What we HAVE to do...

[Froward69]

1)sign Rep. Alan Graysons petition to Demand a Vote on the Public Option.

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=17

2)find every disenchanted Obama Voter you know of, get them interested and to the ballot box again.

This Morning I read on my local state political blog an analysis of two recent polls, Rassmussin and PPP. For Colorado Governor, Rasmussin has republic Mcinnis beating Democrat Hickenlooper by a couple points.
yet
PPP has Hickenlooper beating Mcinnis by double digits!!

This is the best analysis I have read! As well as This MUST be the trends across the United States.

http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/11815/how-can-both-rasmussen-and-ppp-be-right-and-are-democrats-done-for
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Now, I think that Democrats will lose seats. That's what happens when you run the White House and Congress. Moreover, a lot of those seats are in conservative districts - the days that you'll see the DCCC running six rounds of Red-to-Blue are long past.

Will they get wiped out, though? That's a much harder question to answer, even as I'm sure people here will nod vigorously yes. I think the jury is still out on that - passing health care reform will help, an economic uptick will help, &c.

The other thing that Democrats have going for them this cycle is the desperate lack of funds on the Republican side. While the GOP is outfundraising the Dems for the second month in a row, Dems still have a nearly 2-1 cash on hand advantage. We'll see if that continues to narrow.

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According to DemCorps, likely voters are much more opposed to Democrats than unlikely voters (whom DemCorps dubs "drop-off voters"). How much more? Check it out:


President Obama's Job Performance:
Likely voters: 47% yes, 48% no
Drop-off voters: 59% yes, 35% no

"If the election were held today, would you be voting for or ?"
Likely voters: 44% D, 47% R
Drop-off voters: 55% D, 30% R

Simply astounding.

from Gallup


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Republicans look fired up and seem ready to go, while the Democrats are anything but.
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Way back at the beginning of this fight, a number of progressive organizations decided to make the fight for health care reform a proxy fight for progressive power. The vehicle they chose for this fight was the inclusion of a public health insurance option.

That is the reason why it keeps coming back to life, over and over again. There's nothing magical or necessary about its inclusion in the health care reform legislation. In fact, it might even be better to move it as a separate piece of legislation...which is precisely what Florida Congressman Alan Grayson is doing! (You should click on that link, by the way.)

http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=17

Grayson's proposal, broadly stated, is even better than the weak public option that I'm so indifferent about. That's because the public option that folks are so fired up about would only have been available to anywhere from 2% to 6% of the population, while Grayson is talking about opening Medicare eligibility for everyone.
http://www.wewantmedicare.com
Yes, you read that right. Everyone.

http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/11815/how-can-both-rasmussen-and-ppp-be-right-and-are-democrats-done-for

hit the previous link and give it a read at Colorado Polls I believe it applies not just to Colorado but to the United States as whole.

let the right muddle with what poll is most accurate, What we need to do is get all those disenchanted Obama voters enthusiastic and back to the Polls in November!!!

and sign Grayson's petition.
http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=17

[Newest Reality]

1. This is confusion?

The Dems have seats, and people are growing befuddled and extremely disenchanted with the results so far. Is that a fair assessment?

So, we all supposed to get active and back to voting with the primary agenda being to keep Rethugs out? That's the major incentive? Neither party seems interested in our overall benefit as they play within their own sandboxes under the shroud of corporate influence where results are always favorable.

IMHO, the currents system is failing us in bold and it seems the writing on the wall may be that loyalty to a two-party system is obviously in question. I mean, if you base it on the Gestalt game show we have seen for so very long.

I am not promoting any particular third, (or more) parties, nor am I suggesting that anyone should. My perspective is that, if people really want to at least try to get some equitable results that aim towards the general well-being of The People in general, (sans party manipulative lines and endless, invasive wedge issues) this will emerge naturally. The time seems overly ripe, as in brown banana ripe.

I am particularly jaded and exhausted by being played for votes, (so someone can hold office to benefit from power/pay/payoffs/health care benefits/future board positions, etc.) without reaping the reward of the results promised and expected. I am not alone, it seems.

[Froward69]

2. "disenchanted with the results so far"

yes that is a fact.

and the republicans are sure to take advantage of it.
the point of my post is to get people like myself (who see the reality of republican obstructionism.)
to get out and get others to Vote Democratic again. NOT just stay home as they are presently inclined to do.

[Froward69]

3. self kick

:kick: