform.

I think you hit the nail on the head. The important point is that people want a president that is going to have a little fight in him and I think that’s what yesterday was all about. We really want to see the stand up and fight Obama.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/29/russert-gop-obama/

The people just_don’t_believe_you.

http://tinyurl.com/y99h3qg

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I fear that the Repubs will never give him another chance at this because like Taylor says it was a game changer. I feel more energized than I have all year.That shouldn’t stop him from having free range townhalls all over the country with real effort given to allowing his critics to participate.

I’m sure there were many deserting Independents who sat up and took notice of yesterday’s tour de force.

You guys have to tone it down so I can go buns up for ya more often!

YEAH, THAT’S a game changer alright!!

You got it.

“What more do I have to do to make you love me?”