Change Congress received this email from Karen Gadbois and wanted to share it:
I went to the Farmer's Market today. Strangers approached me to shake my hand. Young mothers, older folks, black, white -- people from all walks of life.
They wanted to thank me for the recent commercial where I spoke out in favor of the public option and against special interests. I think together we gave many people a voice, and I can tell we're having an impact.
Thank you for being part of this impact.
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Landrieu's opposition to the public option and her millions in special-interest money had been flying completely under the radar. But in the last few weeks, she's been bombarded with online ads, TV ads, phone calls, and tons of national and local media stories. She now knows the public is watching.
We'll be keeping an eye on Landrieu's upcoming votes and statements. But in the meantime, it's time to start planning our next target -- can you help?
Below are some senators we're considering. Please reply to this email and share your thoughts. We read every email you send.
Potential targets:
- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). He's taken over $2 million from health and insurance interests and opposes a public option. Last week, a constituent asked why he couldn't get insurance as good as the senator's. Grassley's response: If you want quality coverage, "go work for the federal government."
- Sens. Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins (R-ME). They have taken over $2 million together from health and insurance interests (Collins a tad more), and they have opposed the public option so far. Snowe consistently has advocated a "trigger" proposal that the insurance industry wants.
- Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT). He's the chair of a key Senate committee on the health care reform issue and has taken $3.9 million from health and insurance interests. He'd hinted that he may support a public option, but when his committee's draft plan came out, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein reported, "There's no public plan mentioned anywhere in the document."
- Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND). He's taken $2.1 million from health and insurance interests and has offered one of the main proposals to dilute the public option -- a local "co-op" plan. Insurers would prefer this to a strong federally backed head-to-head competitor with private insurance.
- Any of the above or none of the above. Do all of those sound like great targets? None of them? Let us know.
We'll ask our next target to choose between their special-interest contributors and the public. Just reply to this email to share your thoughts on who to target.
Thanks for reading this long email. And for helping to Change Congress.
Adam Green, CEO
Change Congress
P.S. We worked closely with groups such as Democracy for America and MoveOn during our Landrieu campaign, great partners in this fight to hold politicians accountable. 
