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Charlie Sykes: Sykes Writes

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By Charlie Sykes

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Peggy Noonan. The One stopped listening to us, so we stopped listening to Him.

Mr. Obama and the House leadership may be too deep into health care to make a shift now and get in line with the American people's concerns. But they should start paying attention to what the people are saying. What happened Tuesday isn't a death knell, but it is a fire alarm: Something's wrong, fix it, change course. Show humility. Bow to the public. "Public opinion is everything," Lincoln is said to have said. It is. It can be changed and it can be shaped, but it always has to be listened to. This White House has gotten bad at listening. It paid the price for that on Tuesday.

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  1. MADDOG - Nov 06, 2009 10:45 AM

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    I say its too damn late now. Even if they DO bend to our wishes they have shown us that they CANNOT be trusted. I believe that IF we give them another chance they will stab us in the back. This regime needs toGO period.

  2. RbyR - Nov 06, 2009 11:48 AM

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    Is this not what many of us expected? The Big "O" is in a bubble and likes to be. He has an agenda and will stick to it as he knows this will be a 4 year horror event. If he does bend a bit, all people will have to do is watch his actions. They have not matched his mouth!

  3. D - Nov 06, 2009 12:02 PM

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    The public doesn't count. The unions are bought and paid for. The AARP is bought and paid for. The welfare/entitlement crowd is bought and paid for. BO will never listen, because in his eyes, we don't matter. We're here to pay taxes, to shut up and like it.

  4. Truth Seeker - Nov 06, 2009 12:10 PM

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    My favorite sign from the D.C. protest yesterday was: "We are 12 months away from fundamentally changing Congress" Now this is hope and change you really can believe in as long as we don't get lazy again.

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