Brian Baird has rescheduled his public town meetings, and now wants to meet in secrecy on the phone. He is worried that opposition to Obama’s health care reform could turn out hundreds of angry constituents.

Town hall meetings are supposed to be a forum for debates, and at times you may even have to deal with someone that has a differing opinion.

Baird’s problems started when he called out his fears that there would be a ‘mob’ mentality and likened his opposition to the Nazi ‘brown shirts’. Has Brian Baird become disconnected with his constituents?

The Columbian- Baird calls constituents Brown Shirts  http://www.columbian.com/article/20090806/NEWS02/708069952
The Olympian- Lynch Mob Mentality - http://www.theolympian.com/topstories/story/932112.html
NW Digest- Baird refusing to do face to face meetings… http://www.theolympian.com/topstories/story/932112.html
RedState- more on the Brown Shirts  http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/06/dem-congressman-fears-ambush-by-brown-shirt/