The end result was that the president was more boxed in than he is accustomed to being — not, you will note, because he was shouted down or presented with loaded questions, but because his grander plans are out of step with public opinion, and because it is difficult to sell them with abstractions over an 80-minute debate. If, as I suspect, Obama’s hope was to make a broader case for “doing something,” he failed.
Charles C.W. Cooke "I cannot help but feel that we were treated last night to a fleeting glimpse of a reality that could have been. Passionate as he was, this was the Obama that we were promised in 2004: the man of no red states and no blue states; the man who hoped to persuade rather than to condescend; a political man, to be sure, but one who seemed to grasp the realities of the country he leads. At the beginning of the night, I offered a sarcastic quip: This, I suggested, was a bastardization of the term “Town Hall,” and a disgrace to Tocqueville’s memory. One hour and 20 minutes later, I was happy to accept that quite the opposite had come to pass in Virginia."
ATF's Coming Nightmare with Obama "As a guy people often go to to get answers about gun issues, here's my take on Obama's crying press conference on new gun control measures. Short answer: no real effect on ordinary citizens, but a huge coming nightmare for the government and the ATF. Other people have focused on HIPAA conflicts and other peripheral matters. I'll focus instead on the implications of the "unlicensed dealer" issue."
12 shot in Chicago on day of Obama's gun plea
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