Kossacks,
Nebraska Senate candidate and Netroots favorite Scott Kleeb is live blogging NOW at Future Majority.
I hope you'll join us. I've posted Scott's initial comments below the fold.
Something special is happening – a once in a lifetime movement is building behind a new brand of politics. I don't need to tell people on this blog that young people are changing the electoral map. You've known that for years.
My wife Jane, who many of you have worked with on lots of projects targeting young voters, reminds me every day of your electoral power. Without people like her and many of you on this blog, we as candidates may not understand how to target young voters. So before I go any further, thank you for keeping candidates accountable to targeting your generation as voters and not falling into the trap of simply using your power to help us knock on doors.
Now, unlike ever before, people everywhere are involved in a dialogue about how to change this country for the better. Your continued interest and enthusiasm will propel us to victory in November. We have a tough race ahead of us, but you have the electoral power to help us win.
Typically, I'd only be asking for your vote on Election Day. Now, thanks to Russ Feingold and the Progressive Patriots Fund, I ask you to vote today. Russ Feingold wanted regular people to have just as much a say as the well-funded special interests so he developed the Progressive Patriots Fund. The money is given to the candidate with the most votes cast by you. After you've voted, get at least 5 of your friends to do the same.
To cast your vote for us, please visit http://www.progressivepatriotsfund.com/...
We can't keep sending the same people back to Washington and expect different results. Change comes from expecting more of ourselves, our government, and our communities.
Every time you get frustrated with the lack of time you have to run your voter registration drive, or every time you get frustrated that you ran out of vote pledge cards at the bar you are canvassing, remember it's our time now to change the electoral map and we won't do that without young voters. So please, keep taking that one step to get your peers to the polls.
I'm happy to take your questions.