President_NNB Barack_NP1 Obama_NP1 slaps_VVZ back_RP at_II health_NN1 care_NN1 critics_NN2 at_II hospital_NN1 WASHINGTON-President_NN1 Obama_NP1 opened_VVD fire_NN1 at_II "_" political_JJ "_" opponents_NN2 of_IO health_NN1 care_NN1 reform_NN1 Monday_NPD1 ,_, ripping_VVG a_AT1 Republican_NN1 senator_NN1 who_PNQS predicted_VVD the_AT commander_NN1 in_II chief_NN1 is_VBZ facing_VVG his_APPGE "_" Waterloo_NP1 ._. "_" 
Speaking_VVG to_II conservatives_NN2 late_RR last_MD week_NNT1 ,_, Sen._NNB Jim_NP1 DeMint_NP1 (_( R-S.C._NP1 )_) declared_VVD if_CS conservatives_NN2 can_VM stall_VVI until_CS Congress_NN1 goes_VVZ on_II vacation_NN1 for_IF most_DAT of_IO August_NPM1 ,_, health_NN1 care_NN1 reform_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC Obama_NP1 --_NN1 will_VM be_VBI dead_JJ in_II the_AT water_NN1 ._. 
"_" If_CS we_PPIS2 're_VBR able_JK to_TO stop_VVI Obama_NP1 on_II this_DD1 it_PPH1 will_VM be_VBI his_APPGE Waterloo_NP1 ,_, "_" DeMint_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 will_VM break_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. "_" 
Obama_NN1 recycled_VVN that_DD1 line_NN1 Monday_NPD1 at_II a_AT1 Washington_NP1 children_NN2 's_GE hospital_NN1 ,_, holding_VVG it_PPH1 up_RP as_II an_AT1 example_NN1 of_IO opponents_NN2 putting_VVG partisanship_NN1 before_II public_JJ health_NN1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 is_VBZ n't_XX about_II me_PPIO1 ._. 
This_DD1 is_VBZ n't_XX about_II politics_NN1 ,_, "_" Obama_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" This_DD1 is_VBZ about_II a_AT1 health_NN1 care_NN1 system_NN1 that_CST is_VBZ breaking_VVG America_NP1 's_GE families_NN2 ,_, breaking_VVG America_NP1 's_GE businesses_NN2 and_CC breaking_VVG America_NP1 's_GE economy_NN1 ._. "_" 
Republicans_NN2 say_VV0 the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 proposals_NN2 working_VVG through_II Congress_NN1 will_VM raise_VVI taxes_NN2 on_II small_JJ businesses_NN2 ,_, kill_VV0 jobs_NN2 and_CC create_VV0 a_AT1 government-run_NN1 ,_, rationed_VVD medical_JJ system_NN1 ._. 
Obama_NN1 argues_VVZ exactly_RR the_AT opposite_JJ and_CC claims_VVZ the_AT system_NN1 is_VBZ already_RR rationing_VVG care_NN1 ,_, killing_VVG jobs_NN2 and_CC hurting_VVG business_NN1 ._. 
"_" Over_II the_AT past_JJ decade_NNT1 ,_, premiums_NN2 have_VH0 doubled_VVN in_II America_NP1 ;_; out-of-pocket_JJ costs_NN2 have_VH0 shot_VVN up_RP by_II a_AT1 third_MD ;_; deductibles_NN2 have_VH0 continued_VVN to_TO climb_VVI ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, adding_VVG that_CST it_PPH1 's_VBZ "_" special_JJ interests_NN2 "_" like_II insurance_NN1 companies_NN2 and_CC executives_NN2 that_CST "_" have_VH0 reaped_VVN windfall_NN1 profits_NN2 ._. "_" 
The_AT escalating_JJ rhetoric_NN1 came_VVD as_II an_AT1 ABC_NP1 News/Washington_FU Post_NN1 poll_NN1 found_VVD the_AT country_NN1 getting_VVG worried_JJ about_II health_NN1 reform_NN1 ,_, with_IW just_RR 49%_NNU trusting_JJ Obama_NN1 on_II the_AT issue_NN1 ._. 
That_DD1 's_VBZ down_RP from_II an_AT1 earlier_JJR high_JJ of_IO 57%_NNU ._. 
Obama_NN1 himself_PPX1 remains_VVZ popular_JJ ,_, with_IW a_AT1 59%_NNU approval_NN1 rating_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB Republicans_NN2 smell_VV0 blood_NN1 in_II the_AT health_NN1 care_NN1 waters_NN2 ,_, and_CC DeMint_NP1 was_VBDZ quick_JJ to_TO fire_VVI back_RP at_II Obama_NP1 ,_, linking_VVG his_APPGE health_NN1 care_NN1 push_VV0 to_II the_AT economic_JJ stimulus_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ is_VBZ becoming_VVG less_RRR and_CC less_RGR popular_JJ ._. 
"_" The_AT last_MD time_NNT1 the_AT President_NN1 made_VVD grand_JJ promises_NN2 and_CC demanded_VVD passage_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 bill_NN1 before_CS it_PPH1 could_VM be_VBI reviewed_VVN ,_, we_PPIS2 ended_VVD up_RP with_IW the_AT colossal_JJ stimulus_NN1 failure_NN1 and_CC unemployment_NN1 near_II 10%_NNU ,_, "_" DeMint_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" Now_RT the_AT President_NN1 wants_VVZ Americans_NN2 to_TO trust_VVI him_PPHO1 again_RT ,_, but_CCB he_PPHS1 ca_VM n't_XX back_VVI up_RP the_AT utopian_JJ promises_NN2 he_PPHS1 's_VBZ making_VVG ,_, "_" DeMint_NP1 added_VVD ,_, contending_VVG the_AT GOP_NN1 just_RR wants_VVZ to_TO go_VVI slow_JJ to_TO get_VVI it_PPH1 right_JJ ._. 
"_" There_EX is_VBZ no_PN121 one_PN122 in_II this_DD1 debate_NN1 advocating_VVG that_CST we_PPIS2 do_VD0 nothing_PN1 despite_II the_AT President_NN1 's_GE constant_JJ straw_NN1 man_NN1 arguments_NN2 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
