The peripatetic Mike Stark went to a Town Hall Meeting held by Rep. Tom Perriello in rural VA, and found an interesting dynamic:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFEOdLxuZpU[/youtube]
a gathering of people who may disagree and who even have some tough questions and no one got shouted down. Stark’s writeup of the event is worth the time. I have no idea if minds were changed, and that would be beside the point. Rep. Perriello had an opportunity to meet with some of his constituents where everyone got heard in a respectful manner. Meetings like this are probably what these guys had in mind this morning.