Athens Democrats trying to oust Rep. Paul Broun are taking the fight straight to the heart of Real America.

Pull the Plug, a political action committee formed by two local Organizing for America activists, Russell Edwards and Michael Smith, is sponsoring a health care forum at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Columbia County Library in the Augusta suburb of Evans, on the 10th Congressional District’s southern fringe. Columbia County and the northern edge of Richmond County, which include more than a quarter of the district’s voters, went a combined 63 percent for Broun in 2008.

Panelists will include Oconee County physician Neal Priest, University of Georgia health policy professor Fazal Khan, insurance biller Theresa Duncan and Lowell Greenbaum, chairman of the Richmond County Democrats and a retired pharmacy professor.