In just 4 days $322,000 raised for the public option!

"We just crossed the $300,000 mark in our effort to thank the progressive members of Congress who signed the August 19 letter, pledging to vote against any health care bill that does not have a public plan."

http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/08/20/bloggers-take-a-300000-victory-lap/

Does that mean it will be divided equally and donated to their campaigns? Or what?

I've tried to find the answer to this and it seems a bit fuzzy.

ON EDIT - Ah, I see. You can donate to any or all of the Congress critters who've pledged to support the public option directly. Cool. I'm on that.

They have insisted on a "robust" public option. I define that to mean a plan that is projected to cover 50+ million Americans within five years (enough to actually "keep the insurance companies honest" and drive down costs). They have also pledged to not support the plan unless the public option pays doctors and hospitals at Medicare +5% rates.

If they abandon either of these two, essential promises, they will feel the wrath of their constituents, and the Democratic Party will risk losing its liberal base. We want single-payer. Absent that, we will accept the public option, but only if it is "robust," as described above.

Ignore this warning at your own peril.

:dem:

-Laelth