I just read on the Huffington Post that some Dems are saying that Obama is willing to compromise and take the public option off the table. First single payer; now public option. This is ridiculous!
Like hundreds of thousands of others, I worked my guts out last year; not only for Obama, but making calls for other candidates around the country. I'm about ready to give up on this party. Obama ran on health care. He's only going to get one chance to do this. He has to get it right the first time. It would be great to get 60 votes; but if not, lets change the rules and do it with 51 votes.
What are the Dems afraid of? They have the people on their side; begging for a public option. Obviously they are afraid of insurance companies and big pharma.
If someone has not yet done this, I'm going to research, one by one, every Dem member House and Senate, and see how much money they took from the industry. I think we need to publicize each and every one of them; and overrun their D.C. and district offices with visits and phone calls. E mails do little good. It's just a number on a sheet. We do sit ins if we need to.
Regardless of the outcome of the health care debate; we target every Dem who voted against it in their next primary. We fought for and voted for one thing, and we won. Now we are getting something totally different. Screw compromise you gutless Dems!