Back during the 08 primaries I responded to a poll and in doing so inadvertantly signed up to recieve email blasts from Newsmax. I just received the following in my in box:
Final Notice: We Failed, Election Canpaign in Jeopardy
The complete email reads as follows:
Dear Newsmax Reader:
Please find below a special message from our sponsor, Tea Party Express. They have important information to share with you. Thank you.
Newsmax.com
Earlier this week, we put out a call to 400,000 patriots across this nation - including yourself. Our plea was to get constitutional conservatives such as yourself to pitch in to our final election push as we are just 1-week away from Election Day.
Our goal: to raise $1 MILLION so that we could push the best constitutional candidates in the country over the top to victory. We'd then with the House, and perhaps even the Senate.
But we failed - all of us. As of today Thursday only 250 people had made a contribution. We MUST do better. Everyone can pitch in, and everyone can forward this email to all their friends, family members, colleagues etc... If EVERYONE pitches in, and if those of you who can afford a more generous contribution can please do so, then we can reach this goal and help take our country back. The stakes couldn't be higher, and we cannot accept failure at this point. We simply can't - our country's future is on the line here.
This was one of the greatest failures we here at the Tea Party Express have ever had in terms of raising money for a campaign push, and this is the worst possible time for us to fail: just 1 WEEK out before Election Day.
We basically have a socialist in the White House who believes in the redistribution of wealth and government intervention and control into the lives of Americans. We can only stop him if we first take back Congress. But 250 people contributing - versus the hundreds of millions we're up against from lobbyists, special interests and labor unions - that won't cut it.
If every person reading this email can make a contribution today we will meet our goal. Some of you will be able to afford a more generous contribution of $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more up to the $5,000 allowed maximum contribution. This is it - our last chance to win these races. We are counting on you for your support.
Again, to those of you who can contribute a larger amount of $250, $500, $1,000, $2,500 - or up to the maximum allowed contribution of $5,000 per individual (married couples can contribute $5,000 each for a total of $10,000) - please help us out. We're running out of time in this campaign, and yet we still have so much to do.
We here at the Tea Party Express will pledge to work morning, noon and night through Election Day. We just need your support to help achieve a historic result!
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this. With all the Crossroads/Koch/US Chamber/China money pouring into GOP campaigns it seems odd for the Tea Party Express to sound so desperate.
Could it be that their particular candidates aren't getting enough funds from corporate coffers? Or could it be that accordiing to their internal polling that all the money that's been pumped in hasn't done enough to seal the deal? Or is it just a fear tactic to put more money directly in the pockets of Tea Party Express leaders? I don't know, but I'd be interested to hear what some you think it might mean.
Update: Wow! Left the apartment arrived at the office and see I made the Rec List. Huge surprise. First time for me. Thanks so much! I look forward to reading all the new comments.