Dear MoveOn member,
Yesterday we highlighted volunteer opportunities. The campaigns are thrilled by the flood of volunteers. We're getting messages from them like this:
"I wish you all could be in our headquarters right now. As we say in Arkansas, I'd like "to hug your neck!" The energy and momentum that you all have brought into our campaign is terrific. People have been calling from all over the country wanting not only to donate, but to get involved at the grassroots level. And that's what it's all about!"
Being a part of these campaigns is so important, we decided to redouble that message today. Unless we play we cannot win.
Today's recommended action is to get out and help. But not just a few hours. We are asking you, if you can, to consider taking a few vacation days before the election and give a solid chunk of time, at least Friday through Tuesday, to a great campaign.
In the last weeks before the election, this is the kind of help candidates need most. We've added a list of resources for volunteering at the bottom of this message. And please let us know how you intend to volunteer at:
http://www.moveon.org/volunteers.htmWhy should you go to all this trouble?
Why must we wrest control of Congress from Bush and the right-wing?
Our next countdown drumbeat comes from our top-rated member contribution (as of this writing), from Daniel Cook-Huffman of Huntingdon, PA:
Reason #18 -- Supreme Court Appointments.
Daniel's top rated comment:
"It is likely that Renquist, O'Connor, and Stevens will retire during the next year or two. If the Republicans control both chambers of Congress when they retire, we're in BIG trouble."
We couldn't agree more with Daniel. The appointments Bush makes in the next two years will affect our nation for the next *forty* years. Not just Supreme Court appointments, but all federal court appointments. Without the check and balance of a Democratic Senate, we're in BIG trouble.
If you'd like to review other comments and perhaps make your own, go to:
http://www.actionforum.com/forum/index.html?forum_id=250The countdown continues,
-Wes, Eli, Joan, Peter, Doug and Carrie
for MoveOn.org PAC
October 18, 2002
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VOLUNTEER RESOURCES( Click for listings of (1) Hot Senate Races (2) Hot House Races (3) Bus rides to hot races (4) The DNC Volunteer Page and (5) PFAW [Florida] election protection volunteer info. )