Liberals Press Obama to Help Millions of Americans Pay Their Mortgages

President Obama could -- and should -- do more to help the 12-million homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages, a liberal activist group says.

MoveOn.org is pressing Obama to replace Ed DeMarco, the man President Bush appointed to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which hold a majority of U.S. homeowners' mortgages.

Liberals complain that DeMarco "refused to allow underwater homeowners to adjust their mortgages to reflect the true value of their homes."

On March 15 -- the same day the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss mortgage issues -- MoveOn.org says it is organizing "big rallies" at Obama campaign offices around the country, in front of bank branches and outside foreclosed homes:

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