From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: An alarming new study shows that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half century. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,047 per person — and is now projected to nearly double by 2019. If we don’t act, this growing burden will mean more lost jobs, more families pushed into bankruptcy, and more crushing debt for our nation.
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"Pass health reform now"
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President Obama is scheduled to address the Democratic Party this morning at the Party’s 2010 Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. You can watch live online starting at 10:30 A.M
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Watch Live: President Obama Addresses the Democratic Party
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Here’s the full video of tonight’s event with President Obama:
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Full Video: A Conversation with the President
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From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: Today, at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time, Organizing for America is hosting a "Conversation with the President" — and you won’t want to miss it. President Obama will talk about fighting for change in 2010, and then answer questions from grassroots supporters like you
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Today: Conversation with the President
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From David Plouffe: Want to know what Organizing for America supporters like you think we should do in 2010? Watch a short video I recorded detailing the results of our "What’s Next in 2010" survey. In 2009, you channeled the energy from the Presidential campaign — building local organizations in all 50 states — to help bring about the change President Obama’s election victory gave us the opportunity to seek.
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Video Message from David Plouffe: Your Thoughts on 2010
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From Mitch Stewart: Yesterday, the President stood in front of a gathering of House Republicans and took questions for more than an hour, urging them to put aside partisanship and work together for the good of the country. MSNBC described it as going straight into "the lion’s den." He was inspiring.
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From President Obama: I just finished delivering my first State of the Union address. I set out an urgent plan for restoring economic security for struggling middle class families
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Message from the President: "I cannot do it alone"
In today’s Washington Post , Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe penned an op-ed in which he admits that the Democratic Party received a resounding "wake-up call" from the Massachusetts special election on Tuesday, but he argues that the way forward is to continue to fight, and to show American people that they are capable of doing the hard things that voters sent them to Washington to do. [The 2010 midterms] will be a tough election for our party and for many Republican incumbents as well.
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David Plouffe to Democrats: "Fight like hell… and do what the American people sent us to Washington to do"
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In today’s Weekly Address, President Obama talks about the fight against special interests, as well as the fight to come in the wake of Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision: "This week, the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests and their lobbyists – and a powerful blow to our efforts to rein in corporate influence.
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Weekly Address: Fighting for the Public Against Special Interests