For the first time in twelve years, the democrats have a true shot at taking back the United States Senate. Many key competetive races have been popping up all over the country and the democrats look poised to take many of those important seats. The oppportunity to take out Santorum in PA, DeWine in OH, Chafee in RI, Burns in MT and TALENT in MO is key to taking back the upper chamber of congress. The first four metioned look quite positive for the democrats to win but the last one may need some work.The Republican Party in Missouri is well established and well funded making it even harder for a democrat to win in this key battlegroud state. Jim Talent, the GOP incumbent is not a strong candidate, every statewide race he has run he has either won or lost by a couple of points which will be true this year also. It is a toss-up.
This would be a good time to introduce you to our candidate running in Missouri, Claire McCaskill. A great democrat, McCaskill was a tough former prosecuter and state auditor and has led the fight for stem-cells nationwide. She has so much on her side, her moderacy on many key issues and the tide against the GOP this year. However, Talent has a lot on his side also, a huge voter contact operation, a solid campaign team and the power of incumbency. Also, I was just examining the financial reports and discovered that Talent has a 4 MILLION DOLLAR advantage over McCaskill in this race. That money will be used in the extremely important final weeks to advertise, attack and defend. Talent will be able to define his positions as well as McCaskills positions which may not be true. Time is running out and I urge every person to reach into their wallet one last time and give McCaskill
ten more dollars to help fight the GOP attack during the final weeks. If everyone reading this diary just gives the ten more dollars, she will be able to go back on the air and fight right back. In fact, she has just put out a new television ad starring Michael J. Fox and stressing the importance of stem-cells. (I dont know how to link to it sorry, its available through youtube, any help?)
Here is my key saying:
Buying TV TIME for the candidates:
$500,000
Buying signs:
$200,000
Buying literature to help voters:
$400,000
Waking up on Nov 8th and reading the top headline "Democrats take house and senate":
Priceless
My friends this wont happen without Claire McCaskill and she needs your support, dont wake up on Nov. 8th thinking I could have given one more dollar to help her, now is the opportunity, please donate to Claire McCaskill
Thanks Again.
P.S. Please recommend the diary so it stays up longer and McCaskill can get more $$$ help.