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Dear Friend,
While Democrats ready for the important Roberts confirmation
process in Washington, there is still important work to be done
to win state legislative seats for Democrats and to support
those state candidates who are the future of the Democratic
Party -- so we won't always be in this position in Washington.
John has been on the road this past week fighting to Raise the
States, so he asked me to update you on his progress and to
stress again the importance of this fight.
Both of us have been so deeply touched by your enthusiasm and by
the help you have given John and the Raise the States
initiative, and I'm proud to report that you're already making a
difference.
Since John last wrote to you, he has traveled to Missouri,
Oklahoma and Wisconsin to raise money for Democratic candidates
for state legislatures. The stakes are high -- big victories
would tip the scales in Missouri and Wisconsin, and wins in
Oklahoma would strengthen our delicate majority there.
But we are up against a juggernaut - the special interests,
corporate money and national donors that converge wherever
there is a chance to pick up a seat for the GOP. In nearly every
state, candidates tell John it's almost impossible to compete
with this Republican fundraising machine. Our candidates don't
have to match these special interests dollar for dollar; they
just have to be able to get their message - our message - heard
above those Republican megaphones.
If you can help John help them, we can go a long way toward
leveling the playing field - and winning majorities in the
legislatures of several closely divided states. Let's show our
candidates that we are behind them and that, like them, we're
sick and tired of watching Republican money dictate our nation's
course.
Help John Raise the States -- click here to
contribute.
We've seen enough by now to know that help will not come from
Washington. Whether it's the Republicans' Social Security plan
(which plans to worsen rather than improve Social Security
solvency), their capitulation to credit card companies and other
special interests in the new bankruptcy law, or their refusal to
raise the minimum wage - they protect the interests of their
wealthy friends and contributors while denying working Americans
the opportunities and the dignity they deserve.
That's why we must take this battle directly to state
legislatures - the grassroots of our nation's government - by
working to elect more Democratic candidates! And that's why we
have to succeed. Decent working people everywhere depend on us.
There's so much we can do at the state level. We can raise the
minimum wage for millions of hard working Americans who've seen
their buying power dwindle as the pay of corporate executives -
whose companies depend on those workers -- goes up and up and
up. We can begin to address the fact that 45 million Americans
still don't have health insurance which means that some
Americans cannot take their children to the doctor even though
we live in the wealthiest nation in the world. We can create
real education reform that helps our children compete for 21st
century jobs because our economy and our country depend on it.
And, by increasing our presence and our power at the state
level, we can take the first steps toward getting our party back
on top.
Thus far, John's fundraising events have been very successful,
and we can feel the momentum building - but we need your help if
we want to take it further. As Democrats, it's our
responsibility to make our candidates viable; we should never
have to watch promising Democrats lose because they didn't have
the money they needed. John has worked with these candidates,
and they have pledged to fight for all working Americans - so
now it's our turn to fight for them. Support John as he travels
the country raising money for their campaigns.
Help John Raise the States -- click here to
contribute.
Thanks to your help, John has already raised over $1 million for
our candidates - enough to make a real impact in several state
campaigns. And we know John will keep on fighting as long as he
is able, as long as you are right there with him.
It would mean so much to both of us if we can count on your
help.
This is a battle for the values we hold most dear - the dignity
of hard working Americans, the power of grassroots initiatives,
the resurgence of the Democratic Party, the dream of One America
- and it means so much to both us to know that we have your
support.
Thank you for all you've done, and all that you continue to do.
- Elizabeth
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