Mike Lux argues today that August will determine the fate of the healthcare bill. Indeed it will.

We’re having events that we’re working with Credo and others to organize. But remember, these teabagger events are well financed by serious money. David Koch is the chairman of Americans for Prosperity (lynching). Dick Armey’s Freedomworks has been picketing Wexler’s office. One of the traveling teabag wagontrains I saw was set up as some dicey PAC that looked really suspicious. It’s all networked together with right wing radio and reinforced with millions in advertising.

The only thing that can possibly compete is Obama personally traveling around and selling his health care program, supported by the 12 million member OFA list. We can turn up the heat and stiffen the resolve of progressives (maybe), but if OFA hasn’t been planning for this and seriously motivating and activating its members in a state-by-state grassroots effort to support the most important policy battle of his presidency, it will be nothing short of an epic FAIL.

Unless of course the entirely predictable result of doing something half-assed — in which case everyone returns from recess and the Finance Committee bill starts looking like the liberal alternative — achieves someone’s objective. Maybe Rahm still wants his triggers after all.

We’ve got our vacation tracker up and we’re crowd sourcing events in progressive districts. Let us know what you find.