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Thu Mar-20-08 12:47 PM
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The biggest untold story in politics

Dear MoveOn member,

The biggest untold story in politics today is the historic chance we've got to win a decisive majority in the Senate this fall.

Electing Obama or Clinton isn't enough—to win big progressive changes, a Democratic president will need to overcome Republican obstruction in Congress. And with 23 Republican Senate seats up for grabs, the 60-seat majority needed to block Republican filibusters is in reach.1 This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity—the last time that many Senate seats changed hands was 1980.2

MoveOn members made seven million calls to voters in 2006 and helped win the House and the Senate. Together, we can lead the way again this year with a massive get-out-the-vote campaign in key Senate races and swing states.

But we need to know we have the resources to pull it off. More than 13,500 MoveOn members are already contributing monthly, and we need to get to 20,000. Can you contribute $15 per month from now through Election Day (you can cancel at any time) to win the White House and the Senate? Click here:

http://pol.moveon.org/donate/60votes.html?id=12347-9085337-lJtNkV&t=119

>From Kentucky to Maine to Oregon, we'll combine paid ads with member contributions to candidates and an ambitious grassroots campaign to get our message out. And we'll follow it up with the most sophisticated voter-turnout campaign progressives have ever run.

Here are a few highlights:

* A voter persuasion program—to tip swing voters our way.
* New sophisticated tools to connect volunteers to voters who probably won't vote without a reminder.
* Fun and effective voter-contact house parties, modeled on our 2006 calling parties.
* Cutting-edge "microtargeting" to find every progressive voter, even those in Republican neighborhoods.
* A new effort to target people who vote by mail and need to hear from us well before Election Day.

With 60 seats in the Senate and a progressive in the White House, we can overcome Republican opposition to bringing our troops home, providing health care for all Americans, and taking bold steps to fight the climate crisis.

But there's no time to waste. Can you contribute $15 per month until Election Day to help us win? Click here to get started.

http://pol.moveon.org/donate/60votes.html?id=12347-9085337-lJtNkV&t=120

Thanks for all you do.

–Nita, Karin, Matt, Justin, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Thursday, March 20th, 2008

1. "Senate Democrats Hope for a Majority Not Seen in 30 Years: 60 Seats," The New York Times, March 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/us/politics/07senate.html

2. "History Working Against GOP," The Rothenberg Political Report, January 22, 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3348&id=12347-9085337-lJtNkV&t=121

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