Remind Gov. Jindal: Loyalty to Louisiana FIRST

Target: Governor Bobby Jindal, State of Louisiana

Sponsored by: Your Party or Your STATE?

This petition is intended to remind Governor Bobby Jindal that he is Louisiana's Governor FIRST, and a Republican second. Please sign to remind Governor Jindal to be loyal to his constituents, his home, his STATE -- first and foremost -- by supporting Senator Mary Landrieu, as he did on November 20, 2009, on CNN, by stating:

'The bill is awful, but it's unfair to criticize Sen. Landrieu or the rest of our delegation for fighting to correct this injustice to Louisiana. Our entire delegation is working together across party lines to correct this flawed formula.' (emphasis added)

See Senator Landrieu's Floor Speech on the "Real Story" Behind the Medicaid Fix for Louisiana:
http://landrieu.senate.gov/mediacenter/pressreleases/02-05-2010-1.cfm

See this editorial printed in The Advocate on Feb. 9, 2010, as found on Sen. Mary Landrieu's website:
http://landrieu.senate.gov/mediacenter/inthenews/02-09-2010-1.cfm

Hold Governor Jindal to his word. Tell him to have the guts to stand up for HIS STATE. Remind him who voted him into the Governor's Mansion. His loyalty to his party should NOT overshadow his loyalty to the people of the State of Louisiana.

This petition is intended to remind Governor Bobby Jindal that he is Louisiana's Governor FIRST, and a Republican second. Please sign to remind Governor Jindal to be loyal to his constituents, his home, his STATE -- first and foremost -- by supporting Senator Mary Landrieu, as he did on November 20, 2009, on CNN, by stating:

'The bill is awful, but it's unfair to criticize Sen. Landrieu or the rest of our delegation for fighting to correct this injustice to Louisiana. Our entire delegation is working together across party lines to correct this flawed formula.' (emphasis added)

See Senator Landrieu's Floor Speech on the "Real Story" Behind the Medicaid Fix for Louisiana:
http://landrieu.senate.gov/mediacenter/pressreleases/02-05-2010-1.cfm

See this editorial printed in The Advocate on Feb. 9, 2010, as found on Sen. Mary Landrieu's website:
http://landrieu.senate.gov/mediacenter/inthenews/02-09-2010-1.cfm

Hold Governor Jindal to his word. Tell him to have the guts to stand up for HIS STATE. Remind him who voted him into the Governor's Mansion. His loyalty to his party should NOT overshadow his loyalty to the people of the State of Louisiana.

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URGENT MESSAGE! Congress is running out LOOP HOLES!

This is an URGENT MESSAGE to ALL VOICES from MAIN STREET! Congress is running out of LOOP HOLES! We MUST ACT AT ONCE! Go to your nearest grocery, buy a box of Fruit Loops (or a bag of the generic ones; they're cheaper), and SEND THEM TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON CAPITOL HILL! If you don't know who your representatives are, look them up at Congress.Org. HURRY! ACT NOW!

National Poll

VOTERS REVOLT AGAINST MANDATES WITHOUT PUBLIC OPTION
from http://act.boldprogressives.org/cms/sign/natpollresults121809/

Public option: 59% to 31%.

Mandates without public option: 33% to 56%.

Voters overwhelmingly say Obama didn't fight Lieberman hard enough: 63% to 29%.

This Research 2000 National Poll was conducted for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America from Dec. 16 through Dec. 17, 2009. A total of 800 likely voters were interviewed by telephone. Margin of error is 3.5% overall.

(Research 2000 also does polling for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lexington Herald-Leader, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, South Bend Tribune, and Reno Gazette-Journal.)

See other polls commissioned by the PCCC and DFA here: Nevada, Arkansas, Indiana, and National (12/11-12/13).

PUBLIC OPTION
Would you favor or oppose creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal government that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance companies? (Wording of CNN poll)
	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	59%	31%	10%
Men	54%	36%	10%
Women	64%	26%	10%
Democrats	88%	9%	3%
Republicans	24%	64%	12%
Independents	57%	29%	14%
Other	56%	31%	13%
White	54%	39%	7%
Black	77%	7%	16%
Latino	68%	13%	19%
Other	71%	12%	17%
18-29	72%	21%	7%
30-44	51%	37%	12%
45-59	67%	23%	10%
60+	49%	42%	9%
Northeast	73%	17%	10%
South	45%	43%	12%
Midwest	62%	29%	9%
West	61%	31%	8%

PUBLIC OPTION + MEDICARE BUY-IN
If Congress proposed passing a strong public health insurance option PLUS allowing people age 55 to 64 to buy into Medicare, would you favor or oppose this idea?
	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	58%	31%	11%
Men	52%	38%	10%
Women	64%	24%	12%
Democrats	88%	8%	4%
Republicans	22%	69%	9%
Independents	57%	27%	16%
Other	52%	30%	18%
White	52%	40%	8%
Black	81%	6%	13%
Latino	69%	10%	21%
Other	73%	7%	20%
18-29	74%	18%	8%
30-44	49%	39%	12%
45-59	67%	22%	11%
60+	47%	42%	11%
Northeast	72%	14%	14%
South	44%	45%	11%
Midwest	61%	30%	9%
West	60%	30%	10%

MANDATE
Would you favor or oppose requiring all Americans to buy health insurance -- the so-called mandate -- even if they find insurance too expensive or do not want it?
	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	38%	51%	11%
Men	36%	54%	10%
Women	40%	48%	12%
Democrats	52%	35%	13%
Republicans	27%	64%	9%
Independents	34%	55%	11%
Other	32%	58%	10%
White	33%	57%	10%
Black	55%	32%	13%
Latino	47%	38%	15%
Other	49%	36%	15%
18-29	42%	47%	11%
30-44	38%	52%	10%
45-59	40%	49%	11%
60+	36%	53%	11%
Northeast	44%	46%	10%
South	36%	56%	8%
Midwest	38%	51%	11%
West	38%	49%	13%

MANDATE, NO PUBLIC OPTION/MEDICARE
Would you favor or oppose a health care bill that does NOT include a public health insurance option and does NOT expand Medicare, but DOES require all Americans to get health insurance?
	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	33%	56%	11%
Men	35%	53%	12%
Women	31%	59%	10%
Democrats	37%	51%	12%
Republicans	30%	61%	9%
Independents	31%	57%	12%
Other	31%	59%	10%
White	32%	58%	10%
Black	36%	52%	12%
Latino	32%	54%	14%
Other	33%	53%	14%
18-29	38%	52%	10%
30-44	32%	57%	11%
45-59	35%	54%	11%
60+	29%	59%	12%
Northeast	39%	52%	9%
South	30%	60%	10%
Midwest	32%	56%	12%
West	34%	55%	11%

SUBSIDIES, NO MANDATE
Would you favor or oppose a health care bill that does NOT include a public health insurance option and does NOT expand Medicare and does NOT require all Americans to buy health insurance -- but DOES provide significant subsidies to low- and middle-income families to help them buy insurance?
	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	42%	46%	12%
Men	39%	50%	11%
Women	45%	42%	13%
Democrats	54%	37%	9%
Republicans	25%	60%	15%
Independents	43%	45%	12%
Other	40%	47%	13%
White	37%	52%	11%
Black	57%	28%	15%
Latino	54%	31%	15%
Other	55%	31%	14%
18-29	48%	40%	12%
30-44	39%	49%	12%
45-59	44%	44%	12%
60+	37%	50%	13%
Northeast	51%	38%	11%
South	34%	54%	12%
Midwest	43%	45%	12%
West	44%	44%	12%

WHITE HOUSE TALKING POINT -- "PROVIDES?"
If the government requires 30 million uninsured Americans to buy health insurance, and gives subsidies to some Americans to help them afford this insurance, would it be accurate to say this plan, quote, "PROVIDES" 30 million Americans with health insurance?
	YES	NO	NOT SURE
ALL	36%	48%	16%
Men	35%	50%	15%
Women	37%	46%	17%
Democrats	42%	40%	18%
Republicans	32%	53%	15%
Independents	34%	50%	16%
Other	33%	52%	15%
White	35%	50%	15%
Black	41%	41%	18%
Latino	37%	46%	17%
Other	37%	45%	18%
18-29	40%	45%	15%
30-44	34%	50%	16%
45-59	37%	47%	16%
60+	35%	49%	16%
Northeast	41%	43%	16%
South	32%	53%	15%
Midwest	36%	48%	16%
West	37%	47%	16%

OBAMA VS. LIEBERMAN
President Obama has said he favors a public health insurance option. Senator Joe Lieberman is widely credited with forcing Senate Democrats to take the public option off the table in order to win his vote. Do you think President Obama should have done more to pressure Lieberman to allow the public option to move forward?
	YES	NO	NOT SURE
ALL	63%	29%	8%
Men	59%	34%	7%
Women	67%	24%	9%
Democrats	87%	10%	3%
Republicans	13%	76%	11%
Independents	72%	18%	10%
Other	69%	21%	10%
White	56%	37%	7%
Black	86%	7%	7%
Latino	80%	9%	11%
Other	82%	9%	9%
18-29	68%	23%	9%
30-44	61%	32%	7%
45-59	65%	27%	8%
60+	59%	33%	8%
Northeast	81%	12%	7%
South	44%	47%	9%
Midwest	67%	25%	8%
West	67%	26%	7%

SAMPLE FIGURES
Men	385 (48%)
Women	415 (52%)
Democrats	254 (32%)
Republicans	185 (23%)
Independents	274 (34%)
Other	87 (11%)
White	586 (73%)
Black	103 (13%)
Latino	95 (12%)
Other	16 (2%)
18-29	142 (18%)
30-44	265 (33%)
45-59	231 (29%)
60+	162 (20%)
Northeast	167 (21%)
South	241 (30%)
Midwest	216 (27%)
West	176 (22%)

Paid for by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee PAC (www.BoldProgressives.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions to the PCCC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS:

Dear Too-Rich-to-Give-a-Damn Politicians in Congress:

Pretty soon you'll all be pledging allegiance to the Bank of America, one nation under United Health Group! Just don't expect your constituents to stoop as low. You were the ones who got the almighty dollars from the lobbyists; we just got the shaft! But come next election, it'll be OUR VOTE that gives you the shaft -- and the boot!

Sincerely,
One Voice from Main Street