Thank you, Bill Nelson! A vote for the public option

This was in the Senate Finance Committee today, but alas, not enough to get it through. The session is not finished, but it doesn’t look good for the public option. The vote was 13-10 against an amendment by Chuck Schumer. Bill Nelson, never having spoken for the public option, voted yes and was on the losing side, while two key senators did not vote for the public option –Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, and Olympia Snowe, Republican of Maine.

They already are targets of campaigns to put pressure on them. Check it out at Democracy for America and Act Blue.

Earlier today the Miami Herald had a story from Washington correspondent Lesley Clark quoting, among others, my fellow blogger Dave Patlak on why MoveOn has put pressure on Bill Nelson. You know, Senator, you could have avoided all this by taking a leadership role early in the process, and maybe you could have helped put the public option in the bill. Anyway, I’m just saying. And remembering.

UPDATE: Sen. Nelson had an essay in USA Today with his position on --- not the public option -- Medicare Advantage and other aspects of senior care.

DailyKos features Annette Taddeo, Joe Garcia in Act Blue donations appeal

This post up late Sunday on DailyKos, by Kos himself, urges all to donate to a handful of featured US House races across the country, including Annette Taddeo in FL-18 and Joe Garcia in FL-25.

Pop on over to DailyKos and plop down a few bucks, please.

Good idea: time to give to Joe, Raul, Annette

Here's a link to Progressive America's new Act Blue page for giving to Joe Garcia. It's up on DailyKos. This might not be the last time you're reminded that the end of June is the end of a reporting period for fundraising -- one of those milestones that help gauge how well a campaign is going.

While we're at it, remember Raul Martinez and Annette Taddeo, too.

Do you feel landslide coming on? Yes!

Dear friends: Open your wallets for Joe Garcia

Two great choices:

• His website http://www.JoeGarcia08.com/GotheDistance
• His ActBlue page http://actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/18930

Please take action by midnight. This is the deadline for reporting donations in the first quarter. You can make a difference, and Joe will thank you.

Where Act Blue came from, etc.

Interesting read in the New York Times on Act Blue, which is helping Democrats raise money for campaigns. The link.

And by the way, Act Blue is where you may have acted on www.draftgarcia.com.