In the past five days, nearly 4000 Kosactivists have raised more than $253,000 for our Orange to Blue candidates. That's phenomenal. All the more so because many of you are on the tightest of budgets. Your contributions have put some smiles on faces here and in campaign headquarters around the country. So stand up from your keyboards and give yourselves a long round of applause.
That money you contributed may make the difference for a few candidates who might otherwise lose their tough races in this very tough year. Even though they're nothing compared to the pallets of cash that Karl Rove and the Koch Bros. can spend, your dollars matter.
Don't sit down just yet.
Because in addition to giving money, it's obvious from reading comments and diaries and emails and Tweets that a tremendous get-out-the-vote effort is under way and thousands of Kosactivists are participating. That deserves more applause. Whether you're spending a couple of hours a week or every spare minute engaged in phone-banking or door-to-door GOTV, every bit counts. Right up to the last minute. So, don't be shy about applauding yourselves and all those like you who haven't surrendered just because the going's a bit rougher than it was in '06 and '08. Bringing about change is not a one- or two-election affair.
Needless to say, we're not done with our fund-raising. We'll be setting some new goals soon. We're pretty sure that you'll step up and meet them faster than we thought possible a few weeks ago. But, for now, we want to give you hearty, heartfelt thanks for what you've already done. Huzzah! Hoorah! Well done.
If you haven't contributed and want to, or you have and you want to give a bit more, please send $5 or $10 to the Scott McAdams' campaign today.
Update: We made our 4000 goal! More applause.