Will There Be a Bipartisan Health Care Reform Summit? We Shall See

That's mostly what Obama was trying to do.

Obama was trying to get their asses to work with each other.

Jeez, So don't bring it on Obama. Not all of people have, but a few of you have.

If it doesn't work. It not Obama's fault. He is one person. He can't tell people what he want them to do.

Thank You For Your Time

Cynicism aside, it would be good to see some bipartisan work on the bills to help remove the underhanded deals caused because some of the Democratic senators used circumstances to advance their own goals. If the Republicans can offer intelligent criticisms and enhancements to what exists and the Democrats incorporate a reasonable number of the changes rather than demanding a restart, we would end up with a better bill.

Hopefully, this won't just be a delay and wasted effort for the American people or a ploy by either party.

All I am thinking about is that how come I see so many people on here saying that 70% of americans don't want this.

Well, Matter of Fact
70% of americans do want this. Quit twisting the words.

We don't need ignorance like that on this page.

Obama is doing the right thing by making this bill.
I know that is just my opinion. I can't really back it up cause I don't know how this bill will do, but you don't either so your comments are just as weak as mine

The Republicans are looking for a way to squirm out of this . . . they need to maintain their pretence of sulking on the outside. It's their only tactic.

This healthcare fiasco has been the best, worst thing that almost happened to America...

...cause everybody's paying attention now!

Seriously where o you get your polls

If Obama agrees to start over from scratch, then go ahead and have the meeting. Otherwise, it is merely a photo op and blame festival to rescue a healthcare proposal which has been overwhelmingly rejected by the American people--despite Obama's dozens of sales pitches.

The Bi Partisan Health Care forum is a joke. Obama will do what he did last week with the Sen. Dems. Let the cameras in for a little while...then get to the gritty stuff once the cameras are out of the room..Remember Sen. Franken going after Axelrod BEHIND CLOSED DOORS..SANS CAMERAS! What do you say to that, dems?

To Quo Warrantino: I don't call answering all questions intelligently brow beating. It is sbout time someone stood up to those republicans who have been beating up on our president since the first week of his administration. Their goal is to get him to fail...however, they are not looking too good in the public's eye right now. They are afraid to participate in the health care seminar because they know Obama will tell it like it is...and they don't want to hear it so they are saying...unless you start from scratch. Are they crazy...many good things are in the bill and they have this opportunity to get their ideas in it. Obama will not say no to them at this point so they are missing a good opportunity to get their ideas included. That is, if they really care about the people or do they just care about themselves. They seem to be to be a bunch of whiners and have not stopped since the day they lost. It is time to stop whinning and get busy if they have so many good ideas. It's put up or shut up time ..republicans.

I hope the Republican's are not stupid enough to give Mr. Obama another opportunity to brow beat them on national TV.

In my opinion, he is not interested in working with them, just in scoring cheap debating points in the hope of rallying the public against them.

They should take a lesson from Bush the Senior who met with Democrats in a neutral location to work together on budget issues and agreed to go along with their demands to delay some of Reagan's tax cuts in exchange for some sending cuts.

Well the delay in tax cuts took place, the spending cuts did not, the economy suffered, and the Democrats used his "broken promise" of "no new taxes" to defeat him in the next election.

Of course after Mr. Clinton won that election, the first item of business for him and the Democrats was to raise taxes steeply.

Of course the Republicans haven't been a lot better. Democrat = tax and spend.
Republican = borrow and spend. It's the SPENDING! Stop it!

This is GREAT news!!! I hope he continues to ram this crap down our throats for the next 266 more days... NOTHING would mobilize our populace MORE than to be told that it doesn't matter what WE think we need... HE knows what's best for us!!!

Concluded Gibbs, "What he will not do, however, is walk away from reform and the millions of American families and small business counting on it." NOT PASSING THAT IS.............With every speech Obama further confirms his disdain for the American people. He has to be the most arrogant, condescending, jack a** to ever step foot in the White House.

He's not changing any legislation, all along he's fully committed to what's coming through congress now. He got a little bump in his approval rating after his Q & A with Republicans. This is all about image as most things seem to be with this White House.

I thought they were pivoting to jobs instead they are sending people out to defend their every detail on the Christmas day bomber and have a no substance health care summit. There was no pivot after the SOTU only rhetoric. There are real issues as the 39% (and your own 40%) increase shows and fluff meetings only continue to undermine them.

Maybe regulation would help.. maybe not. The GOP will show up, maybe he can serve them cookies (as he has in the past).. but they show up with their pockets full of PAC dollars.. they can't move.

After almost a year of debate on healthcare reform, the GOP wants to start over again. Not a good idea when the economy and jobs now should be the priority and main topic. Look - we can't waste another year on healthcare reform and come up with something nobody likes again. Push through whatever people agree upon and let's move on to getting Americans employed again. We can return to it after a while and address issues in an incremental manner

After almost a year of debate on healthcare reform, the GOP wants to start over again. Not a good idea when the economy and jobs now should be the priority and main topic. Look - we can't waste another year on healthcare reform and come up with something nobody likes again. Push through whatever people agree upon and let's move on to getting Americans employed again. We can return to it after a while and address issues in an incremental manner

"recent news that a major insurer plans to raise premiums for some customers by as much as 39 percent is a stark reminder of the consequences of doing nothing"
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Yeah Gibbs and his buddies want to raise them 40%(unless you're a union member) so who does this company think they are.
Both hikes stink.

The GOP should be worried. This is a PR stunt by the liberals to cover up the mistakes of the past 12 months. They'll blame the GOP if their HCR isn't approved. This corrupt administration has no problem governing “against” the will of the people of America. The entire 2008 campaign was based on lies. Obama, Pelosi, Reid and other liberals made promises and pledges they did not keep. Now, Obama is campaigning for 2010 and 2012! Americans are fed up with HCR and Cap and Trade. We want them to create jobs and reduce debt, among other things. Obama and the liberals in Congress plan to cram this down our throats, regardless of what it takes. They made deals “behind closed doors” at our expense. We don’t want this massive, intrusive government. What happened to transparency and C-Span?

To "one american", Obama is the one who needs a smack down of corruption, within his own office!

$1.6T in budget debt in his first budget? Who's supposed to pay this off? We're already taxed coming and going, do you want more taxes to pay off this outrageous liability?

And how about all these "czars" that keep turning out to either have skeletons in their closet, unpaid taxes, or turn out to be hard-core socialists or Marxists?

And why do we even NEED these czars anyway? Don't we have enough government postings as it is?

And who is the President to take money from bank execs? You want to regulate their pay? Fine! Do it legislatively through the banking and finance committee, not through populist grandstanding that skirts all prior laws.

Corruption? Heh... We're seeing it every day in Washington. Its just that there's too many indoctrinated fools who have blinded themselves to what's really going on. And don't go calling me a "Republican shill" or some such. I don't like them any better than I like the Democrats right now.

I think Hazey Sky needs to read Obama's book, then you might see him for the self-proclaimed Marxist he truly is. In his book he even states that he studied the Constitution in order to know how to dismantle it or evade it. He's got no interest in honest dialogue with anyone who doesn't hold his ideals at heart, and his ideals revolve around a Marxist oligarchy. And he wants to be there at the top of the heap, making sure us lowly working-class citizens don't think above our station. He doesn't want us to spend money on ourselves, he wants us to give it to the government. That's why he rails against Las Vegas or people buying boats. That's why everything he puts his political clout behind is either a social program or a new way to take our earnings and spend it on our behalf.