WYDEN, OR up for reelection in 2010 against Healthcare - ask DeFazio to run

[rivertext]

I thought we didn't have any more Republican Senators in Oregon?

Tell Senator Wyden that we're going to Elect a Democratic Senator in 2010 --NOT A DINO - Democrat In Name Only - senator.

Do we need a Lieberman on both coasts of America?

Email Senator Wyden:
http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/

Washington DC Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Portland, OR [phone]

Senator Wyden is running for reelection in 2010. He opposed the bail-out and now healthcare because he thinks no one will challenge him in the primary and then he can sweep to victory as a DINO DEMOCRAT in the general election. Does Oregon deserve to have a DINO Democrat like Lieberman?

Ask Congressman DeFazio to challenge Wyden in the primary -- that would get Healthcare reform another vote, and it would get Oregon two Democratic senators.


emai DeFazio
http://www.house.gov/formdefazio/contact.html


http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/citing-cbo-directors-statements-senate-centrists-urge-slower-pace-for-health-care-reform.php

Citing CBO-Director's Statements, Senate Centrists Urge Slower Pace For Health Care Reform
By Brian Beutler - July 17, 2009, 12:44PM
Six key Senate Centrists--Ben Nelson (D-NE), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Ron Wyden (D-OR)--are asking Democratic and Republican leaders to slow down the pace of health care reform efforts.

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According to Huffington Post's Ryan Grim, who first obtained the letter, "The organized effort to slow down the process is a blow to the reform effort." And, indeed, there letter exemplifies a growing sense among centrists and health reform skeptics that the pace of reform should be slowed down. But it's also a restatement of very publicly held views. Earlier today, Nelson himself appeared on CNN and suggested congressional health care leaders should not to move too quickly.

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[FLAprogressive]

1. K&R - DeFazio is good.

[OregonBlue]

2. We've written and called to no avail. Wyden thinks his plan is best and won't listen to his

constituents. He was also big on the pharma bill. Guess he's been there too long. Time for a new face!! We won't vote for a Republican but we won't vote for him either.

[BR_Parkway]

3. If we could get Defazio to announce, then flood him with grass roots donations

to the overload point, we could probably get the attention of the rest of these damn bribe taking Congressperson's to vote for our interests for once - not the companies that fund them.

[clear eye]

9. Excellent plan. I'd skip a meal to send money for that cause. n/t

[Taverner]

4. Wyden =/= Lieberman

During the Bush years, he was a stalwart Dem when others were caving

[oregonjen]

5. Interesting to find out who donates to his campaign

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00007724&cycle=2010

Perhaps this is why he's not listening to his constituents.

[dhpgetsit]

6. I wrote a letter to Wyden

I told him he would lose my vote if he didn't support public health care. I don't want to lose DeFazio in the House. I just want 2 progressive senators. I will support Defazio if he challenges Wyden, but there are other good candidates too.

[lsewpershad]

7. Like?

[rivertext]

8. Krugman calls Wyden & Co. "Deadly hypocrites"

The six deadly hypocrites

Will the destructive center kill health care reform? It looks all too possible.

What’s especially galling is the hypocrisy of their claimed reason for delaying progress — concern about the fiscal burden. After all, in the past most of them have shown no concern at all for the nation’s long-term fiscal outlook.

-- snip --

If the Gang of Six really does kill reform, remember their names; they will bear the responsibility for vast, unnecessary suffering over the years to come.





http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/the-six-deadly-hypocrites/