Whether John Kerry or George Bush sits in the White House for the next four years is up to us. The commitment you make throughout the final month of this campaign will decide this election.
You've helped get us to this point. You helped raise more than $16 million online for the Democratic Party in September -- an incredible new record. Now, we've got to raise $20 million during the final month of this campaign.
https://www.democrats.org/support/kerry.html
For one last time, we need your help to meet three October deadlines. Your actions during the next four weeks will mean the difference between victory or defeat for John Kerry, John Edwards, and Democrats down the ticket.
Our first critical deadline is just two days away at midnight on Friday, October 8 -- just hours after John Kerry and George Bush meet in their next debate. The money raised this week will guide critical decisions about the advertising aired in the crucial swing states.
Our goal this week is to raise an extra $5 million for vitally important ads. With that kind of support, the Democratic Party will use an aggressive ad campaign to build on the momentum stemming from the strong debate performances of John Kerry and John Edwards to help the entire ticket win this Novemeber 2.
Help us meet our goal:
https://www.democrats.org/support/kerry.html
Two other deadlines loom right around the corner. By midnight on October 15, the final decisions about priorities in swing states must be made, and on October 27, the online fundraising drive must be finished if the money we raise is going to do us any good. By that point, the Democratic Party must have all its money in hand as you and other loyal supporters help pour resources into the most extensive get-out-the-vote effort in our nation's history.
Time is short. The stakes are high. And your determination to help our candidates pull through to victory counts for everything. To win this election, the Democratic Party must make every decision based on strategy, not finances. It's four weeks of hard work or four more years of Bush and Cheney. It is that simple.
I want to end this message with the same words that we use to end our staff meetings here at headquarters.
Let's go win another day,
Mary Beth Cahill
Campaign Manager
