Currently, the health care reform legislation that’s being held up in the House of Representatives is because of the Blue Dog Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee. They’re refusing to vote for the passage of health care reform out of Waxman’s committee. They are the ones blocking health care reform from happening in the House of Representatives.

We’ve thought about the best way to deal with these Blue Dog Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee, since they tend to care more about local pressure than national pressure. The word is that a letter to the editor in their local newspaper scares them a lot more than anything else does–because that local newspaper reaches hundred thousands of people in their district. And those readers are what a Blue Dog Democrat cares about because they represent votes to that Blue Dog.

 Jane Hamsher over at FDL came up with the letter-to-the-editor tool, which we can use in writing to these local newspapers in their districts. We can start writing about how these Blue Dog Democrats that have blocked the passage of health care reform, and how they really don’t have the interests of their constituents when it comes to health reform. Here are the links below that takes you directly to the letter-writing tool.

Write About What John Barrow Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

Write About What Mike Ross Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

Write About What Baron Hill Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

Write About What Bart Gordon Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

Write About What Jim Matheson Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

Write About What Charlie Melancon Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

Write About What Zachary Space Is Doing To Kill Health Reform

You can use the talking points for each Blue Dog Democrat, which I’ve provided in the letter writing tool. The letter can be customized as you like it, but try to stay within the data that’s available to you in the letter writing tool. It has to be concise though since it’s a letter to the editor, so keep that in mind when you write the letter.