I attended the town hall in State College this morning, along with about 400 others. An additional 1600 or so were shut out in the overflow.
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Crowd breakdown in the hall: I'd guess maybe 60% anti-reform/ teabaggers/ deathers/ etc. and 40% everyone else.
Repeated themes from the 60%: limited government, socialism, spending, illegal immigrants, 'read the bill,' tort reform, Constitution, founding principles, and a few sprinkles of abortion, euthanasia and God.
Repeated themes for the 40%: public option, single payer, Medicare, clean energy
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