Groups Raise Over $100,000 Since Yesterday Off Vote Against Public Option

[babylonsister]

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/groups-raise-over-100000-since-yesterday-off-senate-vote-against-public-option/

Groups Raise Over $100,000 Since Yesterday Off Vote Against Public Option


Here’s a pretty interesting sign of the depth of support for the public option and of the anger at “centrist” Dem lawmakers who opppose it.

Two progressive groups who launched a fundraising drive yesterday afternoon citing the defeat of both public option amendments tell me they’ve already pulled in $125,000. That’s in less than 24 hours.

The groups — the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy For America — are already running ads in the home states of Max Baucus and Olympia Snowe, demanding that they support the public option. As of yesterday, the groups had already raised $90,000 for the spots.

After the public option amendments introduced by Jay Rockefeller and Chuck Schumer were both voted down in the Senate Finance Committee yesterday afternoon, the groups blasted out a fundraising email calling for more cash to keep the ads on the air.

“Today, we are raising our fundraising goal to $200,000 to PUMMEL Baucus and Snowe with ads in their home states featuring the voices of their constituents,” the email read.

Adam Green, the co-founder of the PCCC, confirms that since then, the groups have pulled in $125,000, meaning they’ve surpassed their $200,000 goal. They’ve now upped the goal to $225,000, and the Snowe ad will keep running through the weekend.

We keep hearing the White House wants an intra-Dem cease fire, but this seems like a sign that rank and file Dems want pressure exerted on lawmakers to back the public option — and are even willing to pay for it.

[Vincardog]

1. The White House needs to a little more concerned with what WE want and less worried about that the

GOP wants. I wouldn't sit down and shut up for gwb and I will not do it for BO

[tridim]

2. The WH wants no public option and Insurance Co subsidies?

Got a link for that? Your statement is wrong by exactly 180 degrees.

Why are you spreading disinformation here? There has to be a reason.

[Vincardog]

4. WTF are you talking about? I said the White House needs to pay attention to US and quit worrying

about what the GOP wants. IF you have not seen BO bending over back-wards for "Bipartisanship" I do not know what planet you have been on.

[tridim]

5. We want a strong PO, which is exactly what the President wants.

:shrug:

[Vincardog]

8. Do you have a link for that? I would love it if BO came out and said that

[tridim]

9. "I will not sign any bill without a strong public option" -President Obama

[Bonn1997]

7. I think you misread and/or misunderstood the post

[robinlynne]

3. yes yes yes!

[rucky]

6. That's almost as much as the insurance lobby spends in an hour.

don't mean to piss on the parade.