Today, I am putting your people power into action
| Hello, I've got some exciting news below. But first, please take just a few seconds to vote for Charlie Brown right now in the second and final round of Democracy for America's "Grassroots All-Star" congressional campaign competition, ending Wednesday at midnight. Your vote last year made me DFA's 2006 "Grassroots All-Star," giving me a critically early boost in our campaign to defeat Richard Pombo. Your vote today can make Charlie Brown -- the only California candidate in the competition -- DFA's 2007 "Grassroots All-Star" and help him defeat scandal-plagued Rep. John Doolittle. Thank you for taking that quick action. Now, let me tell you how we're putting your people power into action. A few weeks ago, Karl Rove targeted me as #3 on his hit list, and the National Republican Congressional Committee quickly followed by launching a Swift Boat-style web site smearing me. You showed Rove's Republican cronies that "when they attack, we fight back" by blowing away our Federal Election Commission quarterly goal of $300,000. Your generosity did not go unnoticed. The day after we posted our FEC report, local press reports heralded our -- as one reporter described it -- "eye-opening" fundraising success. Even more importantly, your response to the NRCC attack made it possible for our people-powered campaign to put boots on the ground far earlier than planned. As many of you know, Martha directed our field campaign in Tracy and Mountain House in 2006, managing and recruiting hundreds of volunteers who canvassed thousands of voters. I am bringing Martha on-board early in this election cycle because of her unique ability to recruit, mobilize, and organize our grassroots supporters, as she demonstrated so impressively when she helped elect me to Congress last year. Martha's laser-beam focus on channeling volunteers to engage voters in Tracy and Mountain House yielded remarkable results in 2006. In Tracy, former Congressman Richard Pombo's home town, we garnered an amazing 57% of the vote. The results in Mountain House were even more impressive. In a town with 44% registered Democrats, I received 64% of the vote. Martha recognized early on that large numbers of likely voters had recently moved into Mountain House, a relatively newly planned "exurban" community, but that very few people had actually re-registered to vote. Recognizing that this could be ground zero in our campaign for change, Martha made it our mission to increase voter registration in Mountain House and get out those crucial votes on Election Day. As one supporter wrote about Martha after walking precincts in Tracy one day: "I can't think of a more pure expression of renewed grassroots citizen involvement and revitalization of our democracy than what Martha Gamez is doing in her home town." Of course, you are at the heart of this "revitalization of our democracy," providing the generous contributions and priceless volunteer time that will help Martha Gamez continue to organize, mobilize, and inspire our grassroots volunteers across the 11th Congressional District. Without your ongoing support, none of this would be remotely possible. Thank you, again, for everything you continue to do. P.S. Getting Martha Gamez on the ground now is just the beginning. If we are going to rebuild the kind of volunteer-driven campaign that helped me defeat Richard Pombo in 2006, your long-term commitment is critical. Please consider making a new contribution or, even better -- a monthly recurring contribution -- so we can get more "Marthas" working in the grassroots as soon as possible: http://www.jerrymcnerney.org/fightback email: info@jerrymcnerney.org phone: 925-833-0643 |
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posted by jay ca-house-election 985-320-6006 at 11:24 AM
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