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Today, we begin another week of our TV ad holding Sen. Ben Nelson accountable in Nebraska for undermining the public option.
And Ben Nelson is really scrambling.
Immediately after our ads were announced, Nelson called the small-business owner featured in our ad and defensively tried to get him to stop speaking out. Then he called Howard Dean, founder of Democracy for America -- our partner on this ad!
And today Nelson began airing his own ads in Nebraska, playing defense -- a highly unusual move for someone not up for re-election until 2012.
Ben Nelson is feeling the heat -- and this is all possible because people like you chipped in to fund our ad.
We'll keep holding Ben Nelson accountable as long as folks keep chipping in. Click here to see our ad and Nelson's -- and help us match Nelson ad-for-ad on the air.
Mike Snider, who appears in our ad, tells us that people are consistently coming into his restaurant to shake his hand and say thanks for holding Nelson accountable.
And the pressure on Nelson is not just local. Our ad was featured 5 times by national TV shows: ABC's This Week, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's Ed Schultz, and even FOX (OK, that only counts as half a show, but you get the point). Together, we're making waves.
With Ben Nelson kicking off his August recess back in Nebraska, now is the time to keep the pressure on.
Nelson needs to know that if he wants the public pressure to stop, the solution isn't a bunch of defensive phone calls to his critics or a PR ad blitz -- it's to support giving his constituents the choice of a public option.
Click here to help us keep our ads on the air -- and keep the pressure on.
Thank you, as always, for being a bold progressive.
-- Michael Snook & the PCCC team
P.S. We're still collecting more real health care stories from around the nation to highlight in the media and on TV. If you have one, please let us know. Or pass along to others who have stories.
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