K Street Identifies Vulnerable Pelosicare Voters
Thank God for K Street activists and Roll Call magazine. Thanks to K Street’s ad buy and Roll Call’s reporting, we now have a substantial start to a list of vulnerable Democrats. Here’s the list:
The ads will air in the Districts of Democratic Reps. Jim Himes (Conn.), Michael Arcuri (N.Y.), Dina Titus (Nev.), Carol Shea-Porter (N.H.), Mark Schauer (Mich.), Mary Jo Kilroy (Ohio), Debbie Halvorson (Ill.), Bill Owens (N.Y.). Gary Peters (Mich.), Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.), Bill Foster (Ill.), Kurt Shrader (Ore.), Harry Mitchell (Ariz.), Martin Heinrich (N.M.), Jerry McNerney (Calif.), Steve Kagen (Wis.), John Hall (N.Y.) Dan Maffei (N.Y.), Tim Bishop (N.Y.) and Leonard Boswell (Iowa).
The ads they’re talking about are explained here:
The labor-backed Health Care for America Now and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers on Monday announced a $650,000 television ad buy to thank 20 Members who voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
“It takes courage to stand up to the lies and scare tactics,” HCAN’s Richard Kirsch said in a statement. “It’s imperative that voters understand the important role these Members of Congress have played in taking an historic step.”
I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I think it’s important that we makethat list of people famous.
Rather than doing a copycat ad buy like HCAN and AFSCME are doing, though, I think a better way of putting things into perspective is to send out a mailer into these districts that contains a side-by-side comparison of sorts. On the left side of the page, we’d list the tax increases, the 111 new bureaucracies and the outrageous fines included in HR 3962.
On the right side of the page would be the GOP alternative. I’d highlight the fact that the GOP alternative increases competition by letting companies sell health insurance across state lines, includes lawsuit abuse reform, which increases defensive medicine costs and DOESN’T INCLUDE ANY TAX HIKES.
If we’re going to let people know about these congress-men and -women, let’s give voters the entire picture. Let’s let them know what these “courageous” members voted for but let’s also tell voters about the GOP alternative that they “courageously” rejected.
I’d suggest to NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions that the NRCC buy a couple strategically located billboards in each of these districts, too. That way everyone knows what these 20 “courageous” congress-men and -women voted for and against.
Simply put, let’s make them famous by Election Day 2010. The American people deserve to know which congressmen and women ignored the will of the people.
Technorati Tags: Taxes, Tax Increases, Mandates, Bureaucracies, Fines, Democrats, Competition, Lawsuit Abuse Reform, NRCC, Election 2010
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
November 12th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
There is one thing I don’t think anybody has caught onto yet, but will be HUGE when it’s finally out.
Ready?
Let’s say ObamaCare passes with the government option. Employers paying 12-13% on employees healthcare will be charged an 8% fine if they don’t. Bottom line, stop providing employer healthcare saves the employer 4-5%.
Now the kicker:
These employees will now HAVE to buy their healthcare from the government, but with what money? The employers aren’t going to give them raises, not in this economy for sure. Even if the employers gave their employees the 4-5% difference (and why not keep them on the plan if they were going to do that?), the employees would still have to pony up the 8% out of their ever shrinking pockets.
Bottom line:
Employees lose their employer paid healthcare, AND have to buy new healthcare from the government without any increase in their pay.
Example (purely hypothetical, all WAGs): Your employer pays $600/month for your healthcare. Drops your insurance, and you have to buy from the government for $500/month. You lose the $600 benefit and pay out an additional $500. Net loss to you: $1,100.00/month.
How’s them apples?
November 13th, 2009 at 1:07 am
AND, if you don’t buy it, you could go to jail. What a country!
November 13th, 2009 at 1:09 am
AND, if you dont buy it, you could go to jail.
November 15th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
This is compliments of K Street. I wonder what all the screaming from the left is about when they are fear-mongering lobbyists (K Street), when more money from K Street goes to the donkeys than to the Republicans?
But let’s not try to cloud the issue with facts, it will only confuse people…