California Democratic Party

Couple of things going on over on the left coast.

Sometimes talking about health care can be boring. Sometimes it can be sad and compelling. But when there is a cartoon??

As part of the overwhelming work to reform health care Sick of BlueCross is taking on an ambitious task of holding leaders in Sacramento accountable for campaign promises. This compared to a campaign on behalf of Blue Cross (and their roster of insurance agent peeps) that are forking over bank to scare people away from reform.

This matters to us particularly because Blue Cross has this special plan they call the Tonik Plan that specifically targets young people.

There has been some talk around here about the value of Howard’s 50 State Strategy that gets candidates to run in all offices

“Not only is this the best way of distributing the party’s message, but it ensures the engagement of the youth that is so vital to the party’s long-term health and vitality.” Says Craig a poster on FM. “People that want to write off the South or any other part of this country bother me. By doing this, we’re telling young people to stay at home, sit on their rear ends, and allow the government to do whatever it wants. By doing this, we validate apathy.”

I couldn’t agree more. I am on vacation this week back to the homeland to visit family and friends for my birthday week – yes it’s a whole week – and it prompted me to really think about how things have changed in terms of the way we do outreach with Dean’s 50 State Strategy, how effective it is, and how it impacts the up and coming voters.