Message from Chris van Hollen, Chairman, DCCC:

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Sun Oct-24-10 03:33 PM
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Message from Chris van Hollen, Chairman, DCCC:

Sarah Palin, Karl Rove and John Boehner think you've given up. They think you won't show up to vote and that they've already won the election.

But, President Obama and I know better. We're already seeing headlines like "More Democrats casting early ballots" in key states.

With nine days left, sitting on the sidelines is no longer an option. Not if we want to keep the special interest barbarians from the gate and retain our strong Democratic Majority. There are more races than ever before within the margin of error.

<9 Days Until the Election>
Please lend a hand by committing to do one of the following activities between now and Election Day.

* Sign up to volunteer in a local race. You can make phone calls, stuff envelopes or knock on doors. Even a couple hours of your time can make a huge difference to the campaign.
* Sign up for our virtual phone bank. You can make critical Get-Out-The-Vote phone calls from the comfort of your home.
* Take a senior citizen or young person to vote. Turning out these voters is vital to our Get-Out-The-Vote strategy. We need volunteers to help get these key voters to the polls.
* Contribute to the DCCC's Get-Out-The-Vote drive. Help us reach President Obama's $1 million goal before Tuesday's deadline.

In addition to volunteering, I also need your help getting out the facts about the Democratic Party's accomplishments over the last two years.

The fact is the more voters learn about Democratic accomplishments, the less inclined they are to vote for Republicans. I want to share with you Five Fast Facts about what Democrats have accomplished:

* More private sector jobs have been created in 2010 alone than during the entire eight years of the Bush presidency.
* Democrats have enacted policies that have turned the economy around after the Bush Administration plunged us into historic debt.
* Americans are paying the lowest taxes in 60 years.
* The new health care reform law improves the private insurance system and increases the number of Americans with private health coverage.
* Wall Street Reform returned fairness and common sense rules to our financial sector.

Make sure your friends and family have the facts: Forward this e-mail to five of your friends, share it on Facebook, or tweet it on Twitter.

When voters learn the truth about these accomplishments, voters turn out for our candidates. We have the most sophisticated voter turnout operation ever implemented in a midterm election talking to voters about what's at stake in this election. We have 725 paid staff working around the clock for courageous Democratic candidates locked in too-close-to-call races. But, they're not enough. We need an army of volunteers to help them.

That's why I'm recruiting another 100,000 volunteers to help pull our candidates across the finish line. And I need you to help me reach this 100,000 volunteer goal by Tuesday's One-Week-Out deadline. Please consider volunteering to help the campaign today. And, please support our campaign with a generous contribution. We are just nine days out from Election Day and your last minute support is critical to victory on Election Day.

Thank you.

Chris Van Hollen
DCCC Chairman

P.S. We're really down to the wire. We've got to pull out all the stops. Please volunteer today and if you can make one more contribution to our campaign, please do so today. Thank you.