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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The Dems are finally showing some balls and
forcing Harry Reid to endorse and support the types of actions that he should
have taken long ago so as to exercise power to bring about legislation that a
majority of the public wanted but the Republicans blocked under the super
majority requirements along with the giving into people like Lieberman and some
of the conservative Dems by offering compromkises that took options off the
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 20, 2010 12:00 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=laurie@advancenet.net
href="mailto:laurie@advancenet.net">Laurie Solomon</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Breaking news...</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P>Laurie,</P>
<P>Friday night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow announced: </P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px">"Breaking news. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
is now signaling that he is ready to join the newly resurgent health reform
fight. He says he would support a plan to pass a public option for health
insurance without Republican support."</P>
<P>Reid's announcement was prompted by a letter from 19 senators calling for the
public option through reconciliation. Keith Olbermann added, "The people who
started this letter campaign showed some courage."</P>
<P><STRONG>The senator who led the charge -- Michael Bennet of Colorado -- is
now being slammed by Republicans and conservative papers in his
state. </STRONG></P>
<P><A
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you show Bennet that he has support -- and encourage him to keep being bold --
by chipping in $3 to his 2010 campaign? Click here.</A></P>
<P>The Denver Post accused Bennet of trying to "jam [the public option] down our
throats" while a Republican opponent accused him of showing "outright contempt"
for voters. But a recent poll shows that Colorado voters want the public option
59% to 36%!!</P>
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encourage Bennet to keep fighting. Can you chip in $3 to his campaign? Click
here. </A></P>
<P>(At this link, you can also support Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand -- an original
signer of Bennet's letter who is in a competitive primary against corporate
Democrat Harold Ford.)</P>
<P>The public option fight is far from over -- we still need to push many other
senators to commit to voting with us. But this week's momentum would not have
been possible without Bennet, Gillibrand, and other senators sticking their
necks out.</P>
<P><A
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say thanks today.</A></P>
<P>Thanks for being a bold progressive.</P>
<P>-- Adam Green, Stephanie Taylor, Aaron Swartz, Michael Snook, Brian Bills,
and the PCCC team</P>
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