Obama's hoping to dispel the myths and to define health care reform in his speech tonight (at 8 pm eastern) so that the unruly Congress can get its act together and actually accomplish reform. In his interview with Robin Roberts on GMA, Obama said he was too ambiguous, which led to the craziness.
I'd argue that the media heavily contributed to the break down by focusing on the death panels and rumors because it was the easiest thing to do. The hardest thing for the media would've been to analyze the reform bills making their way through Congress and give us facts.
But that doesn't happen much anymore. Controversy is more entertaining and that's what generates traffic to their sites. So in that regard, we are to blame for demanding entertainment instead of information.
Here's a secret: For anyone who has been listening, Obama will be saying the same thing he's been saying since he started talking about health reform. The difference now is all of the nonsense is out of the way and Obama has proven that he's not going to let reform drop. So essentially, he's speaking to the republicans more than anyone tonight. Republicans thought they could send out Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh to do their dirty work in hopes of a waterloo scenario. Uh uh. Obama's message: Whether you're in or you're out, health care reform is still getting done.
Watch the entire interview here.
