by Ilya Sheyman [courtesy of Blog for America]

Did you think the 2000 election was stolen? And that maybe something was wrong in 2004 as well? Are you wondering what effect election fraud had in 2006? Do you want to know what really happened and how it'll affect this year's election?

If you answered 'YES' to the above questions, then you need to host a DFA-Uncounted House Party on Wednesday, February 13th.

www.DemocracyForAmerica.com/uncounted

From your house party, you'll be able to call in to a very special conference call with filmmaker David Earnhardt and DFA Chair Jim Dean.

We have free copies of Uncounted on DVD to send to the first 200 House Parties with 10 RSVPs before February 6th.

We'll give you all the tools you need to host an effective party. You just need a TV, DVD player, and a living room big enough for you and a few DFA friends. Be sure to get started on planning your house party today.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Yup, this is part 3 in the series. Today, a snazzy letter from Andy Stern aficionado Tyrone Freeman, president of United Long-Term Care Workers' Union, another union with over 100,000 members. He seems to be a proponent of just gettin 'er done. Freeman gives no indications of what plan he's talking about, but you get the sense that some plan, any plan, would work with him. Be that ABx1 1 or whatever it is that Arnold's got cooking.

The funny thing is, Arnold's plan isn't really on the table. The Democrats aren't going to just drop their demands of affordability, nor are the other It's OUR Healthcare coalition partners (I'll let others speak to that with more insight though).  SEIU alone doesn't determine whether Arnold's healthcare will pass.  Is Arnold's plan better than Massachusetts? Probably, but it's still not good enough for California. And that's what's frustrating about this excerpt from the letter:

? Healthcare reform, as it realistically could be passed this year, will set a benchmark, like a minimum wage, where currently there is none.

We can't half-ass this and expect to come back to healthcare in 3 years. It's just not going to happen. And when you make it law that everybody must pay for insurance to a cartel of insurance providers, you better be damn well sure that you cover all your bases and provide a workable system.