Who will watch today's health care summit and why?

Are you going to watch? You can stream it live at C-SPAN.org or watch it live on TV if you get C-SPAN3 (which I don't). And I think it will be on regular C-SPAN TV tonight — if you need a break from the Olympics or whatever your usual Thursday shows are. We like "Survivor." And there must be an "American Idol" results show tonight. (Could they please just kick off 3/4 of the guys and 1/2 of the girls?)

Presumably, some people will watch, but why exactly? What do they think they're going to get out of it?

In convening Thursday’s bipartisan health session, President Obama is angling to recreate the kind of spontaneous, unscripted debate that gave him a decided advantage when he took questions on live television at a House Republican retreat in Baltimore last month.

So some Obama supporters will watch in an effort to perceive Obama's awesome dominance and then  to sit back and feel optimistic about health care reform — or maybe to blog about why their perceptions are so true.

But this time, Mr. Obama will face adversaries who are well prepared to joust with him on the finer points of health policy before a large audience that will be judging both sides and looking for signs of bipartisanship.

And some Obama opponents will watch in an effort to perceive the demolition of Obama's hopes 'n' dreams and then to sit back to enjoy the continuation of the downward spiral of health care reform — or maybe to blog about why their perceptions are so true.

Most normal people, I think, are sick of hearing politicians talking about health care.

IN THE COMMENTS: People are live-blogging the big show. For example, rhhardin says:

Ha. I listened for 20 seconds, and in that time Obama did his rhetorical tic

1. Tell a lie

2. "and that's why," followed by a bad idea.

Not that anybody should make it a drinking game.