Pelosi's announcement a bit back that health care without a public option was a non-starter because of opposition from Progressive Caucus members. It brought a smile to my face when I read it. Damn, I thought, it's about time progressives in congress actually used the same tactics that the Blue Dogs use all the time so successfuly.
So now Bowers at OpenLeft and FireDogLake have begun a process to formalize the tactic. Specifically FDL has created the action spreadsheet presented below. Actually theirs includes all of the progressive members of congress whereas I've only included the members that appear in our House Vote roundup locally. The page linked also includes the ability to tell them about any results you may get from calling these progressive members and asking them to committ to the process for the health care public option.
