Obama to appeal for public support on health care
AP on Google News by Julie Pace
... With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Barack Obama is taking his last-ditch push for health care reform on the road.
In a speech Monday in Philadelphia, Obama will try to persuade the public to back his plan to remake the nation's health care system, while also urging uneasy lawmakers to cast a "final vote" for a massive reform bill in an election year. ....
There are some folks who think we Democrats lack energy. Mr. Grover Norquist was recently quoted: "Where is the energy? Anywhere, on the Dem. side? The D's haven't been able to demonstrate that, even with the paid union guys (at rallies). Why? I think that the people who thought it was exciting to vote for Obama because he was the first African-American (president), because they couldn't stand Bush, because they wanted change and difference, they looked up and (now) they are thoroughly uninterested in what Obama is doing. I don't know if they are in opposition, But they are not supportive." Feb. 6, 2010 National Journal subscriber
Mr. Norquist is wrong to say I lost interest but he is right to suggest I'm not doing enough to bring about the CHANGE I voted for. I didn't realize I was still needed. I thought my vote for Obama was enough. Is Mr. Norquist also talking about you?
There are many issues this President has promised to tackle; health care, economy, jobs, climate change, the way our government works. Right now the focus is on health care reform and the Dems need our help. So I want to urge you to think about what you might do. Maybe you could start by writing a letter to your Congressman and your Senators asking them to be supportive of health care reform. Even if you believe your representatives have their mind made up to vote NO, write anyway. Because the opposition seem to believe all Americans oppose health care reform and they need to hear from some of us who want to see a health care reform bill passed by this Congress. I think we ought to remind them that some folks in their district want to see health care reform.
Doing something is better than doing nothing.
