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Six hours before President Barack Obama was scheduled to pitch his plans for health care reform at the city's high school, protesters and supporters were already standing roadside waving flags and holding signs with messages both pro and con. At 7 a.m. Tuesday, the parking lot at the shuttered movie theater off the Route 1 Bypass was filling quickly with protesters putting finishing touches on signs, or waving at passing commuters. The crowd there was exclusively opposed to the president's health care reform policies, while a group at the intersection\ of Middle and South streets held signs in support of...

On Saturday August 8, 2009 my wife, children, and I attended a town hall meeting held by US Congressman John Adler, DEMOCRAT, Representative for New Jersey 3rd District. We arrived shortly after the meeting began, signed in, and found seats in the back of the assembly room, which was roughly the size of a gym. Few seats remained empty and people lined the perimeter walls. Essentially it was standing room only. Adler was speaking when we walked in and was touting what he saw as problems with the current health system. I heard him offer slight praise for health systems...