Tea Partiers on 'Alert' as Democrats Lay Groundwork for Health Care Passage
From
Fox News:
Democrats appear to be gambling that a perceived lull in Tea Party activism, combined with an eight-month window to the November midterm election, is going to buy them enough time to muster the simple majorities they need in the Senate and House to give President Obama at least partial victory in his push to remake the nation's health care system.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Obama will have a proposal on the table "in a matter of days."
"Time is up," she said in an interview Sunday.
But conservative activists, particularly the Tea Party groups, are gearing up for a fight to the last vote, even if political judgment day may seem far off.
"Health care is right now our first priority because we know ... it's so close to passing, and if we look away for one second, it will," said Shelby Blakely, a leader with Tea Party Patriots and executive director of its media arm, New Patriot Journal.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, continue making calls to Congress, continue writing letters to them and your local newspapers, make noise. This is not over yet! - SP
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