Online petitions are perhaps as effective a means of moving the congressional inertiasaurus as, say, enormous campaign contributions.   But rarely are the petition drives set up by actual U.S. Senators calling out to the public to counteract what the Senators describe as "the forces of the status quo. 

Senators Durbin, Leahy and Schumer have established a website pithily titled Citizens for Real Healthcare Refore and a Public Option and are soliciting signatures expressing support for a public option.  They have already collected over 76,000 signatures.  Perhaps you would be willing to add yours?   The website is http://citizensforapublicoption.com.