Reply #2: Excellent review, Will - thanks.....

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being a practitioner of public health, I hope Blumenthal mentions, at least, that a perfectly viable health plan that went down primarily because the republicans in congress were determined to block it. It didn't go far enough in my opinion, but it would have done much to prevent the health care delivery mess we are in now.

Second, while I think television bears a huge blame for their irresponsible pandering and sycophancy and cowardice, the California election just past emphasizes the power of AM talk radio to influence opinion. I think we on this board are not as aware as we should be of the strength of that particular medium and the depth of response to it. Those guys are not simply panderers, thay are active, deliberate, hateful demagogues, worse and more dangerous, in my opinion, than even Fox network talking heads. That Clear Channel owns such a large proportion of that broadcast capability is frightening, and leaves me feeling helpless.