Green Party of Tennessee

They screwed up change . And many are pointing the error of of their centrist ways.
Peter Doau is just one of many voices pointing out how this tepid centrist third way is destroying democratic chances.

A Coakley pollster had this to say.
The feeling among voters, said Lake, is that Washington prioritizes Wall Street over Main Street and that, despite Coakley's credentials as a state attorney general who has taken on and beaten Wall Street banks, sending her to Washington would not make a difference. "On the eve of the election, Martha Coakley had a 21-point advantage over Scott Brown on who would fight Wall Street and deliver for Main Street. But it didn't predict to the vote, because voters thought, even if they sent her down here that it wouldn't happen. 'Fine, she had done it in Massachusetts, but no one was doing it in Washington,'" Lake said. "Voters are voting for change and we have to go back to that change message. And we have to deliver on change, especially an economic policy that serves working people." -Huffpo

And the stenographers of the status quo AKA the media will give you a lot of BS about how this will kill reform. First, if the house just passes the senate bill then there is no revote in the senate. Though many of us would like to the senate bill die. Second, the Democrats never needed 60 votes. They can still pass Medicare for All by budget reconciliation. That means 50 votes plus the Vice-President.
As Thom Hartmann pointed out you can allow us to buy into medicare. Charge a slight percentage to cover the less well off up 200% of poverty(around $28,000). It is revenue nuetral! The nay sayers can't scream about the deficit. And they can't attack it because they have been using fears about medicare to derail healthcare reform.

But then the White House would have to give up its deals with Big Pharma and the Insurance Industry.
And it is not clear that they get it either. They may take this as a signal to to run even more right.
So we as greens must get active. And yes we must talk to our fellow progressives still in the Democratic Party. We must champion Medicare for Everyone as our healthcare reform.

We help candidates like Kucinich while running against blue dogs and Republicans.
And must get out there and explain to the indepedents that vassilating between two corporate owned parties will not bring the change they are looking for.

Are we up to the challange?