Thursday, August 06, 2009

BARACK OBAMA

Town-Hall Meetings, the 'American Idol' of August 2009

By the way, big crowds are showing up to see Republican House members, too:

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., learned constituents were more engaged than he may have thought.

Hundreds turned out in Waycross for a town hall meeting Wednesday on House Resolution 3200, the House bill on reform — a discussion Kingston's staff thought would draw only 50 or 60.

Kingston heard worries over the effect of the bill on businesses, lack of health care choice, and the degraded quality of coverage. Kingston himself said there was too much big government and too much cost in a universal plan.

Of course, when you share the concerns of your constituents, there's less conflict . . .

08/06 05:32 PMShare