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From: DNC Press [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:36 PM
To: Jeremy Funk
Subject: OFA Receives Extensive National, Local Coverage For Health
Insurance Reform Push
"Health-Care Reform, One Stop at a Time"
"Obama supporters plan pro-health overhaul push"
"Rally pulls the plug on myths, sends congress back to 'get it done'"
From local house parties, rallies and round tables to a national bus
tour, thousands of events are taking place across the nation as
Organizing for America continues to rally support for health insurance
reform. Please see below for highlights of local and national coverage
of OFA's efforts thus far:
Watch Local Coverage Of The Tour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4OPhcNeqI0
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HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM NOW: LET'S GET IT DONE!
NATIONAL
Washington Post: "Health-Care Reform, One Stop at a Time": President
Obama's supporters hope to recapture the energy of last year's
triumphant election campaign in a bid to regain control of the
health-care debate, planning more than 2,000 house parties, rallies and
town hall meetings across the country over the next two weeks. The
initiative began Wednesday with a rally at a labor hall in Phoenix that
featured the Obama sunrise logo and placards that became fixtures of the
2008 presidential campaign. Organizing for America, a nationwide group
of Obama supporters run by the Democratic National Committee, also
brought along a colorful bus featuring the slogan, "Health Insurance
Reform Now: Let's Get it Done." The vehicle is on an 11-city tour
advocating for health-care reform. "We think that change happens with
neighbors talking to neighbors, and these rallies reflect that," said
DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan. "That's how we won the campaign in the fall,
with grass-roots organizing, and that's what we will see in these events
going forward." The DNC kickoff rally in Phoenix attracted about 1,200
reform supporters...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR200908
3002654.html
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MTU2NzA2Njk1S0&mt=1&rt=0>
CNN: "Democrats planning 1,000 health care reform events": A Democratic
official says the national party will hold more than 1,000 events over
the next two weeks in its latest attempt to pressure Congress to embrace
President Obama's call for health care reform. Organizing for America,
Obama's campaign operation now housed at the Democratic National
Committee, is coordinating the "Health Insurance Reform Now: Let's Get
it Done" events that are scheduled to kick off on Wednesday. Health Care
for America Now, an umbrella organization of unions and other
progressive groups, will be involved in helping to get people out to the
events. "We intend to demonstrate in the last two weeks of recess where
the majority of American sentiment is on this issue - in favor of health
insurance reform," said Brad Woodhouse, a DNC spokesman. Woodhouse
predicted that "hundreds and in some cases thousands of local people"
will attend and participate in the events.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/25/democrats-planning-1000-
health-care-reform-events/
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US News and World Report: "Supporters of Healthcare Reform Start Bus
Tour": anizing for America, the national network of Obama supporters, is
trying to rev up support for healthcare reform with a bus tour that
kicks off tomorrow in Phoenix. The "Health Insurance Reform Now" bus
will make 11 stops between tomorrow and when members of Congress return
to Washington, hitting up Albuquerque, N.M., Denver, Raleigh, N.C., and
Pittsburgh. Organizing for America is trying to get more attention and
is calling for a "massive show of support" from voters interested in
seeing healthcare reform get passed. The tour starts tomorrow and is
conveniently scheduled around the same time and down the street from
Sen. John McCain's healthcare town hall meeting.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/washington-whispers/2009/08/25/suppo
rters-of-healthcare-reform-start-bus-tour.html
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Associated Press: "Obama supporters plan pro-health overhaul push":
Health Care for America Now is coordinating its efforts with Organizing
for America, the Obama campaign organization now melded into the
national Democratic Party, which reputedly has an e-mail list of up to
13 million names. Organizing for America plans a bus tour beginning
Wednesday in cities including Phoenix, Albuquerque, N.M., Denver, Des
Moines, Iowa, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, N.C., and Milwaukee. The bus will
make 11 stops between Wednesday and Sept. 3. Some 2,000 events are
planned around the country through Labor Day, according to Democratic
National Committee spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine. The wide range of events
include phone bank calling and rallies. "We want our members of
Congress to head back to Washington with calls for reform still ringing
in their ears - and knowing that those who are working hard for reform
have our thanks," said an e-mail sent by Organizing for America inviting
supporters to bus tour events. "But we can't do it without a massive
show of support from the voters who know what's at stake."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMpJGn28kqCcgU-aGcYE_
ZHW-ywD9AA5U3G3
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Politico: "Democrats plan hundreds of reform rallies": Reform
supporters are planning to hold more than 500 events between Wednesday
and when lawmakers return to Washington Sept. 8, ranging from
neighborhood organized phone banks to professionally staffed rallies
with hundreds of people. The Democratic National Committee and its
grassroots arm, Organizing for America, are helping to organize the
effort along with the Health Care for America Now, a group pushing to
create government-run insurance plan. "In these last few weeks of
recess we want to demonstrate the energy, passion and commitment that
the American people have to health insurance reform so that when members
return after Labor Day they know that they can turn their attention to
getting this done because they have the backing of the American people,"
said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26409.html
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NPR's Marketplace "Supporters rally for health care reform": A red,
white and blue bus pulls into Phoenix tonight -- the start of an 11-city
tour. No rock stars will be on board. Just political operatives and
volunteers with Organizing for America. That's the Democratic party's
grassroots branch. Jeremy Bird is with the group. He says they want to
send a message to members of Congress. Jeremy Bird: What we want to
send folks back to D.C. with is a message from folks who want the status
quo to change. They're looking for health insurance reform to happen
now, in 2009.
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/26/am-health-care
-push/
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MTU2NzA2Njk1S0&mt=1&rt=0>
CNN: "Multistate tour aimed at dispelling health care reform rumors":
Jeremy Bird, deputy director of Organizing for America, the successor
group to Obama for America, said the anger over health care reform seen
in town halls is being fueled by cable news channels singling out rowdy
activists. "Supporters of reform are far outnumbering opponents," he
said. "And unfortunately, some of the 24-hour cable news echo chamber
has focused on the small minority of folks who have tried to disrupt
it." Bird's group is also holding a multistate tour aimed at dispelling
health care reform rumors. "We're having great stops ... overwhelming
support from local elected officials from average citizens," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/tea.party.express/index.html
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Reuters: "Ramping up its efforts": "Organizing for America," the online
Obama campaign organization that is now used to push his agenda, is
ramping up its efforts with bus tours, phone drives and door-to-door
canvassing in a healthcare campaign called "Let's Get It Done."
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE57P0JQ20090827
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TU2NzA2Njk1S0&mt=1&rt=0>
Business Journal Daily: "Democrats Rally Push-Back on Health Care": A
Democratic pressure group, Organizing for America, is pushing back this
week to galvanize support to reform health insurance in a campaign that
includes a nationwide bus tour with stops scheduled in Pittsburgh and
Columbus and local lobbying efforts. The Let's Get It Done tour, which
began Wednesday in Phoenix, is one component of a campaign that
encompasses more than 2,000 events through Sept. 8, when Congress
reconvenes, said Alec Gerlach. Gerlach is regional press secretary for
the Democratic National Committee. Organizing for America, an arm of the
DNC, grew out of Barack Obama's campaign for president and today
actively promotes his agenda. The goal is to make members of Congress
aware of the level of support for reforming the delivery of health care
and health-care insurance and counter. "We want to get the message
across to members that they can support health insurance reform and
constituents will support them," Gerlach said. That message is one that
members of Congress might not be getting from how the media has covered
reform, he added.
http://www.business-journal.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&m
ad=&sdetail=14509&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restat
us=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=
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Huffington Post: "Obama camp organizes bus tour, town halls to promote
health care": Obama supporters organize a campaign-style health care
legislation tour - planning more than 2,000 house parties, rallies and
town halls nationwide over the next two weeks. The Democratic National
Committee's Obama-support camp, Organizing for America, is planning to
hit the road in a campaign-style tour that supports the Democratic
proposals on health care. The group plans more than 2,000 house parties,
rallies and town hall presentations across the country. "The initiative
began Wednesday with a rally at a labor hall in Phoenix that featured
the Obama sunrise logo and placards that became fixtures of the 2008
presidential campaign," the Washington Post reported. "Organizing for
America, a nationwide group of Obama supporters run by the Democratic
National Committee, also brought along a colorful bus featuring the
slogan, 'Health Insurance Reform Now: Let's Get it Done.' The vehicle is
on an 11-city tour advocating for health-care reform."
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278539
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UPI: "Healthcare reform backers plan rallies": Backers of U.S. President
Obama's proposals say they're planning more than 2,000 rallies and other
events to regain the momentum in the healthcare debate. Groups
supporting the president's priorities are also scheduling town hall
meetings and house parties in the next two weeks, The Washington Post
reported Monday. The moves come as vehement opponents of the Democratic
Party-backed healthcare reforms have grabbed the spotlight during the
August Congressional recess by staging protests and drowning out
supporters at town hall meetings. But pro-Obama groups such as
Organizing for America, which is run by the Democratic National
Committee, say they are hitting back, the newspaper reported.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/31/Healthcare-reform-backers-plan-ra
llies/UPI-75151251732662/
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REGIONAL
Arizona
Arizona Republic (Dan Nowicki) "Dems' health-care bus hits the Valley":
A bus sporting the familiar red, white and blue logo of President Barack
Obama's campaign debuted in central Phoenix on Wednesday evening on the
vanguard of a Democratic counteroffensive in support of health-care
reform. Hundreds of supporters rallied at one of the earliest stops on
the Democratic National Committee's "Health Insurance Reform Now: Let's
Get it Done!" bus tour that is part of a campaign that the Democrats
promise will include more than a thousand pro-reform events across the
country before Congress returns to session in September.
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Huffington Post (Dawn Treo) "Next Door To McCain's Townhall, Obama's
Field Kicks Off National Tour": It was 2008 all over again Wednesday
night as Organizing for America (OFA), formerly Obama for America,
launched their cross-country "Reform Health Care Now: Let's Get It Done
Tour" from Arizona, a state that has becoming a focus of the Democratic
Party. The event had all of the trappings of a political campaign rally.
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ABC Phoenix: "Hundreds of healthcare reform supporters lined up outside
the bus hours before the rally even began": With the bus set as the
centerpiece of a rally, those involved said they appreciate people being
interested and vocal on the issue. "We welcome it, we welcome it, we
welcome a debate, less the shouting," said Organizing for America
Director Mitch Stewart. Stewart said his goal to better inform people
and clear up any misconceptions or misinformation circulating around
President Obama's healthcare initiative. Hundreds of healthcare reform
supporters lined up outside the bus hours before the rally even began.
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/100s-of-Val
ley-residents-face-off-over-healthcare/NpqkNedMo0OqCJVi9eEFNQ.cspx
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The Desert Independent: "Health Care Reform Comes to Arizona": In the
only slightly decaying summer heat of this late August evening, hundreds
of supporters of the President's health care plan came out to cheer on
the bus tour "Organizing For America" (OFA) and listen to a short list
of speakers. The tour is originating in Phoenix and is scheduled to stop
in over 2,000 cities and towns across the country. At 7:30 pm, Ashley
Pinedo, OFA Regional Field Director, introduces Mitch Stewart, Director
of OFA who begins with a moment of silence for Senator Kennedy, and a
message regarding the loss from President Obama. The real emotion hits
with Linda Grady and her personal health care story. She told of her own
plight when after an accident she had little treatment, even with
insurance, while a famous athlete with the same problem was getting
preferential treatment and improving.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal "Health Care Reform Proponents Rally in Duke City":
Hundreds of New Mexicans rallied in support of Obama's health care plan
Thursday night in Albuquerque. Organizing for America, a project of the
Democratic National Committee, hosted the event at the National Hispanic
Cultural Center as part of a two-week bus tour of America designed to
showcase support for Democratic health care legislation in Congress.
The event had the feel of a campaign-year political rally, but attendees
said the message transcended politics and party affiliation.
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/washington/28231286301newswashington08-28
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Daily Kos: "Healthcare Rally Bus: Over 1000 in AZ - Let's turn out big
in Albuquerque tonight!": In less than two weeks, the Congressional
recess ends, and the legislative fight for real healthcare reform will
be back on. But for now, as members of Congress are in their home
districts and home states, they have to come face to face with their
constituents. Now is the time for a show of force - to literally take
it to the streets for healthcare. There are over 1000 events scheduled
all across America where you can show up and stand up, including rallies
in most major cities and many smaller ones. And in 11 cities across the
country, the OFA Healthcare Rally Bus will be driving up to make the
point that Healthcare Can't Wait. So get on the bus
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rally will get underway in Albuquerque - I hear they expect a big crowd
so get there early. Doors open at 6 p.m.
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Colorado
Denver Post "Obama team hits Denver on bus tour": About 1,500 people
rally in a show of support for reform as part of a cross-country effort.
President Barack Obama's Organizing for America team rolled its bright-
blue bus into Denver on Friday evening and was greeted by about 1,500
supporters of health care reform at a rally at North High School. "This
is easily the biggest crowd we've seen," group organizer Mitch Stewart
said as he stepped off the touring bus at the third of 10 stops across
the country. The Organizing for America bus started its cross-country
tour in Phoenix, where an estimated 1,100 supporters showed up, then
moved on to Albuquerque, where 1,000 supporters gathered, Stewart said.
The bus will travel nonstop through the night to the next rally in Des
Moines, Iowa. It is paid for as a special project of the Democratic
National Committee, Stewart said. Stewart, 33, with closely trimmed
blond hair and a button-down shirt, urged the crowd to argue
"respectfully" with opponents, evoking the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's
words "to not let these differences become personal." He then held a
moment of silence for Kennedy, who died Tuesday.
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Associated Press: "Group promoting health care reform in Denver": A
group that supports President Barack Obama's agenda is bringing its
promotion of health care reform to Denver. Organizing for America is a
project of the Democratic National Committee. The group's bus tour
promoting Obama's proposed health care reform scheduled an event at 6
p.m. Friday at North High School in Denver. Colorado congressman Ed
Perlmutter and state Sen. Betty Boyd, both Democrats, were among the
people expected to speak. Members of Colorado's congressional
delegation have held town hall meetings on the health care reform plan
during their August recess. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_13222227
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North Denver Tribune: "Health care rally at North High": Organizing for
America, a project of the Democratic National Committee dedicated to
supporting President Obama's agenda for change, announced today that the
Health Insurance Reform Now: Let's Get it Done! Bus Tour, part of a
wider set of events in the next two weeks being held throughout the
nation in support of health insurance reform, will stop in Denver CO
tomorrow, Friday, August 28, at 6:00 pm at the North High School.
Supporters will hear from OFA National Director Mitch Stewart,
Congressman Ed Perlmutter, and State Senator Betty Boyd on the
importance of passing health insurance reform now. The bus stop will be
an opportunity for Coloradans to show their support for President
Obama's principles for health insurance reform which have been simple
and consistent - lower costs, protect choice and ensure all Americans
have access to quality, affordable health care.
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FOX Denver: "Group promoting health care reform makes stop in Denver":
A group that supports President Barack Obama's agenda is bringing its
promotion of health care reform to Denver. Organizing for America is a
project of the Democratic National Committee. The group's bus tour
promoting Obama's proposed health care reform scheduled an event at 6
p.m. Friday at North High School in Denver. Colorado congressman Ed
Perlmutter and state Sen. Betty Boyd, both Democrats, were among the
people expected to speak. Members of Colorado's congressional delegation
have held town hall meetings on the health care reform plan during their
August recess.
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Iowa
Des Moines Register: "Health care reform advocates pitch program over
protests": As the sun began to set, Miller and Mitch Stewart, director
of Organizing for America, reflected on the death of Sen. Edward
Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat., and called on members of Congress to
take up Kennedy's passion for working in a bipartisan manner on liberal
issues, specifically health care reform. Stewart read a statement from
President Barack Obama that called Kennedy "the greatest United States
senator of our time," then urged the mostly democratic crowd for its
support in passing health care reform.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090829/NEWS/90829020/1001/NEW
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Iowa Poltics.com: "Hundreds rally for health care reform at Capitol as
dozens protest": About 400 Iowa supporters of President Obama rallied in
favor of health insurance reform, paid tribute to the late Massachusetts
Sen. Ted Kennedy and reminisced about their win in the Iowa caucuses
during a rally Saturday evening outside the Statehouse with a huge U.S.
flag as a backdrop. http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=168632
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee Sentinel Journal: "Supporters of health care reform rally in
Milwaukee": Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care plan
rallied Saturday night outside the Summerfest grounds, chanting "Let's
Get it Done" and presenting more than 24,000 "declarations of support"
to Wisconsin's congressional delegation. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who
died Tuesday and fought for health care reform for decades, was
remembered with a moment of silence and a call to arms. "He was a giant
on whose shoulders we all stood," said Meagan Holman, a Milwaukeean who
worked on Kennedy's staff for more than 10 years. In an emotional
address, she said she didn't travel to Kennedy's funeral Saturday
because she and her husband are still paying off bills from a high-risk
pregnancy more than two years ago. "Today, we buried our health care
champion," said Bruce Coburn, director of the Service Employees
International Union. "Tonight, we say, 'Don't mourn. It's time to
organize.' This is the Super Bowl of that fight for change."
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Milwaukee Labor Press: "Rally pulls the plug on myths, sends congress
back to 'get it done'": Bolstered by African drumming, personal stories
of health disasters in the current system, hundreds of signs, speeches
by leading elected officials and tributes to Ted Kennedy, whose coffin
at that moment was being carried to Arlington National Cemetery, more
than 800 citizens jammed into a parking area across from Summerfest's
main gate Saturday August 29 to send Wisconsin's congressional
delegation back to D.C. with a simple demand - "Let's Get It Done!"
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Missouri
St. Louis Beacon (Jo Mannies) "Local advocates seeking change in health
care turn out to greet DNC bus": Area supporters of the Democratic
effort to change the nation's health-care system turned out in force
Sunday night, to hear like-minded area politicians and union leaders
exhort the nation's leaders in Washington to listen to them -- and not
to the critics who've been shouting their objections for weeks. Sunday
night's rally, on the parking lot of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers just off Hampton Avenue, was held as part of a
national bus tour organized by the Democratic National Committee and
Organizing for America, the post-election successor to President Barack
Obama's campaign operation. A DNC spokesman said that the St. Louis
crowd was the largest so far during the bus tour, which began in Phoenix
and will end in Washington. The bus' next stop is for a rally Monday in
Indianapolis. The tour is among a number of activities that the DNC and
its allies are planning for the coming weeks, in part to counter the
critics' well-publicized campaign to block any significant changes in
the nation's health-care system. Congress is expect to begin tackling
the issue when it goes back into session next week.
http://www.stlbeacon.org/beacon_backroom/local_advocates_seeking_changes
_in_health_care_turn_out_to_greet_dnc_bus
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NBC St. Louis: "Hundreds gather for healthcare reform rally": This
event is one of 2,000 planned over two weeks. The group, Organizing for
America hopes to rally support for change. The group, Organizing for
America is touring by bus and is hitting 11 cities in all. They will be
heading to Indianapolis next.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=183897&catid=3
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FOX St. Louis: "Health Care Debate Continues In St. Louis": ST. LOUIS,
MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com) - The event was a democratic rally organized by
the group, Organized For America, and offshoot of the presidential
campaign that helped elect President Obama. Democrats hoped the rally
would give lawmakers a reason to stay with the President without
worrying about being re-elected. "This is about sending our congressmen
and women back to Washington D.C knowing that there is a lot of support
out there for this," said Jeremy Bird, Organizing for America.
http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-health-care-debate-st-louis-083109,0,4954329
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Indiana
Indianapolis Star: "Health insurance bus comes to IUPUI tonight":
President Barack Obama's "Health Insurance Reform Now" bus tour --
visiting all 50 states before Congress heads back to Washington -- will
be in Indianapolis from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, according to the
organization's Web site. Speakers include Organizing for America Deputy
Director Jeremy Bird and Evansville Mayor Jonathon Weinzapfel, who will
will present thousands of Hoosiers' declarations of support for reform.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090831/BUSINESS03/90831016/1003/BUSINE
SS/Health+insurance+bus+comes+to+IUPUI+tonight
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Oregon
BlueOregon: "Rally? For health care? Why bother?": Tomorrow at 10 am in
Terry Shrunk Plaza, Organizing for America and Health Care for America
Now! are hosting a rally for health care - "Let's Get It Done!" There is
an impressive line-up of speakers, and it's being held across the street
from Ron Wyden's office. I'll be there, and I think you should, too (and
you should bring some friends and family members with you). The
question, of course, is why even bother? What damn good will it do? And
the answer is, as the answer in all things political: it will do
whatever good you are willing to work to accomplish. Stay home, and it
does no good at all. In politics, what happens is decided by those who
bother to show up. We know who has been showing up on health care
reform: Health insurance company lobbyists, by the millions of dollars.
Republican Senators intent on deep-sixing anything Pres Obama wants to
accomplish. Blue Dog Dems who have yet to understand there was an
election last year that meant something. Tea-baggers, birthers, even
those who stand a trigger-pull away from suggesting Obama should be
killed. In short, those who want anything except meaningful health care
reform have been the ones showing up and getting things done ("done"
being obstruction and distortion). That's why health care reform is in
trouble. Not because of deficits or Obama's strategy, but because
ordinary Americans are not on the front lines winning this battle.
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Ohio
Marion Star: "Look into the faces of the uninsured": The health care
debate is back on the forefront for Americans as a nonprofit public
option and other reforms are being debated in Washington and across the
lunch counter...About 2,000 events are planned around the country
through Labor Day, according to Democratic National Committee
spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine, as supporters of health care reform rally
for change against conservatives' criticism that it's a government power
play with the potential to destroy the private service industry. "We
want our members of Congress to head back to Washington with calls for
reform still ringing in their ears - and knowing that those who are
working hard for reform have our thanks," said an e-mail sent by
Organizing for America, inviting supporters to bus tour events. "But we
can't do it without a massive show of support from the voters who know
what's at stake."
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Pennsylvania
Lebanon Daily News: "Signatures sought in support of health-care
reform": The health-care-reform debate returned briefly to HACC's
Lebanon Campus last week week in the form of a petition drive
spearheaded by three local men. It's been almost three weeks since Sen.
Arlen Specter visited the community college in the 700 block of
Cumberland Street for what turned into a raucous town-hall meeting that
captured the attention of the entire nation. The repercussions of that
meeting inspired Dennis Balbac, Barry Leader and John Kearney to come
back to the college at lunchtime Thursday to gather signatures in
support of health-care reform on a petition sponsored by Organizing for
America, an arm of the Democratic National Committee. Balbac, a member
of the Lebanon County Democratic Committee, said he was circulating the
petition because he thinks that proponents of health-care reform need to
be more vocal and revert to the grassroots campaigning that helped get
President Barack Obama elected. http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_13236243
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Texas
Waco Tribune-Herald: "Groups on both sides of health care debate ready
for town hall with Waco U.S. Rep. Edwards": Local political groups from
either side of the national health care reform debate are mobilizing
their members to attend a town hall meeting on the issue this weekend
hosted by U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco. Edwards will hold a two-hour
town hall meeting Saturday in the McLennan Hall of the Waco Convention
Center to discuss the health care reform bill being considered by the
U.S. House. Edwards' first town hall meeting on this issue was Wednesday
at the Bryan-Brazos Center in Brazos County, and he will have a third
town hall Sept. 4 at the Cleburne High School auditorium in Johnson
County. Kelly McDonald, president of the local chapter of Organizing for
America, President Barack Obama's political action group, said the Waco
chapter is making calls to all of its members this week to encourage
them to show up early to the town hall and wear white T-shirts to show
their support for health care reform.
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/08/28/08282009wac
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Michigan
WLAJ ABC: "Supporters of healthcare reform rally in Jackson" when it
comes to healthcare it seems everyone has a story to share and one woman
we spoke with Thursday is hoping her story will move lawmakers to
action. Joyce Kelley is desperate for health care reform. Kelley says
"this is not a Democratic issue, this is not a Republican issue, this is
a people issue." She suffers from MS, has asthma and chronic bronchitis
and needs surgery on both her knees but her medical costs have become
unbearable. Kelly says "I've had to refinance my home three times
already and I can't do it again so I'm at the crossroads of possibly
losing my home." http://www.wlaj.com/news/story-16994-seems-joyce.html
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North Carolina
Raleigh News and Observer: "Hundreds rally for health care reform":
Hundreds of people gathered outside the state Capitol building in
Raleigh on Saturday to voice support for President Barack Obama's health
care plan. The demonstrators carried signs and cheered as speakers
talked up the need for reform, including a government public option for
the uninsured. The rally was one of a handful planned across the state.
The Rev. William Barber, president of the state chapter of the NAACP,
called on those in attendance to challenge what he said were distortions
of what the health care plan would do.
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New Hampshire
Fosters: "Shea-Porter bumps into GOP Senate hopeful Ayotte on the way
to Portsmouth cookout": Before Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter arrived
at a backyard picnic-styled health care rally Thursday night, she
stopped at a downtown hotel where her staff is staying and found herself
face-to-face with those who say she's promoting a government takeover of
the nation's health care system. The encounter happened after bumping
into former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who's exploring a run for
Senate and was addressing the city's Republican Committee at the
Portsmouth Sheraton. But Shea-Porter, a two-term Democratic
representative from Rochester, said Ayotte "was speaking to the
tea-baggers" - a reference to the activists who started making waves
earlier this year following a "tea party" protest against outsized
government spending...
Organizers- which included Organizing for America, a grassroots arms of
the Democratic National Committee, the SEIU, Health Care for America
Now! and New Hampshire for Health Care - said the majority of people at
the home were supportive of reform. But even supporters said complete
change will take
time.http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090828/GJNEWS_0
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Sea Coast Online: "Democrats make their push for reform at picnic
event": U.S. Reps. Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter spoke to a riled-up
group of more than 200 health care reform supporters at a picnic rally
outside a cluster of South Street homes on Thursday - two days before
Shea-Porter holds a series of town hall forums on the topic. The picnic
was held in the backyards of Jody Hoffer Gittell and Laurie McCray, as
supporters sat on blankets scattered throughout the lawn and munched on
a barbecue dinner supplied by Organizing For America. It was one of more
than 2,000 events planned by OFA throughout the country to rally support
for health insurance reform as members of Congress get ready to head
back to Washington.
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Hawaii
Honolulu Advertiser: "Obama reforms find Isle support": Local organizers
for President Obama yesterday delivered 6,000 signatures to the state's
congressional delegation from people who declared their support for the
president's health care reform plan. The signature gathering was part of
a national effort by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic
National Committee, to build momentum for health care reform and counter
some of the conservative opposition that has surfaced at town hall
meetings. State Sen. Josh Green, D-3rd (Kohala, Kona, Ka'u), a Big
Island doctor who favors the reform plan, accused opponents of spreading
fear at town hall meetings, including one hosted on Tuesday night by
Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou, who is running in the Republican
primary for Congress in urban Honolulu's 1st Congressional District.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990828034
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Dataset
podesta-emails
Document Type
email
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