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From the Field Updates …a message from Jon Vogel


17 Days Until the Election

I can’t thank you enough — because of you Democrats are surging in these final weeks.

With your help, we reached our goal of $500,000 for rapid response and wired urgent support to our campaigns for television ads for next week and to send even more on-the-ground support.

While shadowy outside GOP front groups continue to barrage our candidates with attack ads, we have planned for the final two weeks, a $40 million wave of television ads for Democratic campaigns nationwide and to continue our $20 million voter contact program.

So far, our efforts are paying off and we are seeing poll numbers move, BUT we can take nothing for granted. The margin of victory on many of these races are small and this is the time to go all in.

For the final two weeks, my strategists and I see about a $300,000 gap for what we need before Tuesday’s two weeks out deadline. Can you help us again with another generous gift? Your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar.

Some other updates from the field:

Another Bad Week for the GOP

GOPMisfires.com

This week, Republican candidates have been consumed by one media firestorm after another:

  • First, there was news that police are investigating one of their most highly-touted candidates for an alleged sexual assault of a potential campaign volunteer.
  • Then, photos surfaced of one of their tea party candidates dressed as a Nazi in World War II reenactments.
  • Lastly, NBC News reported that GOP candidate Allen West has ties to an infamous motorcycle gang and crime syndicate, the Outlaws.The Department of Justice has said the Outlaws are a gang known for making and distributing meth, committing homicide, and prostitution. The Outlaws have a history of denigrating women and considering women property – actually branding women like cattle.

What’s worse? These are just a couple of the Republican extremists running in battleground races. Early voting has already started in many states so we have to act fast to expose the troubling records of the Republicans’ radical “Young Gun” candidates before Tuesday’s TV ad buy deadline.

Check out our GOPMisfires.com website and help us expose these Republicans’ radical records.

Early Voting and Voter Outreach Continues

Your dollars have enabled Democrats in hard-fought races to fight back with ads and launch their state-of-the-art voter contact efforts. But it’s too close for comfort with so many like these running in battleground races.

There is no margin for error and every dollar you give has an impact. We have already been on the air with over $17 million in television ads and it’s working. Our poll numbers in key districts are moving!

Early voting has started and so has our voter outreach programs. Phone banks are 7 days a week here at headquarters and voter outreach programs continue over in 75 districts across the country. It costs $28 to outfit a grassroots canvasser with the proper supplies — consider sponsoring 1 or even 2 canvassers today. Contribute today >>

Together, we can be the difference between victory and defeat for Democrats and keeping these and many other right-wing extremists out of Congress. But we must raise $300,000 before Tuesday’s deadline to wire money to the field to fund next week’s campaign activities.

Just days left: Contribute before Tuesday’s two weeks out deadline so we can raise the $300,000 we need to fund next week’s activities for Democrats in too-close-to-call races.

Onward to Victory,

Jon Vogel
Jon Vogel
DCCC Executive Director

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S. 2919, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2010


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Smell something fishy at the FDA?


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Tell the FDA you have the right to know when your food is genetically modified. 

Sign the Petition

The first genetically engineered (GE) meat approved for human consumption might soon be on its way to a supermarket near you – a fast-growing salmon developed by a company called AquaBounty Technologies.

But it gets fishier. If AquaBounty’s GE salmon is approved for sale, the FDA might decide to put it right next to normal salmon in the meat case, without any special labeling. Consumers would be none the wiser.

We deserve to know if the meat on our plate is genetically engineered or not. Companies and FDA officials shouldn’t keep us in the dark about the foods we eat or feed to our families.

Tell the FDA you want labels on genetically engineered foods so you can make an informed choice.

No labeling is a dangerous precedent to set for genetically modified foods. Recent drug recalls have shown us that just because the FDA approves something doesn’t mean it’s safe in the long term. Any adverse effects of genetically modified meat on people might not show up until it’s already been consumed by a large number of Americans. And by then it’s too late. Without labeling, it will be even harder to recognize and track problems that might be caused by GE foods.

AquaBounty Technologies’ own scientists are telling the FDA that its GE salmon is perfectly safe. But there’s no way they can prove these claims, and we can’t dump unlabeled GE salmon into the food supply on the word of the company that stands to make a profit.

The FDA is being heavily lobbied by AquaBounty Technologies about its forthcoming decision, and now needs to hear from concerned consumers like you about whether GE salmon should be labeled or not.

Tell the FDA to require labeling of genetically engineered salmon so that consumers can decide for themselves whether to buy and eat it.

It’s up to the FDA to keep our food supply safe, and it’s up to us to let the FDA know where consumers stand on GE foods.

Thanks for taking action

– The Change.org Team

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Palin for Congress? a message from Paul Begala


Only 20 Days Left Until The Election

Make no mistake about it, Sarah Palin is basically running for Congress this year.

Her name might not appear on any ballot but Palin-endorsed Republican clones are running and many of them are in too-close-to-call races, which makes things a little too close for comfort!

The latest outrage is that the US Chamber of Commerce — a multimillion-dollar corporate lobbying machine — broadcast the HOME PHONE NUMBER of one of our Democratic candidates. The candidate’s daughters couldn’t use the phone anymore because of what her spokesperson called, “harassment and abuse.”

How’s that for family values?

Meanwhile, Ms. Palin is raising money and motivating her base. She probably thinks she can see a Republican majority from her front porch.

You can turn Ms. Palin’s vision into a Wasilla mirage. The DCCC’s October Rapid Response Fund ads are already making a difference and their impressive get out the voter efforts have mobilized thousands of volunteers. But my friends at the DCCC need your urgent support to hit their goal of $500,000 before Friday’s deadline to wire urgently-needed money to Democratic campaigns.

Contribute $5, $10 or more to the October Rapid Response Fund before Friday’s midnight deadline. Your generous support is urgently needed to help Democrats defeat Sarah Palin-backed candidates in make-or-break districts.

This is no longer your father’s Republican Party. I’ve been through a lot of elections, but I have never seen a group of Republican candidates as far-right as this group of Palin’s recruits.

The DCCC is just $242,226 away from their Rapid Response goal for this Friday’s Midnight Deadline. They have Rapid Response ads ready to go up in every battleground district where a Palin protege is running so Democrats can hit back hard against their Palin-esque tall tales.

Contribute $5, $10 or more to the October Rapid Response Fund before Friday’s midnight deadline. Your generous support is urgently needed to help Democrats defeat Sarah Palin-backed candidates in make-or-break districts.

Every dollar you give can be the difference between victory for one of these Palin Republicans or their defeat.

Paul Begala
Paul Begala

P.S. The DCCC is just $242,226 away from their Rapid Response goal to fund ads in every battleground district where a Palin protege is running. Contribute before Friday at Midnight to help Democrats defeat Sarah Palin-backed candidates in make-or-break districts.

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Mayor to Angle: Come to Dearborn (via Anderson Cooper 360)


Martina Stewart AC360° Digital Producer Editor’s Note: Watch Anderson’s interview with Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly. (CNN) – Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle will soon receive a personal invitation to visit Dearborn, Michigan – and a bit of the history lesson in the process. Last week at a rally of Tea Party movement supporters, Angle said Dearborn and Frankford, Texas are subject to Sharia, or Islamic law. “We’re talking about a militan … Read More

via Anderson Cooper 360