Hot September In Little Rock

by digby

There’s going to be a lot of activity in Arkansas in the next couple of weeks. Blue America has another ad in the can, ready to go, asking Blanche Lincoln to follow her constituents’ wishes. After discussing the new polling showing that she is under fifty percent and that her constituents strongly approve of the public plan, Amato writes:

The major reason we first targeted Lincoln back in July was that she’s running for reelection in 2010, while many of the ConservaDems on the Senate Finance Committee did not have to face their voters. It’s amazing that she’s under the 50% threshold now. We’ll be running another wave of TV ads coming up, and I wanted to thank all our readers for making this possible. You can still donate to Blue America’s Health Care for Choice Act Blue page so we can keep fighting for the public option

And Change Congress is on the case too.

Today, we are announcing our latest TV ad — calling out the “Blue Dog Democrat” leader, Rep. Mike Ross (Arkansas), for his special-interest contributions from the health industry. Click here to see the ad and help us air it in Arkansas. This ad includes a substantial cameo by Keith Olbermann, and for those of you who know my voice, you’ll recognize a certain narrator. Congressman Ross recently switched his position on the public health insurance option — opposing it, despite the fact that Arkansas voters favor it 55% to 38%. He’s also taken over $900,000 from special interests that oppose reform. We obtained footage of Ross complaining about how much money he needs to raise to get elected — so in the ad, we challenge him to support the bipartisan bill in Congress to replace special-interest-funded elections with citizen-funded elections. We need to raise $15,000 to air our ad 200 times in Arkansas — can you chip in? If we surpass that goal, we’ll air the ad in Washington, DC as well — so all of Congress sees it. This ad is bound to make a splash. Any help getting it on the air is most appreciated. Thanks for helping to Change Congress.

I hope WalMart has air conditioners on sale this month.

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