Can the Townhallers Be Left, Rather Than Left Behind?

Monday 21 September 2009

by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

The size and energy at the anti-health care reform protests last weekend were impressive. While some of the leaders are clearly racist nutballs, who can't accept that an African-American is in the White House, many of the tens of thousands who showed up in Washington and elsewhere came out in response to their perception of a government that does not respond to ordinary people.