40 days from today - on May 18 - we will see two HUGE primaries for U.S. Senate. Even though these races aren't in Missouri, they impact Democrats across the country and, well, the entire country as a whole.
In Pennsylvania, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak will try to upset Republican-for-decades Arlen Specter.
In Arkansas, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter will try to upset corporate lackey Blanche Lincoln.
These two races are tremendously important to defining who and what the Democratic Party is and what we will be fighting for.
If you can volunteer for these candidates (or encourage friends and family in Pennsylvania and Arkansas to do so), that would be amazing.
Of course, if you can help with a contribution to either or both via the Expand the Map! ActBlue page as soon as possible, it will make a big impact.
Polling shows that both Specter and Lincoln are at risk of - if not likely to - hand these Senate seats over to far-right-wing Republicans. (And, even if these two retain the seats, that's not much better on many key issues.)
Congressman Sestak and Lieutenant Governor Halter winning these primaries are critical to keeping these seats in truly Democratic hands. Your support can help make that happen! Please hop over to the Expand the Map! ActBlue page right away to make a contribution - an investment in the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party to pull out an old expression - and show your support.
Thanks SO much for any support you can provide. 40 Days.
I just wanted to remind everyone that today (Wednesday) is the final day of the first fundraising quarter of 2010. The fundraising totals reported by federal candidates will help determine their relative strength as we head toward Election Day 2010.
Please contribute as generously as you can today.
For instance, you can contribute to Robin Carnahan's campaign for U.S. Senate via my Expand the Map! ActBlue page. On it, Robin has 49 contributions. Can you be contribution number 50?
(Remember: every contribution you make to Robin via the Expand the Map! ActBlue page is not only a show of support for Robin but an investment toward Roy Blunt's long overdue retirement!)
As we await the historic vote on health care reform, it's important to remember that we're just ten days away from the end of the first fundraising quarter of 2010. The fundraising totals reported in this quarter will be pivotal to determining the tenor of many races for the rest of the year. If there is any time to contribute, now is the time!
Please head over to the Expand the Map! ActBlue page and contribute whatever you are able to these terrific Democratic candidates for Senate.
Democrat
Currently At
End-of-Quarter Goal
Distance to Goal
Kendrick Meek
$25
$300
$275
Bill Halter
$445
$750
$305
Joe Sestak
$1,320
$1,600
$280
Paul Hodes
$1,447
$1,700
$253
Robin Carnahan
$1,163
$1,400
$237
Remember, the contribution you can make isn't just a donation to a single candidate or political campaign. It's an investment against Republican obstruction (and conservaDem enabling) and an investment toward achieving that more perfect union.
The last day of the third fundraising quarter of 2009 (whoa, time really flies!) is tomorrow. Our Democratic candidates for Senate - including Missouri's own Robin Carnahan - need to make as big a fundraising splash as possible in the third quarter to help refute the growing conventional wisdom among the traditional media pundits that 2010 could be a Republican year. And Missouri will be a high-profile bellwether.
Please, please, please consider making a contribution today to Robin Carnahan and our other Democratic candidates for Senate via the Expand the Map! ActBlue page. Robin is more than three-quarters of the way to $1,000 on the page.
Can you help us raise just $238 for Robin Carnahan in the next 48 hours?
Please click on over to the Expand the Map! ActBlue page and make a contribution to help stop ongoing Republican obstruction in the Senate. Need some motivation? Imagine having to say Senator Roy Blunt! Scary, right? Every contribution makes a real impact whether it's $100 or $25 or $10 or, well, any amount. Want to rebel against multiples of five and contribute $63 or $39 or $27, knock yourself out!
Remember, the fundraising quarter ends tomorrow, so please contribute today if you can. Thank you SO much!
Your $50 or $25 or $10 contribution right now can help nudge her past the $500 mark. That would be awesome. Thanks SO much in advance if you're able to chip in.
The excellent FireDogLake is doing a little online fundraiser for Emmanuel Cleaver and 7 other Democrats for standing strong for a public option. Cleaver committed to voting against any bill that did not contain a strong public option. As Jane Hamsher writes, we can't just express anger when we disagree with our representatives. We have to support those who stand up for us.
These members are committed to a real, meaningful public option. And if we can get 32 more, we can keep any health care bill from passing that doesn't have one.
It can't be all stick, no carrot.
Our page is already #3 on the front page of ActBlue, and we want to get to #1 so people can see we're willing to support members of Congress who support health care. And ActBlue calculates ranking based on number of donations, not size of donations. So $1 each -- $8 to 8 candidates -- will really help us get there.
Let's show these members of Congress that we support them, that we are there for them, and that we will remember that they took a courageous stand to insist that health care for all Americans should be a basic human right.
