I just approved this comment from Chuck Cook on my recent post “A tale of two meetings” – nice to have Progressive Delmarva come over and play in my sandbox.
I’m pretty sure the AFP is having their discussion guided just fine. Bachmann, Ingraham, et al will be doing the “guiding”, with FreedomWorks in the rear to provide the appropriate amount of corporate support for the astro-turf machine. As for the health care forum, that was organized by us, the Talbot County Democrats, Dorchester County Dems, and doctors/students who we reached out to. The next forum will be at SU.
I love the battle of who’s got the larger base of “special interests” – seems to me the grassroots showed up outside the Capitol yesterday while the special interests were warm and toasty inside, speaking directly to Reid, Pelosi, et. al.
As for the real public outside the Beltway, it’s so bad for Chuck’s side that the Washington Post came out bemoaning fading public support for health care reform. (That’s why they wanted to ram it through over the summer; fortunately, Main Street America woke up to the possibility in time.)
I’d love to show up at a Democrat-sponsored health care forum, but I’ll have to make sure and show up early just to make sure I beat the purple shirts before they take up all the seats. Just let me know when it is, Chuck, and I’ll make sure to help get the word out. But don’t be surprised if the crowd’s not so friendly.
I’m sad.
Chucky doesn’t post on my blog anymore.