If you’re a member of a local DFA group, a Democratic club, a Drinking Liberally or any other local organization, we’d like to have you pass the resolution demanding the inclusion of a strong public option in any final health care bill.  You can find the language and sign on here.  And you can also sign on as an individual. 

We’ve got the momentum going.  Let’s  keep ratcheting it up.

Howard Dean will be joining Jim Moran at a town hall in Reston, Virginia tonight. Randall Terry is going to be targeting it, and there’s a lot of buzz on both sides about it, so it should be quite an event. I’ll be there with Virginia blogger Ben Tribbett of NotLarrySabato, who got Terry McAuliffe to agree to do a fundraiser for the first Virginia Democrat in the Senate or House who agrees to take the pledge.

After the event, Ben and I are going to be hosting a get together for all the bloggers who attend. It will be at Clyde’s of Reston (google map): 11905 Market Street, Reston VA, 20190, (703) 787-6601.

My my my. After Markos published poll results indicating Cooper had a 16% approval rating on his handling of health care from Democrats in his district and was ripe for a primary challenge, Cooper isn’t too happy:

If you think your insurance is expensive and doesn’t cover much now, wait until the Senate Finance Committee bill gets jammed through the Senate: In May, the Senate Finance Committee discussed requiring that insurers reimburse at least 76% of policyholders’ medical costs under their most affordable plans. Now the committee is considering setting that rate [...]

David Walker, head of the Pete Peterson foundation and noted Social Security slasher, is also on the bill at an event hosted by the Rand Corporation.  Cooper, who now has 16% approval among Democrats in his district on his handling of health care, should feel right at home.

If any primary challengers in TN-05 were waiting for a signal that Jim Cooper was vulnerable, the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll of his district should be a welcome signal.

Several months ago, I helped persuade encourage Jerry Nadler to take the whip count pledge.  So I’m particularly thrilled to see that’s he’s standing firm as iron these days. From the way he’s talking, he’s a changed man–delighted he took the pledge, and knowing full well the critical nature of the pledge project. And for anyone with lingering doubts that the path to securing the public option runs [...]

It was somewhat disconcerting when Donna Edwards would not confirm to the Hill this week Edwards, who signed the letter, that she would vote against any bill through conference that did not have a public plan.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro…