Healthcare summit: Finally -- a break!
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The summit has finally reached the lunch break -- it will resume at 1:45 p.m. EST.
Our halftime assessment: President Obama seems to be winning the image war despite Republican concerns that this event would mirror last month’s GOP conference where Obama addressed the party’s members from a hotel ballroom stage.
Over the last few hours, he’s behaved more like a college professor, keeping the conversation orderly and delivering lectures on topics like the basics of high-risk insurance pools. It’s obviously a comfortable role for him, but makes for some pretty wonkish TV.
-- Kim Geiger