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NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH DEBATE FAILS TO IGNITE OBAMA?S WEB: ?Mr. Obama engendered such passion last?

By Glenn Reynolds

NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH DEBATE FAILS TO IGNITE OBAMA’S WEB: “Mr. Obama engendered such passion last year that his allies believed they were on the verge of creating a movement that could be mobilized again. But if a week?s worth of events are any measure here in Iowa, it may not be so easy to reignite the machine that overwhelmed Republicans a year ago. . . . ‘People came out of the woodwork for Obama during the campaign, but now they are hibernating,’ Ms. Smith said.” Yes, it’s pretty clear where the grassroots energy is, and isn’t. Even in San Francisco.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 15, 2009 (boomark / email).