Mike Doyle still hasn't signed the pledge...

Not good. Mike Doyle still hasn't signed a letter opposing all Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefit cuts...He was a no show at a very well attended public meeting organized by my old employers One Pittsburgh.


I received this from Bold Progressives.

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Philip,

We're making progress! Thanks to our grassroots phone calls, the number of House members who signed the Progressive Caucus letter opposing any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits has jumped from 2 to 80! But Representative Mike Doyle has not signed yet, and the situation is urgent.

Negotiations are happening this weekend, and we need to show that Democrats in the House won't pass a deal that cuts benefits. Can you call Rep. Doyle now and tell him to sign the letter? Click here for the phone number and a short script.

We have the momentum -- and with your help, we'll keep it up by having Rep. Doyle fighting on our side. Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Jason Rosenbaum, Michael Snook, and the PCCC team

P.S. If you'd like to reward Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva for leading this fight, click here to chip in $3 to their campaigns.

Toon that explains the problem with the debt negotiations. Giving the GOP real attack ads...

Something you can do from Firedoglake....

The debt negotiations are going horribly...here's something you can do...


Over 2000 people have already signed up to visit the office of their Senator or Representative tomorrow. Because elites of both parties are dead-set on doing this, and grassroots opposition is the only way we’re going to make an impact.
Face-to-face meetings are the way to make it real. You can show up any time of day tomorrow, just for 5 minutes, let them know in no uncertain terms how you feel about their plans to cut these critical programs at a time of economic hardship.
The President lectures progressives on Friday about how we should all care about the nation’s fiscal health. We do. We know that they don’t need “tweaking.” The President then went on to say that he supported the cuts recommended by the Catfood Commission, which included cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits, but as Commander-in-Chief he couldn’t support their cuts to defense.
Someone should tell the President that if he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits before defense spending, he’s not in any position to be giving advice to progressives.
Will you take time to go visit the office of your member of Congress or Senator tomorrow, and remind them that the American people overwhelmingly oppose cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits, and that you will will not support them in 2012 if they take part in doing that?