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That’s the question some Washington hands and veteran journalists are asking in the wake of last Thursday’s day-long “health care summit” at Blair House between President Obama and about forty leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress. They’re saying that between Obama’s first spontaneous encounter with House Republicans back on January 29th, his televised... moreThat’s the question some Washington hands and veteran journalists are asking in the wake of last Thursday’s day-long “health care summit” at Blair House between President Obama and about forty leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress. They’re saying that between Obama’s first spontaneous encounter with House Republicans back on January 29th, his televised appearance at the Senate Democratic caucus a few days later, and now this, a new expectation of public engagement is being created, in the same way that we now expect to see the opposition party give a response to the State of the Union speech, or to the President’s weekly radio address. view page