A Sense of Passion and Outrage

[BurtWorm]

I think this is the key passage from Paul Krugman's column today, which has probably already been posted here and in other forums on DU, but I hope this is the part of the column that sinks in to the heads and hearts of Krugman readers in the administration. And I hope that set includes Obama himself:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/opinion/14krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss


...

So far, at least, the Obama administration’s response to the outpouring of hate on the right has had a deer-in-the-headlights quality. It’s as if officials still can’t wrap their minds around the fact that things like this can happen to people who aren’t named Clinton, as if they keep expecting the nonsense to just go away.

What, then, should Mr. Obama do? It would certainly help if he gave clearer and more concise explanations of his health care plan. To be fair, he’s gotten much better at that over the past couple of weeks.

What’s still missing, however, is a sense of passion and outrage — passion for the goal of ensuring that every American gets the health care he or she needs, outrage at the lies and fear-mongering that are being used to block that goal.

So can Mr. Obama, who can be so eloquent when delivering a message of uplift, rise to the challenge of unreasoning, unappeasable opposition? Only time will tell.

[maxsolomon]

1. watch the Bozeman Airport event today

my little bro tells me the teabaggers camped out overnight for tickets. they're first in line, too.

[janx]

2. What time is that supposed to take place?

?

[maxsolomon]

3. ON NOW.

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