<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5231e3a3-36a4-42c5-8fd6-acec1f4db50c/1185C088-12F9-4F29-AC74-D23D66923AA6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/" href="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alternet.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/"><P class="storyheadline">Pressuring Obama to Make the Right Decision on Health Care is AlterNet's Top Campaign of the Week</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/"><P>Although pressure for a public health care option continues to emanate from all corners of America (<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/health/policy/21poll.html">72 percent of citizens now support a public option; 85 percent agree that our system needs a radical overhaul</A>), it's still unclear whether the Obama administration will use its immense political capital to do what's necessary.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/"><P>It's clear that the only thing standing in the way of meaningful reform is a bloated lobby -- one accustomed to steering the conversation in whatever direction it deems fit.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/"><P>Allowing this monopolistic control to continue is not just financially unsustainable -- it contradicts our country's claims that democratic consensus overrides elite interests. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/">Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/">has put together an organization designed to mobilize progressive support. <A href="http://standwithdrdean.com/"><EM>Standwithdrdean.com</EM></A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/action/141004/pressuring_obama_to_make_the_right_decision_on_health_care_is_alternet%27s_top_campaign_of_the_week/">to urge policymakers to vote down any health care legislation that doesn't include a public option.   </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1185C088-12F9-4F29-AC74-D23D66923AA6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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