After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat and everything we've fought for together hangs in the balance.

President Obama has signaled he's open to dramatically scaling back health care reform. The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans. And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics!

Retreat is exactly the wrong message for Democrats to take from recent election losses. The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters want more change -- not less. It's time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing healthcare reform and taking on Wall Street.

So Democracy for America members are joining with our friends at MoveOn in organizing emergency rallies nationwide on Tuesday to demand Democrats show backbone and leadership -- starting with passage of real healthcare reform.

FIND AN EMERGENCY RALLY NEAR YOU

We need a big turnout to show Democrats we're still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted for on healthcare and everything else.

Make no mistake; Democrats still have the ability to pass healthcare reform and other progressive legislation. Even after last Tuesday's election loss, Democrats still have larger majorities in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bush.

All Democrats in Washington need is to show some backbone. It's up to us to demand they use it, becuase progressives don't retreat -- we lead.

ATTEND AN EMERGENCY RALLY ON TUESDAY

Thank you for everything you do,

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America

EDU2010 has a new logo! Update: EDU2010 is now a three-part series that will take place in several cities throughout 2010, focusing on the issues of education 0-12 and how to best prepare our youth for the challenges of a global society.

Over 120 people, including parents, students, teachers, administrators and community leaders, came out on January 20th for the first of the three part series. The breakout sessions were lively and engaging.

The second dialog is on February 17th, which is being put together by a fantastic youth team. Members of Victory Over Violence and Looking In, as well as other groups, are uniting together to plan a day of skits, open mic, hip-hop and discussion. See full details under events on this web site or go to Education 2010.