"I mean, if you think about -- if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems." It's hardly reassuring that the two examples Obama chose to demonstrate the competence of the federal government and prove his reform is no threat to private insurers were Medicare and the Postal Service, both of which are going bankrupt. It is no surprise that there was no "Aha!" moment when a viewer would say, "So that's what he means! I get it now! I'm so relieved!" Obama gave no skeptics any reason to suddenly start believing him. If you weren't a believer before, you are very unlikely to have changed your mind after listening to the President in Portsmouth. In addition, there were no assaults, and no one shouted down the president. The closest the media could come to creating a shocking moment was to note that someone showed up with a pistol strapped to his hip. That wasn't the brightest move, but New Hampshire is an open carry state, and it's not rare to see someone with a sidearm. No Nazi flag-waving or take-downs of little old ladies with "Hope" t-shirts meant no opportunity to accuse critics of being right-wing lunatics. If health care reform is to pass Congress, Obama must do more than simply smile broadly and reassure us all that his intentions are pure. It's the details that are killing the plan. And to date the president has not convincingly demonstrated that his intentions will translate into his hoped-for results and not the nightmare critics envision.