In the weeks before quarterly report deadlines, I'm used to seeing some crazy things happen. Last year, while working on the Kissell campaign, we did something counter-intutitive by spending as much of our money as possible, ending up with $88.94 one time and $35.33 the next time. We raised a good bit of money that way, almost as much as we got from showing the netroots how hard we were working or from the time Larry sold gas for $1.22 a gallon. It payed off - we came within 329 votes.
Now, the DCCC has come up with an idea of their own, to help us keep winning on the playing field that we expanded: they're matching donations made to the D-trip this week 2 to 1. If you haven't made up your mind on the presidential race, or you're still waiting on Al Gore or Wes Clark, your $25 can become $75 if you give before April. We can protect great new Reps like Jason Altmire (PA-04), Nancy Boyda (KS-02), Heath Shuler (NC-11), and Zack Space (OH-18) while paving the way for Larry and the Kissells of 2008 to keep the gains we've made for our country.
Why should you give? From the DCCC's pre-2008 memo:
Close Call Republican Districts
Democrats are poised to compete in districts where Republicans won with less than 5% of the vote. There are 20 seats including Dave Reichert (WA-08), Randy Kuhl (NY-29) and Thelma Drake (VA-02) that fall in this category.
While Democrats won close races with more sizable margins across the board, Republicans had twice as many seats that were won by less than 2%. This category includes races featuring incumbents like Jim Walsh (NY-25), Heather Wilson (NM-01), Robin Hayes (NC-08) and Barbara Cubin (WYAL).
In addition, incumbents like Joe Knollenberg (MI-09) and Charlie Dent (PA-15) who won by less than 10% against under-funded and unknown candidates will also be targeted.
Artur Davis of the DCCC has already personally endorsed Larry, and we're going to have some great candidates this year. If you want more of our kind of candidates, add $.23 to your donation to tell them that you support netroots candidates. Everyone I know's gotten a ton of fundraising e-mails this week, so thanks for reading this far and considering helping out the delegation in 2008. Thanks for your time, and God bless.
PS - of course, you can always give to Larry on your own.