https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/08/18/take-your-medicine/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 10:48:16 -0400<![CDATA[The Political Ticker describes one Blue Dog Democrat admitting to an angry crowd that the President&#8217;s health care proposal may have been a mistake; that it might be better to start over; that perhaps a kind of incremental approach  fixing what was broken instead of trying to redo the whole system was a wiser way to go. &#8220;Never have I had this attendance … &#8221;  And faced with that hostility, the administration is maneuvering across a broad front after unexpectedly stiff opposition at Town Hall meetings. Polls confirmed that the health care proposals were going over like a lead balloon. The confidence was certainly ebbing. An administration which once promised to punch back twice as hard at opponents it called &#8220;Astroturf&#8221; was shutting down the tip line designed to identify those who dared oppose it.]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:14:14 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/08/18/take-your-medicine-n188981