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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
DNC, OFA Dump Demand for the Public Option
We're getting screwed over big time. Time to hit the phones. You can read the bill here.
Organizing for America has dropped the demand for the public option from their open letter to members of Congress. As recently as Sept. 11, the letter featured on OFA’s Health Care Action Center stated that health care reform must:
“Guarantee choice - Every American must have the freedom to choose their plan and doctor - including the choice of a public insurance option.”
A cached version of OFA’s site from Sept. 11 can be viewed here.
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The letter appearing on the current site still urges members of Congress to support President Obama’s plan for health reform - which includes a public option - however the word “must” has been dropped.
This change confirms Obama’s position on the public option: he wants it, but is willing to drop it to pass legislation.
The recent revision also signals that the Democratic Party and its leadership will no longer insist that health reform legislation include the choice of a public insurance plan, given that the Democratic National Committee operates OFA.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Obama’s political team targets Democrats
I read somewhere that Plouffe was on AF1 on the trip to St Louis, and it looks like he's helping the President get those gloves off. Make Bayh explain himself.
(CNN) – President Obama’s political operation will begin running television ads Wednesday targeting fellow Democrats and centrist Republicans urging them to support the president’s call for health care reform this year.
The 30-second TV commercial will run in eight states: Arkansas, Indiana, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Ohio for two weeks, according to a preview of the ad provided to CNN by Obama’s Organizing for America (OFA).
The commercial, which features five people discussing health care problems, will also run on national cable television, in Washington, D.C., and online, according to OFA, which is now housed at the Democratic National Committee.
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