Progressives take out full-page NYT ad demanding Obama endorse public healthcare option

Submitted by Eternity on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:30.

The Huffington Post - In a full-page New York Times ad released Wednesday, Obama campaign workers demand that the president fight for a public health care option.

 

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee

raised over $100,000 online to fund the ad

, which will be published in the paper this week. It features a petition signed by 400 former Obama campaign staffers, 25,000 Obama volunteers, and 40,000 Obama donors that states health care reform without a public option is not "change we can believe in." The full page can be seen at ActBlue, where the group is now

raising money to turn it into a television spot

featuring Obama organizers.

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