Obama Crowd Cheers Public Option, Boos Baucus Plan (VIDEO)

Obama Crowd Cheers Public Option, Boos Baucus Plan (VIDEO)

When President Obama spoke in front of thousands of college students in College Park, Maryland on Thursday, the crowd cheered for a public health care option -- and booed at the plan from Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.).

Jed Lewison of Daily Kos pointed out the disparity.

Watch the University of Maryland students break into wild applause when Obama says there should be a government-run health insurance choice:

But the students booed when Obama mentioned the Senate Finance Committee plan presented by Baucus this week.

It's not just college students -- workers chanted "bullshit" when President Obama brought up Baucus' plan at the AFL-CIO convention on Wednesday.

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