MB Civic

Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake is spearheading an ingenious call-in campaign to get a progressive bloc of House members to refuse to vote for watered down health care legislation, thereby forcing Baucus, Rahm, Conrad, Reid, Obama, et al to commit to a real public option .. one that as Hamsher puts it is “available day one (no triggers), nationwide (no state balkanization), answerable to Congress and the voters (as opposed to answerable to states that lack bargaining power at the federal level)” .. without pressure from the outside like this we’re not gonna get diddly from the Dems .. or as Hamsher says, “Don’t be chumps” – mab .. read more