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An Unhealthy Tactic
Attacking critics and planting favorable questions is not the remedy for fixing health care confusion. If there is a wise up pill available, the administration needs it fast.

Can you believe this health care chaos? I mean, what a tremendous story. A charismatic president puts all his currency behind remodeling America's health care system and, at this point, is getting his back pocket kicked.

A recent Rasmussen poll has 53% of Americans opposing the president's health care vision; just 42% now support. Also, a whopping 44% of voters strongly oppose, while only 26% strongly support Obama-care.

In response, the president traveled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire this week for a town hall meeting in front of a largely friendly crowd. He then told the folks that the AARP supports his reform plan. About ten minutes later, the AARP issued a press release saying, uh, not so fast, Mr. President—we do not support any specific health care plan at this time. Asked about this later, Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president did not mean anything "untoward." I believe the issue is untrue, not untoward, with all due respect.

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Sotomayor confirmed as 111th Supreme Court Justice
Thursday, August 6: Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the Senate. The Factor wanted to know what this meant for America: "We don't know what she's going to do. And I think you should be a little concerned because the traditional values in America, the way we've lived for the past 250 years are under siege. There are forces in the secular progressive community who want to change."
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