Update
Conrad Denies the Bloomberg Story!
huffpo
Terrific! I'm glad we were out there, questioning this, and super glad we got such a great reply!
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The administration may have put out a trial balloon. Apparently Rahm Emanuel is telling Senators that bipartisanship is extremely important and they should be open to "alternatives."
Needless to say, we want want to shoot this balloon out of the sky as fast as we can.
This is a diary rescue, rather than a full diary. I am urging you to go to slinkerwink's diary,
President Obama Open to Dropping the Public Plan
and take the actions described there. I also suggest that you put your comment in an e-mail to the White House in the form of a question, and request a reply. I use the "Other" category, because I'm afraid they might ignore comments that don't ask for a reply.
You can copy the best ideas from some of the comments people have posted in this diary, too.
While you're at it, please take the "whip" action that nyceve is promoting at
Counting healthcare votes......
Thank you so much!
Update
To be fair, and with happiness, I'm linking to Hawkjt's comment that Conrad said the Obama is still behind the PO (but he doesn't think they have the votes).
Here's a link to the comment:
Hawkjt's comment