<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">One way forward...<div> --Jenifer<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 3/22/10, Stephanie Taylor, BoldProgressives.org <i><info@boldprogressives.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br><br><div id="yiv671139791">
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<p>Jenifer,</p>
<p>Great news! In just a few hours, PCCC members chipped nearly $30,000 to support our first 2 endorsed House candidates of 2010. </p>
<p>Together, we can help these bold progressives defeat two Blue Dogs (including Joe Lieberman's national co-chair) in the primaries.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=3">Click here to learn about the candidates -- and chip in $4 to their campaigns.</a></p>
<p>Our new goal is $40,000 raised before the March 31 FEC fundraising deadline.</p>
<p>Krystal Ball, one of these candidates, just sent us a statement over email in reaction to last night's health care vote:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">"I believe in a public health insurance option -- and, frankly, I believe that if all of our legislators were dedicated first and foremost to the country's best interests, we would have passed a health care bill with a public option in August. As a progressive member of Congress, I will proudly co-sponsor and fight for Rep. Grayson's 'Medicare You Can Buy Into' Act."</p>
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<p> Thanks for being a bold progressive.</p>
<p>-- Stephanie</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">P.S. Our earlier email is below...</p>
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<p>Jenifer,</p>
<p>Many public option supporters sent us their thoughts about the health care bill passed by the House last night. Some feel betrayed -- others call it "a start."</p>
<p>One thing's for sure: A public option was not included by the House despite thousands of us taking action and proving the votes existed in the Senate to pass this popular proposal.</p>
<p><strong>Why didn't House leaders include a public option?</strong> <em>Politico</em> reports, "Inserting a public option into the House reconciliation bill would blow up a possible deal with the Blue Dogs."</p>
<p>We're going to keep fighting for a public option, but that's not enough. We need to defeat Blue Dogs and elect bold progressive fighters to Congress.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=7">Can you chip in $4 to our first 2 endorsed House candidates of 2010? Click here.</a></p>
<p>Today, we are proud to endorse Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) and Krystal Ball (VA-01). You can read about each of these candidates <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=8">on the donation page</a>.</p>
<p>Ann has promised to co-sponsor a bill that would make a strong public option available to <em>every</em> American. Krystal has too -- even promising to co-sponsor Rep. Alan Grayson's recent "Medicare You Can Buy Into Act," another strong version of the public option that would be available to all.</p>
<p>Each of these candidates faces a March 31 fundraising deadline -- which will be looked at to determine their momentum.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=9">Can you chip in $4 to each of these progressive campaigns? It will make a big difference -- click here.</a></p>
<p>For the past few months, we've been working closely with these campaigns -- interviewing the candidates, meeting with their staff, and evaluating their plan to win. And we'll be working side-by-side with them until November, starting with sending them a skilled progressive staffer to help their campaigns.</p>
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<p>Thanks for being a bold progressive.</p>
<p>-- Stephanie Taylor, Aaron Swartz, Adam Green, Gregg Ross, Natasha Patel, and the PCCC team</p>
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