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"Whatever people think about this issue, we know it's controversial, there's no denying when a president speaks out for the first time like that, it is history," co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America" George Stephanopoulos said to Robin Roberts. And let me tell you, George, I'm getting chills again," "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts said about her interview with Obama.

"This is not a funny thing. There is a weird thing about your political party [Republican]. It's nativist. It is weird. Obama -- you still have a big bloc of Republicans that say he wasn't born in this country, in Africa or somewhere," Chris Matthews said on his show. [SNIP]

Christ Matthews just went through this long history of the Kennedy's talking alot at the end about Obama and how Ted supported him, and at the end, almost in tears, he said Barack is now the last Kennedy brother?

BIG SKY, Mont. – Fighting for control of the health care debate, President Barack Obama is using political tactics and rhetorical devices honed in his White House campaign to regain the upper hand over increasingly vocal critics. In person and over the Internet, Obama is trying to counter intense public skepticism that's flared nationwide in recent weeks over Democrats' plans to overhaul the nation's health care system. It's his top domestic priority and arguably his most challenging political fight yet as president, in no small part because of the vast number of diverse stake-holders involved. Familiar tools from the Obama...