Huffington Post: "SURGE"

I don't have to tell anyone on this list how the president  and congress

wasted the huge approval and energy of the great campaign of 2008.

:Like the shock doctrine of Naomi Klein, the reverse is also true. These

possibilities of desperately needed changes are rare and time-limited,

and that time must be seized.   We've been given an additional moment

to salvage something decent around health care.  It would give heart to

liberal politicians and the unhappy, needful masses of fellow Americans. 

Obama, who took Medicare type healthcare-for-all off the table, is still

playing footsie with the right and paying off his campaign debts to Wall St.

and health industry vampires.  He must be forced to put a decent public

option back on the table, using reconciliation, as described below.  Take

heart and sign this petition.  By far, It's the best we can do, at this moment.

Ed 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Jim Dean, Democracy for America

To: epearlag@earthlink.net

Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:53 AM

Subject: Huffington Post: "SURGE"

Edwin - Yesterday, we added Senators Chuck Schumer (NY) and Barbara Mikulski (MD) to the growing list co-signers on the letter calling for passing a public option using reconciliation, which would keep Republicans from using a procedural trick called the filibuster to block a majority vote. As of this morning, we have 18 Senators, 119 House Democrats, and over 300,000 Americans who have signed on to endorse this strategy as the way forward for healthcare reform. One of the biggest driving forces behind Senators signing on is you. Your phone calls are making the difference. Don't stop now. If your senators haven't sign on yet, pick up the phone and call again today. GET THE NUMBER TO CALL AND A SCRIPT HERE If your Senators are Republicans or are Democrats who have already signed on, then keep the momentum growing by adding your name as a co-signer to the Senate Public Option Letter too and get the number to call Majority Leader Harry Reid. BECOME A CITIZEN CO-SIGNER RIGHT NOW MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow each covered our campaign last night. When Rachel Maddow asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius directly, if the White House would fight for a public option if the Senate put it in the bill, she answered "Absolutely." WATCH THE 1-MINUTE VIDEO OF HIGHLIGHTS AND MAKE YOUR CALL RIGHT NOW Momentum is on our side. It's up to us to keep up the pressure it will take to get the job done. Thank you for everything you do, -Jim Jim Dean, Chair Democracy for America

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