Obama's Interview on GMA Sept. 9

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.

Hatch Says Republicans Weren't Invited to Health Care Party

I didn't realize you needed an invitation.
The real problem is republicans aren't interested in health care overhaul. They're being disingenuous for sure and I'm tired of hearing their multitude of excuses. Health care reform is important to all Americans, even the ones who have insurance, because everyone has been touched by the broken system. I'm sorry. If 40 million are uninsured or underinsured, it's broken. Charles Rangel and Orrin Hatch on Face the Nation:

Media Insists Health Care Threatened

The health care news keeps getting worse for the President, says the news guy. Not really.
What this news report doesn't tell you is that the House bill is already out the window because it relies too much on taxes to pay for health reform. The Senate bill is expected to be the better bill because it's focused more on cost cutting. Also, it's not that important to have republicans on board, just a few, if any, are needed. Besides, I'm confident that democrats will get together on this because if they don't, Americans will be furious.

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Obama's Remarks on Health Care Reform So Far

Yet another speech by Obama on health care:

Obama Pushes Back At Corzine Rally

Highlights video:

Transcript of Obama's speech at New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's fundraiser here
Obama at the fundraiser July 16: