The first two questioners and questions at President Obama’s Townhall today in New Hampshire:
Peter Schmidt (one of the most liberal members NH State House): After praising Obama for bipartisanship, Schmidt asks: “If the Republicans actively refuse to participate in a reasonable way with reasonable proposals, isn’t time to just say, we’re going to pass what the American people need and what they want, without the Republicans?”
Julia Hall, teenager from Massachusetts: “As I was walking in, I saw a lot of signs outside saying mean things about reform in health care. How do kids know what is true and why do people want a new system that can help . . . more of us?”
The crowd is obviously stacked in Obama’s favor, which is, of course, not surprising.
UPDATE: The channel I was watching covered only the first two questions and answers. I caught the last question on another channel: Obama did a rhetorically effective job of answering a polite but opposing question about forcing members of Congress to adopt any public option.
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