I was on Representative Kosmas' webpage to email her regarding my support for the public option, and I noticed she had added a poll asking for public opinion on the PO. I see this as an encouraging sign since in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel editorial board she had trashed the PO while still backing an individual mandate and Conrad's Co-Op plan. (this was mid to late August as I recall).
Is Ms. Kosmas coming around on the Public Option? Maybe, but only if we push her hard enough. I'm writing this to ask any other FL-24 Kossacks to contact her and emphasize that despite this being a swing district, she cannot take the Progressive vote for granted just because she runs with a D next to her name. She may need the independents to win here, but she needs us too. We were the ones who knocked on doors for her campaign, pushed our neighbors to get out and vote for her, and worked the phones for her. Big insurance companies might have given her 41,000 for her 2010 campaign, but we voted her in!
If you live in FL-24, please contact Ms Kosmas and let her know where you stand, and take the survey too! If not, then push your Congresscritter as hard as you can. If a Blue Dog like Kosmas can be brought around anything is possible.
Thanks a lot
Dudley