Democrats Plan Attack on Republican Repeal Effort

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Source: Washington Post

Democratic leaders in Washington plan to spend the next week doing what they all but refused to do during the 2010 midterm elections: mount a vigorous defense of President Obama’s health care legislation. The “all fronts” plan is a response to the decision by the new House speaker, John Boehner, to schedule a vote next Wednesday on a complete repeal of the health care legislation that Mr. Obama signed last March.

Senior Democratic officials said their effort will be managed by a rapid response operation modeled after the ones Mr. Obama used during his presidential campaign. That team will monitor Republican claims, send out fact-checks and deploy a team of surrogates to get their views on television.

Paid television advertisements will be run “as warrants,” said one senior Democrat, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the program. Organizing for America, the president’s chief political apparatus, will host phone banks and will schedule events featuring people who would lose their benefits if the health care law were repealed.

“We will make clear to the American people, that as their first order of business, Republicans have decided not to focus on jobs and deficit reduction, but on re-litigating partisan battles — that, if successful, would eliminate help for our job-creating small business and explode the deficit,” said Hari Sevugan, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee.

Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/democrats-plan-attack-on-republican-repeal-effort/

[VeryConfused]

1. Good, this is an opportunity to frame the agenda in Washington

as the GOP being the puppets of big business while the Democrats support the regular citizens.

[HereSince1628]

2. We'll see how the Sunday shows go

Pardon me if I have doubts about the Dems motivating the public to act en masse in 6 days.

Moreover, the R's are doing this for their financial interests give a shit about public opinion.

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4. They'll book mostly Repubs for those shows.

one or two Dems may sneak in by mistake buy by and large the Sunday Shows are a fully sponsored message from the GOP.

[global1]

3. It's About Time - K&R.......

everyone here at DU should also do their part in communicating to their family, friends and neighbors as well. Call what the Repugs want to do "BonerCare" and tell them "BonerCare = Nothing" - that the Repugs want to reverse the course so only their rich friends can get richer.

[Roy Rolling]

5. BonerCare

I like the term. BonerCare=getting boned again by the insurance lobby

[calimary]

7. Like it! "BonerCare!"

[SaveAmerica]

8. If symptoms of Bonercare last longer than 4 hours - donate to a Democrat

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6. I'll believe it when I see it. n/t

[fasttense]

9. Come on Dems get to fighting back!

Nice to see they are going to put up their fists and fight back.

I don't mine losing a fight but I don't want to lose a fight before we have even done battle.