8:05 PM … Reform not just about uninsured, but deficit and economic future too.
8:09 PM … This push, these arguments, make me wonder why the conversation didn’t begin with them, rather than get to them now.
8:10 PM … Who’s the GOP strategist who said go for the kill? Bill Kristol.
8:12 PM … Here’s the transcript of Obama’s opening statement.
8:13 PM … Curious whether we get a sharp-edged public option question.
8:15 PM … Interesting angle, Kleefeld points out: president framing status quo as alternative plan. Just one that’s a lot more expensive and involves a lot more people losing their coverage.
8:18 PM … Sheesh, glory night for the wire services. AP, Reuters … UPI next?
8:19 PM … “The default is inertia.”
8:20 PM … It’s interesting to note this list Obama has of just how many interest groups or organizations are behind the plan and yet it seems to be so jammed up. The key is that most of these groups are extremely fair weather friends. Happy to sign on nominally but not putting an ounce of muscle into the effort.
8:22 PM … Chuck Todd rolling out the seldom seen extemporaneously articulated question.
