Many senators and representatives are not planning any town halls, and instead will spend the August recess on photo ops, meeting with health care workers and talking to constituents during open-door meetings.
''It's a better format for productive discussion,'' Hagan spokeswoman Stephanie Allen said.
Those limited speaking engagements didn't matter to Republican activists. Hundreds came to Hagan's office last week with signs deploring the health care bill.
The summer has proven to be a resurgence for conservative political organizing after a lackluster performance during the 2008 election. Activists have flooded the Internet with rally plans, talking points and YouTube videos. Now they're planning a massive march on Washington next month.
''I always thought protests were kind of ignorant, thinking, 'What are these guys accomplishing?''' said Rick Smith, 38, a self-employed store owner who recently began attending rallies and picketed Hagan's office. He's now helping to spearhead protests of his own and is hoping to take his family to Capitol Hill next month.
Unfortunately it seems that many of our elected officials Like Eric Massa seen in this video - heard here at a town hall admitting that he will vote for a single payer bill no matter what his constituents want or support .
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