I've been reading alot of comments about how people are maxed out financially and how while they want to donate more money to the Obama Campaign they just can't do it. I'd like to suggest something that not only will help with fundraising, but will help when it comes time to GOTV.
A couple of days ago I set up a "grass-roots fundraising page" on the Obama web site. Here is a link that will let you set up your own site. http://www.barackobama.com/... It is really easy to you, you can set one up in three minutes or so, and then start to email your friends, family, annoying Republican Uncles (yes, I have one too) and ask them to donate.
I was hesitant to do this, so I sent out about twenty emails to my sisters, some good friends, and two ex-girlfriends. So far my sister, my mom, one ex-girlfriend and one of my very good friends just donated. Now let me tell you a bit about my friend, because it is a miracle. He is wealthy, self-employed, very smart and very very cynical when it comes to politics. He has never donated to anybody, but does vote Dem reliably.
When I sent him the invitation email I got a reply that basically said "Is this spam, or have you gone totally overboard?" I wrote back that I had gone totally overboard, that I knew all politicains were crooks, but I sure as well would rather have Obama than Romney running things.
About an hour later I got an email from the web site saying he'd donated $46 bucks. And he is a good democrat who has never donated before.
So anyway, http://www.barackobama.com/... makes it really easy to set up a site, and then send out emails or put it on Facebook.
Give it a try. It is like a really easy way to do something for the campaign and you don't even have to call up strangers.
How this helps GOTV
Over the next couple of months I'll be emailing everybody I know, and asking them to ask their friends to donate via my site. Currently I'm asking for $46 bucks, but I'm going to change it to $5. The site I (and the one you) have set up lets us keep track of who has donated. When election day gets close (or early voting periods arrive) I can email the people who have donated and remind them to vote. Since they have already donated, they are in our column, and then it is just a matter of making sure they get out to vote.
Again, this link lets you set up your own site, it is not a link to mine.
http://www.barackobama.com/...