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Town Halls Go to Church to Beat Health Care Reform
By David Gibson - Politics DailyJust last week, President Obama rallied the so-called Religious Left with a nationwide "conference call" with progressive religious leaders -- and some 300,000 listeners so far, according to organizers at Faith in Public Life. It was seen as a direct challenge to the Religious Right on its own turf: grassroots mobilizing. Now Christian conservatives are striking back with a plan to organize their own health care town halls -- modeled on the raucous meetings that lawmakers have been holding during the August recess -- at churches sympathetic to the cause of defeating Obamacare, and, most ...
Inflaming the Health Care Debate: A How-to Guide for Democrats
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyTo: Candidates From: The House and Senate Democratic Campaign Committees Re: Explosive "Town Halls" We urgently recommend that you schedule, as SOON AS POSSIBLE, a town-hall meeting on health care reform. In addition, make sure that the opposition Web sites know exactly when and where it's being held so they can send their wrought-up protesters to yell at you. ...
The Health Care Debate Rages: A Guide for Foodies
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyAs the economy shows signs of recovering and the health care debate rages, it's time to consider new financial opportunities. A certain moneymaker would be a firm that specializes in catering town-hall meetings. Shouldn't there be a cornucopia of rotten fruits, vegetables and eggs to throw at each other? ...
AARP to President Obama: What You Were Saying Isn't So
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyJust as President Obama complains about the "misinformation" about health care proposals spewing from his opponents, one of his allies has caught him in some misinformation of his own.At his lovefest town-hall session in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the president denied charges he intends to cut Medicare benefits. "We are not," he said, "AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare. Okay?" ...
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