[Dialogue] Election 2004: Suggestion for strategic giving

[Janice & Abe Ulangca]

Colleagues,

I'm impressed by this opportunity to leverage what I can give.  I just gave something to each of the 5 House candidates described below.  Since the question has been raised about how to best target our giving and approaches discussed, thought I'd pass this along.  Pictures and more info, including exact districts, are on the MoveOn site -- hope you can use the link below.  It's easy to donate -- click on their secure site and the total you give will appear once on your credit card.  Nice to see all these great women.

Last Saturday I went with carloads of south central NY folks from Citizen Action across the border into PA and helped register voters in a low-income area of Wilkes Barre (where President Bush gave a speech on Wed.).  Sixty of us registered 347 new voters in Scranton (where Kerry is coming soon) and Wilkes Barre.  Some of these folks have been working since May, and have registered a total of more than 1200 new voters.  They also have a plan to keep in touch with the new voters with info, and do all they can to get them to the polls.  I don't know how much I can do before the election, but plan to work where most needed that day.  Are volunteers needed where you are?

Janice Ulangca

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Dear MoveOn Member,

John Kerry and John Edwards are surging in the polls, and our campaign to take back our country has never been stronger. Now, thanks to their performance in the first two debates, we have a real shot not just at winning the White House, but at recapturing control of the Senate, and winning back key seats in the U.S. House. 

After watching crucial votes like the Bush Administration's terrible Medicare Reform Bill pass by a margin of just five votes in the U.S. House, we know every seat we can wrestle from the control of the House Republican leadership is essential. We've got to seize the moment and ride this wave.

Five great Congressional candidates are poised to win their races. We can help put them over the top. Check them out and give what you can now, at:

https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html

Melissa Bean, a progressive businesswoman, has won nationwide support for her campaign to oust Phil Crane, one of the most entrenched and most conservative members of the House. In Congress since 1969, Crane has played a key part in President Bush's slashing of social programs though giant tax cuts for the very rich. Melissa Bean has a real chance to show Crane the door, with our help. (Illinois)

Patsy Keever is an outstanding candidate from North Carolina who worked for twenty-five years as a public school teacher and is now serving in her third term as a popular county commissioner. Her Republican opponent, Charles Taylor, votes with his party's right-wing leadership 96% of the time. Taylor has been implicated in a bank loan scandal, and has had his Congressional wages garnished because he failed to pay taxes. All this from one of the wealthiest members of Congress. Let's help Patsy Keever "clean House."

Allyson Schwartz and Joe Driscoll are both running strong campaigns for two open House seats in Pennsylvania. Open seats are rare but crucial pickup opportunities in this age of gerrymandering, and Schwartz and Driscoll are making the most of them.

Schwartz has been a long-time, key progressive leader in Pennsylvania, serving for fourteen years as a state senator. Driscoll has been a prominent community leader and business person in his district, the Lehigh Valley. Both of their Republican opponents support President Bush's war in Iraq, more tax cuts for the wealthy, and pretty much the whole right-wing agenda. Driscoll's opponent is also attacking him for seeking MoveOn's support. Let's show them we mean business.

Finally, Teresa Daly is a committed City Councilor who decided to run for Congress because her Republican Congressman and the Bush Administration were out of touch. Daly is running against John Kline, who gained his seat through an ugly and wildly distorted smear campaign two years ago. Since then, Kline's been one of Bush's staunchest supporters. Let's replace him with someone who will champion our values instead. (Minnesota)

You can help support these 5 great candidates now, at:

https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html

Kerry's and Edwards' surge is creating "coattails" -- making it more likely that these 5 Democrats (and others) will win as well. It's a huge opportunity, and a crucial one for us to make the most of.

Thanks to Kerry and Edwards fighting hard, and our hard work, we have a real chance to win this election, but we've got to win back Congress as well -- we have to take back our democracy from Tom DeLay as well as from George Bush.

Together, we can do it. If we can raise at least $50,000 for each of these 5 candidates, that could mean an additional week of television, more grassroots ground troops for the final days, or several mailings to targeted voters across their districts.

Our support can make the difference in these key races.

Please give what you can, whether it's $10, $50, or $100, now:

https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html

Thank you, again, for all you do.

Sincerely,

--Hannah Pingree
  MoveOn PAC
  October 7th, 2004

Authorized by:
Committee to Elect Patsy Keever
Melissa Bean for Congress
Allyson Schwartz for Congress
Daly for Congress
Driscoll for Congress 
PAID FOR BY MOVEON PAC 



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Abe & Janice Ulangca
3413 Stratford Drive
Vestal, NY  13850
607-797-4595
aulangca at stny.rr.com
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