Democrats Plan Attack on Republican Repeal Effort

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/democrats-plan-attack-on-republican-repeal-effort/

Democratic leaders in Washington plan to spend the next week doing what they all-but refused to do during the 2010 midterm elections: mount a vigorous defense of President Obama’s health care legislation.

The “all-fronts” plan is a response to the decision by House Speaker John Boehner, now in control of that chamber, to schedule a vote next Wednesday on a complete repeal of the health care legislation that Mr. Obama signed last March.

Senior Democratic officials said their effort will be managed by a rapid response operation modeled after the ones Mr. Obama used during his presidential campaign. That team will monitor Republican claims, send out fact checks and deploy a team of surrogates to get their views on television.

Paid television advertisements will be run “as warrants,” said one senior Democrat, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the program. Organizing for America, the president’s chief political apparatus, will host phone banks and will schedule events featuring people who would lose their benefits if the health care law were repealed.

was not paying attention.

It's amazing how the media doesn't cover their vigorous defense, and then blames Democrats for their defense not getting through to them.