As you look at these videos, please keep in mind this is our team. These are our Democratic players. To a person, in this round of videos, they are incapable of commiting to take the Whip Count Pledge.
Let me explain again why this is so damn critical. We need at least 40 Congresspeople to say, No. We will refuse to vote for legislation which does not include a strong, robust public plan available to all Americans on Day One. These 40 wield enormous power. They become a firewall against a co-op compromise.
Before we go go to the videos here's where we stand.
- President Obama will hold a news conference this evening at 8PM EST.
- The reason this legislation must move out of committee now is because the Republicans are ramping up their August death march.
- Blue Dogs continue to hold Energy and Commerce hostage. They took an outing to the White House yesterday in an effort to cut a deal. Stay tuned on this.
- The public funding for abortion issue continues to raise its ugly head.
- The Murder by Spreadsheet insurance lobby, led by Karen Ignagni at AHIP ramps up its campaign of deceit aimed squarely at the public option. Make no mistake, these thugs will do anything to maintain the depraved status quo.
Remember yesterday, I wrote that we were expecting to add a Congressperson to the Health Care Heroes Honor Roll. Well guess what, we're still waiting for what should be a very straightforward statement.
We need to drive home to Democrats what all this prevaricating means to hard working Americans like you and me.
ACTION FOR WEDNESDAY:
- HEALTHCARE SURVIVOR STORIES:
Are you a Healthcare Survivor? Have you had a health problem and been forced to run an insurance company gauntlet as John Aravosis has been writing about, and survived to tell your story?
Will the Blue Dog and centrist runners--all those who won't stop for a moment to commit not voting for a bill which doesn't include a strong public plan, heed the healthcare survivor stories of Americans in desperate need of reform?
Please tell your survivor story and we will deliver all of them to Congress.
- WHIP COUNT PLEDGE, HERE'S THE WHIP COUNT TOOL, PLEASE CALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND DEMAND THAT THEY TAKE THE PLEDGE AND STAND WITH 76% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO WANT A STRONG PUBLIC OPTION.
- Check slinkerwink for additional action items.
TO THE DARK SIDE:
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is a breast cancer survivor. One would think given her recent ordeal, she would jump at the chance to join the Health Care Heroes Honor Roll. One would be wrong to think she'd take the pledge.
Call Ms. Wasserman-Schultz, especially if you live in her district, but even if you don't, and demand she take the Whip Count Pledge.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
118 Cannon H.O.B
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-7931
Fax: 202-226-2052
10100 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
Phone: 954-437-3936
Fax: 954-437-4776
19200 West Country Club Drive, 3rd Floor
Aventura, FL 33180
Phone: 305-936-5724
Fax: 305-932-9664
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Being On the "Inside" More Important Than Public Plan
Was that your hand covering the lens, Steny Hoyer? Say it ain't so!
Russ Carnahan - another runner
Lincoln Davis - Reasonably polite Blue Dog. At least he didn't run away.
And I'll leave you with a ray of light named Neil Ambercrombie who represents the great state of Hawaii.
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