>>>>>I think Mikes use of Chattering Classes is a correct adaptation of that phrase . To identify a community that is maybe suffering from feedback and spending a lot of time talking to itself and failing to communicate with a wider community.
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>>>>>I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
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>>>>I'm not a native speaker. Maybe that's the reason why I have an idea what he's talking about. <g>
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>>>I don't speak native either :-)
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>>None of us do :o)
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>>But then, I think your statement is false as well. The proof is in the pudding :o) The community is obviously communicating to a wider community quite well as evidenced by the current status of healthcare reform.
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>He should push through his reform. (I'm quite disappointed at how he seems to have bottled this). Governments are elected to govern and that may sometimes include measures that are unpopular in the short term. Everybody seems to agree that US health care is a problem but nobody want to grasp the nettle and change it. (either way)

ooohhhhh noooooo. Not a problem with the healthcare reform persay, but definitely with the overall message. The same could have been said of Bush policies....

It is part of the process before major legislation and policy change. I don't think 'pushing it through' is the answer without close scrutiny of the policy or legislature first. Even though 66% of Americans agree that we need healthcare reform, that doesn't necessarily mean that any of the bills currently on the table are the best way to do it and that any should be 'pushed through' without scrutiny, reflection, and discussion.

I give the administration and both houses credit for sticking it out with these townhalls.