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In the wake of Republican Scott Brown's upset win in Massachusetts, the Obama White House showed once again how tone deaf it has become in listening to the American people. 

The lead to a follow-up story in Wednesday's Washington Post says it all:

"President Obama's White House sought Wednesday morning to confront a political disaster by walking a fine line: saying they've heard the message from angry voters while insisting they will press forward with the president's agenda, including health-care reform."

If the voters in Massachusetts said one thing on Tuesday, it's that they don't want a top-down government takeover of health care.  According to polling, 42 percent of the voters on Tuesday cast their ballot specifically, or in part, to prevent ObamaCare from becoming law.  The voters in Massachusetts were loud and clear.  They are angry that the White House has gone too far, too fast and they want the Democrats to go back to the drawing table to draft a new bill in concert with Republicans. 

The White House simply can't see the forest for the trees.  They are so committed to passing a health care bill, no matter if it's a good bill or not, that they can't see that the voters are telling them to start over.  If they don't get that message, and get it soon, Tuesday night's results in Massachusetts will be multiplied all over the country this November.