Obama Holding Health Care Teleconference With Supporters
Members of the Obama for America e-mail list have been invited to join the president this Thursday for a teleconference in which he will take questions about the health care reform legislation.
From the e-mail sent out today:
The President will update us on the fight to pass real health insurance reform -- what's happening in D.C. and what's happening around the country. He'll lay out our strategy and message going forward and answer questions from supporters like you. And we'll unveil the next actions we'll organize together.
Those who received the e-mail are invited to submit their questions in advance with their RSVP. No doubt those who supported his campaign might be among the most concerned about a shift away from the public option (which, of course, the White House is denying the case).
The e-mail also contains a bit more media criticism as it thanks supporters for their grassroots efforts in support of reform.
The D.C. media has been trumpeting coverage of town halls disrupted by angry opposition to reform. But the reality on the ground is very different. Organizing for America supporters are showing up in huge numbers at these meetings all across the country -- outnumbering opponents of reform, often by overwhelming margins.



