Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Obamacare, Town Halls and Tea Parties

"The healthcare issue and the town halls have truly galvanized them and brought everyone together. The people coming out to our rallies believe very firmly that they (the administration) are trying to shove this down people's throats," Levi Russell, spokesman for the Tea Party Express, told me.

Three big things are happening in all of this. The president and his party are getting a needed lesson about overreaching. The Republicans' once-fractured base has found its voice again. And participatory democracy is alive and well in America.

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