“Razzle-dazzle ‘em,” sang Billy Flynn in Chicago, “Give ‘em an act with lots of flash in it / And the reaction will be passionate.” And that is what we saw last night. In President Obama’s first national address on health care in, oh, 49 days, he gave us lots of showmanship. The rhetoric was as usual carefully crafted and persuasive. He threw a couple of bones to Republicans, such as…

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All Sizzle, No Substance by Michael D. Tanner