It’s Town Hall attendees-1, Obama-0

It’s okay Senators and `Congress persons’, you can come out of hiding now: If Associated Press got it right, President Barack Obama’s administration is already signaling that it is ready to drop the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run health insurance as part of his feared health care proposal. “Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance cooperatives. (Associated Press, Aug. 16, 2009). “Such a concession is likely to enrage his liberal supporters but could deliver Obama a much-needed win on a top domestic priority opposed by GOP lawmakers”. Obama has been pushing for the government to run a health insurance organization at breakneck speed ostensibly to help cover the nation’s almost 50 million uninsured, but Republicans continued to say, “No dice”. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that government alternative to private health insurance is “not the essential element” of the administration’s health care overhaul. The White House would be open to co-ops, she said, a sign that Democrats want a compromise so they can declare a victory on the showdown.