You know the deal guys. When Washington wouldn't return my phone calls, you were there, believing in me all along, and we came within 330 votes of victory in North Carolina's 8th. Now, we are running hard for 2008, already in the nation's closest rematch, only this time with the DCCC behind us. But let me explain what that really means, and why the final 60 hours of our first full fundraising quarter are so important, to me, to you and to defeating Robin Hayes in a little under 500 days.
DCCC support doesn't mean they swoop in and cut checks. Hardly. They help our campaign by helping us raise money and giving us their seal of approval for the hard work we've already done building our campaign from the grassroots up. So to stay on as their top race in the nation, we have to show them that our fundrasing base remains firmly behind us as we move forward in this critical mission. You know how economically challenged our District is, and it was you that stepped up and put me out front, kept me there and have earned your place at the forefront of our fight for the heart and soul of Congress. And, friends, that will never change. So consider, for a change, the DCCC behind you, if you get behind me now in the final push to prove we're united, committed and bound and determined to take this seat back for regular working folks.
To prove the Netroots have that power and are committed to this campaign, I need 60 of you in the next 60 hours to join me for a dollar a day before Saturday at midnight. That's worth just under $2,000 to our campaign this quarter, $32,000 over the next 500 days, and close to $65,000 in full when I ask the DCCC to MATCH YOUR COMMITMENT made today!
I know you can do it. I've seen it. Remember, it wasn't that long ago that you multiplied my $88.94 cash on hand hundreds of times over in no time at all. I'm still amazed at the power of the Netroots, and by the end of this quarter, the DCCC will be too.
Swing State today ranks our campaign as having just a bit over $20,000 in from the Netroots this quarter. I know your efforts are actually worth more than double that as dozens of you have joined my inner circle already as sustaining donors in for a dollar a day to win back this seat. And all my friends and neighbors in the 8th mailing in or dropping off checks aren't reflected in that amount either.
But what I'd like to prove to the national folks in the next 60 hours, is not only that you stand with me, but I stand with you. Most importantly, that we stand together committed to taking our Country back.
It's really important you make your voice heard, by the national party and Robin Hayes before the next 60 hours are up. Please recommend this diary, forward to your friends, and encourage them to join our fight to take our country back for about the price of a cup of coffee a day. We're one of the hardest hit Districts in the nation, and we've been misrepresented by our multi-millionaire incumbent long enough.
It's a Call to Arms netroots. I appreciate your sacrifice. You mean the world to me.
Let's do this together!