Kay Hagan's Wobbly Red Jello Problem

Kay rightly says "it doesn't matter what you call it" because the devil is in the details. In fact you can already see the center-right taking over the language, talking about back stops and public plans with such amorphous interpretations that they bear no resemblance to the simple, single-payer option that would cut through the BS and deliver fair and basic coverage at a fair price. Insurance companies are good at skimming the cream, Kay. They don't need your help doing that.

Just focus on what's right for people ... and do it with a phase-in model in mind. That way your buddies can preserve their profits while they assemble their golden parachutes. They're creative guys, let them figure out how to deal.

and not all of it's good.

Come on, Kay. You're a Democrat. You're supposed to be working for regular people. Right?

An easy action you can take.

is read the proposals, and read the Kos diaries so she knows what the heck she's talking about. As you can see, she doesn't even know the "lingo" being used. Is she getting her information from the tee vee?? I am a Florida resident. I visit this blog because I am trying to concoct a plan to escape from Fraudia, er, Florida. So I visit websites in N.C. and a couple of other states to get a feel for the peeps. So, if someone who can rightfully claim to be a N.C. resident would call and speak directly to her, and in very sweet tones that you can offer to share with her some helpful information so she doesn't keep speaking with pie on her face, wul, that would be wonderful.

Is wasn't the Republicans on the other side of that divide that worked to get her elected. It wasn't Republicans on the other side of that divide that sent her campaign contributions or even voted for her. It was the Democrats! We are the Freakin' majority, we are the people that need and overwhelming want health care fixed in America.
Work for us Kay, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS!

(Jeebus my blood pressure goes up just thinking about this issue and the people we elected working against us.....0

She's so rich she doesn't know anything about how it feels to be an average citizen

Kay Hagan doesn't have the faintest idea about what most Americans deal with in their daily lives. Why the hell did we elect this woman? She's no better than Liddy Dole. And, I think she copied Liddy's inane response letters to constituents.

I've already given up on her. Will I write and complain? Sure! Will it do any good? Hell no!

for someone to replace her, maybe? I have the philosophy of treating politicians like her the same way we treat a paper towel...wipe your hands and throw it away and get a fresh one. :)

If our first reaction out of the box is to threaten replacement, we get written off. It's like invoking a nuclear threat over every issue--a North Korea business style. Especially when we're talking about someone who is not yet a full year into a six-year term.

The public plan option for health insurance, in my opinion, is in fact one of those details of social justice policy which justifies making a huge fuss. It's that important to making affordable health care universally accessible. But it's also a debate that is very much still in progress.

I do not like the fact that Sen. Hagan is equivocating on this issue, but at least she hasn't staked herself out on the wrong side. There's still plenty of opportunity to persuade her that her informed constituent base understands that a strong public plan option IS the compromise--the "bridge" between what most of our folks would really like (single-payer) and the current catastrophe of an unhealth insurance system. A public plan option as a "back-stop" (which sounds suspiciously like the "trigger" alternative) is NOT the compromise, but an unacceptable sellout.

It's time for calling campaigns, rallies, vigils, lobbying action days--whatever we need to do to drive the message home that this is a big deal, very big, and we're expecting her to come down on the public's side.