I'm finishing up my first week back campaigning for our Democratic candidates. I have seen a lot of crowds at the end of campaigns, and I've gotten pretty good at sensing which way the momentum is going. And let me tell you, this year, the atmosphere is electric, and the momentum is clearly going in the direction of the Democratic Party. It is great to be back.
And it's great to be back because the choices this year are so stark and so consequential. Will we lead in the world or go our own way? Will we find a way to increase our security without abandoning civil liberties? Will we return to fiscal sanity or stick with economic policies that have brought our nation to the brink of long-term fiscal ruin? Will we protect the environment? The stakes simply couldn't be higher.
We need a new president. And President John Kerry will need to have a Congress that will make the right choices -- led by a Democratic U.S. Senate. That's why I am writing to you with less than one week to go to ask your support for an unprecedented effort to return the Senate to Democratic leadership.
Because your response to the DSCC's $2 Million Match Campaign was indeed an unprecedented feat, and your enthusiasm was so strong the DSCC increased its goal to $3 million. Hillary and her colleagues also agreed to continue to match your gift dollar for dollar all the way through November 1st. Every bit of additional support in the DSCC's $3 Million Match Campaign will make a world of difference for our candidates in this election.
http://www.dscc.org/contribute/3Million
As you and I both know, some elections in our history have turned on silly slogans, snappy sound bites or candidate gaffes. Not this time. Voters are smart. And if we lay out the choices for them in a clear way, they will make the right choice. When people are given the facts and are allowed to think through the alternatives, Democrats win.
Then the work will continue. For cleaning up the mess of the past four years won't be easy. From personal experience, I know that being president is a great job, and it's a tough job. But it's harder to pull the country in the right direction when the Congress is pulling the other way.
The latest polls show that six of these races are within 2 or 3 points. Your help could make all the difference. There are only 4 days to go.
http://www.dscc.org/contribute/3Million
We need senators who will fight to protect our nation from terror the right way -- not with reckless policies that only serve to weaken our ability to build alliances around the world and safeguard our people here at home.
We need senators who will take seriously their duty to advise and consent to Supreme Court nominees. We run a risk of an ideological takeover of the nation's highest court that would constrict our Constitution for decades.
And we need senators who will fight for the environment and for an energy policy that is based on science and our children's future, not on the whims of the energy industry or the whispers of lobbyists.
http://www.dscc.org/contribute/3Million
Please do whatever you can. The only thing any of us will regret is doing too little. This is a rare chance for us to make history. Let's give it our all in the last week of this campaign. Let's put America back on the right path, and let's put the Senate back into Democratic hands.
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton
P.S.Forward this message to your friends and get them to join in this Fight for 51. There's so little time left, but with a little help from friends like you, there's so much we can accomplish together.
