[Dialogue] Fwd: Because of you, there is hope.

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In a message dated 11/3/2004 8:55:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
moveon-help at list.moveon.org writes:

Dear MoveOn member,  
We'll admit to being heartbroken by the outcome of yesterday's election.  
It's a dark day.  
But this afternoon, we received this email:  
Subject: Running for Congress  
Eli,  
In light of what happened yesterday, my friend and I have decided to get  
personally involved. He wants to run for Congress in 2006, and I'm his  campaign 
manager at this point. Do you know of a good information source for  how we 
handle the legalities of forming a campaign, opening bank accounts,  registering 
with the FEC, etc?  
Thanks,
Chris 
We have suffered a defeat, but we are not defeated.  
And our heartache does not diminish our pride in what you've done. We're  
proud about Wisconsin, where MoveOn volunteers turned out over 27,000 voters  and 
Kerry won by only 11,813 votes. And New Hampshire, a former Bush state  where 
we turned out 9,820 of the people on our list and Kerry won by 9,171  votes. 
Other groups were working with us in both states, but it's clear  volunteers 
were at least partly responsible for the margin of victory.  
We're proud about Ken Salazar, the newest Senator from Colorado, whose  
campaign was fueled by the donations of thousands of MoveOn members. We're  proud 
that before he conceded this morning, John Kerry called to thank all of  you 
for what we did to help his campaign.  
Most of all, we are so proud of all of you, the MoveOn members who worked  so 
hard and gave so much to take back America.  
Yesterday, over 70,000 of us worked from before 5am Eastern to 8pm Pacific,  
getting voters to the polls. At 4:50am in Florida, we heard from our lead  
organizers that hundreds of precinct leaders had checked in and were on their  
way to the polls. In Columbus, with three hours to go, we sent out a final  
message saying "It's not too late! Help volunteer." Within minutes, two dozen  
people came running up the stairs in the rain, wanting to know, "What can we  do? 
Put us to work!" One volunteer whose car broke down ran home, grabbed her  
bike, and biked from house to house in the thunderstorm, knocking on doors and  
reminding people to vote.  
That you put so much into this effort makes the loss more painful in some  
ways. But the fact that so many of us were involved offers true hope for the  
future of democracy. In the campaign to defeat George Bush, you have proven  
that real Americans can have a voice in American politics. In the months and  
years to come, that revelation will change everything.  
Although George Bush won by 3% nationally, we must remember that 55.4  
million Americans stood with you and with John Kerry. You are certainly not  alone. 
And a healthy environment, a strong and fair economy, good schools,  domestic 
safety and the end of the war in Iraq are goals we all share -- red  states 
and blue states alike.  
Our journey toward a progressive America has always been bigger than George  
Bush. The current leg is just beginning -- we're still learning how to build a 
 citizen-based politics together. But it's a journey our nation has been on 
for  a long time. As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "The arc of history is long, 
but  it bends toward justice."  
Today, we'll take a breath. Tomorrow, we'll keep moving toward the America  
we know is possible.  
Sincerely,
--Adam, Ben, Carrie, Diane, Eli, Hannah, James, Joan, Justin,  Laura, Lee, 
Marika, Mat, Meighan, Micayla, Nepunnee, Noah H., Noah W., Paul,  Peter, 
Rosalyn, Wes, the team at We Also Walk Dogs, the team at Fenton  Communications, and 
all 500 members of the Leave No Voter Behind  staff.
November 3rd, 2004  
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