President Barak Obama opened a Health Care Summit Thursday stressing the theme of openness. According to media ,It lasted through his opening statement and was met with a clear message from Republicans from the outset; they didn’t come to a negotiate or compromise over discrepancies – they came to kill health care reform.. The president was firm in laying out the goals for the day long meeting. “What I’m hoping to accomplish today is for everybody to focus not just on where we differ, but focus on where we agree,” .Obama said.

I think he was able to accomplish this... That’s debatable, but there is no debate when it comes to the president demonstrated knowledge of the issues, his priorities to reform ,and his willingness in the process to listen to others.