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He let the conversation get away from him? How many press conferences and townhalls has he had on the issue?
There are certainly those talking heads in the media that carry his water. Andrea Mitchell, doing a "news" story on the health care debate said that the protesters may not know what is best for them. And he HAS had the opportunity to make his point with his own staged and controlled town hall meetings. People just don't believe him. It doesn't go over well when protesters are called "evil mongers" by Harry Reid, and Pelosi implied they were nazis. There is audio (perhaps video) of Pelosi saying in 2006 how she loved disrupters, but that was because she was on their side.
Granted, Pelosi and Reid are not Obama. But he needs to gain some control over them. I think they are damaging him. And like Bush, Obama is trying to play to all sides and will end up losing his base as well as the independents along the way.
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