Dear Friend,
If you’re like most Americans, there’s nothing more important to you about health care than peace of mind.
Given the status quo, that’s understandable. The current system often denies insurance due to pre-existing conditions, charges steep out-of-pocket fees – and sometimes isn’t there at all if you become seriously ill.
It’s time to fix our unsustainable insurance system and create a new foundation for health care security. That means guaranteeing your health care security and stability with eight basic consumer protections:
No discrimination for pre-existing conditions No exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays No cost-sharing for preventive care No dropping of coverage if you become seriously ill No gender discrimination No annual or lifetime caps on coverage Extended coverage for young adults Guaranteed insurance renewal so long as premiums are paid Learn more about these consumer protections at www.Whitehouse.gov
Over the next month there is going to be an avalanche of misinformation and scare tactics from those seeking to perpetuate the status quo. But we know the cost of doing nothing is too high. Health care costs will double over the next decade, millions more will become uninsured, and state and local governments will go bankrupt.
It’s time to act and reform health insurance, drive down costs and guarantee the health care security and stability of every American family. You can help by putting these core principles of reform in the hands of your friends, your family, and the rest of your social network.
Thank you, Barack Obama
If you haven't already done so, now is the time to declare your support for health insurance reform.
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In a 5-0 decision, the Minnesota State Supreme Court today declared Al Franken the winner of the state's Senate race. Shortly thereafter, Franken's opponent Norm Coleman officially conceded.
In an official statement, President Obama congratulated Franken, saying:
"I look forward to working with Senator-Elect Franken to build a new foundation for growth and prosperity by lowering health care costs and investing in the kind of clean energy jobs and industries that will help America lead in the 21st century.”
Minnesota FoodShare's annual March Campaign kicked off on March 1st and your generous donation can play an important role in tackling hunger in our community.
In 2008 the Brian Coyle Food Shelf distributed more than 113,000 pounds of food to residents in the Cedar-Riverside and Seward neighborhoods and has a goal this year of collecting 5,000 pounds/dollars to restock their shelves. Non-perishable goods or financial contributions (checks made payable to Brian Coyle Food Shelf) will be greatly appreciated by the more than 900 families who visit the Brian Coyle Food Shelf each year.
Drop off hours are 2:00pm until 6:00pm on Sunday, March 15th, at the home of DonnaMarie Woodson, who was one of the tireless metro area Obama volunteers. Even one can matters, every little bit helps.
The Coyle Center, named after former vice president of the Minneapolis City Council Brian Coyle, is also proud to host a Farmer's Market once again this summer! Local farmers will sell fresh produce at the Coyle Center on Mondays from 3-7 p.m. beginning July 7th through September 29th, 2008. The Coyle Center is creating choice, change, and connection, one person at a time.
Thursday, 5th February 2009
Washington, D.C.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog_post/coast_to_coast_and_across_party_lines/
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
If you don't think the nation's economic situation is dire, just ask the governors who are seeing firsthand the pain its causing in their state's economies.That’s why this week, a group of 19 governors -- Democratic and Republican alike, from Oklahoma to Oregon and from Vermont to the Virgin Islands -- made a bold statement of bipartisan support for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with a letter addressed to the President."Families and businesses across the nation are hurting," read the letter, dated February 2, 2009. "Credit markets have seized up, which is affecting both business activity and consumer spending. Unemployment is rising sharply. While we all believe in the importance of free markets, we believe that the markets today need stimulating."Governors Deval Patrick (D-MA), Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Bill Ritter Jr. (D-CO), M. Jodi Rell (R-CT), Jack Markell (D-DE), Charlie Crist (R-FL), Pat Quinn (D-IL), Chester J. Culver (D-IA), Jennifer M. Granholm (D-MI), Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ), David A. Paterson (D-NY), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Brad Henry (D-OK), Theodore R. Kulongoski (D-OR), Edward G. Rendell (D - PA), James H. Douglas (R - VT), Timothy M. Kaine (D - VA), John deJongh Jr (D-VI), and Jim Doyle (D-WI) all signed the letter.We’ve published the letter, complete with their signatures, here.
As a follow-up to Change meetings this weekend, join Representative Keith Ellison and a coalition of community organizations for a Forum to develop ideas for a Roadmap to Economic Recovery on Monday, December 15th.
This coalition has already been doing great work addressing the foreclosure crisis in Minneapolis and provides a great opportunity to keep involved in doing critical progressive work.
See below for details.
Congratulations, a thousand times! The hardest thing ahead, in the face of adulation and vilification, will probably be to remember who you are: honest, fair and deliberative.The biggest hazard of power is the fallacy that one no longer has to be polite, or consider all sides, or be faithful to one's family.
I hope you also remember those that brung you to the dance; don't believe those who say this country is center-right. The left brought you here, and it's to the left that you owe the biggest debt.
Most candidates would have been happy with a few thousand volunteers, you reaped the bounty of thousands of people who have been working for 8 years, organizing their communities for fairness in health care, war/peace spending, and economic justice.
Sure, a lot of regular "Joes" saw the need to volunteer a couple of times in the closing weeks, but we were the ones who volunteered early and often, going full-time in the last weeks, sacrificing health and wealth, because we really know what it takes to win.
We are still here, not looking for a handout, but for rational systems to green and educate the planet and to make life sustainable, not just for Dick Cheney's (or Nancy Pelosi's) buddies, but for every last child on earth. Peace, Shalom, Salaam.
From social networking to text messaging, young people have changed the way political campaigns are run in the United States.
And, today, we have a chance to change the nation.
But only if we vote.
Check out this video of Kal Penn, the star of the Harold & Kumar movies, talking to students at the U about the power of the youth vote, and then find your polling place and vote!
Now the big question: if your attention is worth billions of dollars, how much power does your vote have?
Go to www.VoteForChange.com to find your polling place.
Those words were so powerful when I first heard them that I put them in a song. I am a Seattle musician. I've sang "Minnesota" at ever show I've had since then, which is at least 4O times.
Please watch the video and pass it on! just copy and paste the link, it's easy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ8sPG97GkA
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Check out these photos from the "Change We Need" rally in Hibbing with Hillary Clinton and share your own.
Earlier today, DFL Associate Chair, Donna Cassutt sent out the email below promoting the Campaign for Change's Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) effort...
In 17 short days, Minnesotans will go to the polls to vote in the most historic election of our time. That is, of course, if they are asked. We know that the number one reason people don’t vote is that no one asked them to. Will you join me in these final few days of the campaign and ask our fellow Minnesotans to join us at the polls on November 4? This weekend, we are pleased to launch a new website, www.gotvforchange.com. In the final days leading up to Election Day, we’ll need thousands of volunteers to fill thousands of shifts as we Get Out the Vote in all corners of Minnesota. We’ll be walking door to door and calling our neighbors, encouraging them to vote for the entire DFL ticket. Visit www.gotvforchange.com right now to sign up. Many of you have been working hard during a very long campaign. You've been incredible. You might be tired. You might be thinking it’s someone else’s turn to help out. You might think that we’re going to win. But we can’t give up now. Campaigns are about how we finish and we're almost there. No one will remember how many doors we knocked on or how many phone calls we made if Senator Obama doesn’t win Minnesota. But when he does, because of your efforts, we will know that we pushed to the end to make it happen. Let’s keep pushing. I’m fired up and ready to go. Are you? Click here to sign up right now. We need your help to encourage our neighbors to go to the polls in the final days of this campaign. We know the most effective way to motivate voters is by calling them or visiting with them on their doorstep. Whether you can volunteer a few hours or several days, it is critical to our success that you sign up now to talk with your neighbors to ensure Minnesotans vote for change on November 4. You might say – well, I don’t want to wait until the weekend before Election Day to start helping. Excellent. We have offices throughout Minnesota that are up and running day and night right now and we’d love to have you stop by and pitch in. Click here to find an office near you. Thank you so much for all you do, and will do to help get out the vote. With your efforts, we will elect Senator Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, send Al Franken to the Senate, elect three new Democratic members of Congress and secure a veto-proof majority in the Minnesota House. With your help, the DFL will win – up and down the ballot – in all corners of the state. Sincerely, Donna Cassutt Associate Chair Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party P.S. There is too much at stake to stay home. It will take each and every one of us to do our part to achieve victory on November 4. Please visit www.gotvforchange.com to sign up now.
In 17 short days, Minnesotans will go to the polls to vote in the most historic election of our time. That is, of course, if they are asked. We know that the number one reason people don’t vote is that no one asked them to.
Will you join me in these final few days of the campaign and ask our fellow Minnesotans to join us at the polls on November 4?
This weekend, we are pleased to launch a new website, www.gotvforchange.com. In the final days leading up to Election Day, we’ll need thousands of volunteers to fill thousands of shifts as we Get Out the Vote in all corners of Minnesota. We’ll be walking door to door and calling our neighbors, encouraging them to vote for the entire DFL ticket.
Visit www.gotvforchange.com right now to sign up.
Many of you have been working hard during a very long campaign. You've been incredible. You might be tired. You might be thinking it’s someone else’s turn to help out. You might think that we’re going to win. But we can’t give up now.
Campaigns are about how we finish and we're almost there. No one will remember how many doors we knocked on or how many phone calls we made if Senator Obama doesn’t win Minnesota. But when he does, because of your efforts, we will know that we pushed to the end to make it happen. Let’s keep pushing.
I’m fired up and ready to go. Are you? Click here to sign up right now.
We need your help to encourage our neighbors to go to the polls in the final days of this campaign. We know the most effective way to motivate voters is by calling them or visiting with them on their doorstep. Whether you can volunteer a few hours or several days, it is critical to our success that you sign up now to talk with your neighbors to ensure Minnesotans vote for change on November 4.
You might say – well, I don’t want to wait until the weekend before Election Day to start helping. Excellent. We have offices throughout Minnesota that are up and running day and night right now and we’d love to have you stop by and pitch in.
Click here to find an office near you.
Thank you so much for all you do, and will do to help get out the vote. With your efforts, we will elect Senator Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, send Al Franken to the Senate, elect three new Democratic members of Congress and secure a veto-proof majority in the Minnesota House. With your help, the DFL will win – up and down the ballot – in all corners of the state.
Sincerely,
Donna Cassutt Associate Chair Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
P.S. There is too much at stake to stay home. It will take each and every one of us to do our part to achieve victory on November 4. Please visit www.gotvforchange.com to sign up now.
Last weekend, a group of "Mamas for Obama" used the my.barackobama.com grassroots organizing tool to set up a playdate with their kids at their neighborhood park.
From the beginning, this campaign has been about everyday people stepping up to make change happen in their own communities. As Barack said today in Londonberry, NH:
John McCain thinks this campaign is all about me – but the truth is, this campaign is about you. Your jobs. Your health care. Your retirement. Your children’s future. That’s what this election is about. That’s what I’m fighting for. Because I can take 3 more weeks of these attacks from John McCain, but the American people can’t take four more years of the same failed policies and the same divisive politics. That’s why I’m running for President of the United States.
Barack was raised by a single mother who put herself through school, followed her passion for helping others, and taught Barack that there are no barriers to success if you are willing to work for it.
His grandmother, who also helped to raise him, worked on a bomber assembly line during World War II. Michelle, Barack's wife, has been described as "the rock of the Obama family." She and Barack want their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, to grow up in an America where both work and family are part of the American Dream.
All of Barack's accomplishments have been made possible because of these women. And it is because of these women that Barack fights for women's rights. He fights for healthcare and education, support for working parents and an insistence on equality.
These are the issues that are important to the women who support Barack -- women who come from all types of backgrounds, and who are united by care for their families and their communities.
We can turn the page on the last eight years and create a better world for our children, but we need your help. By talking with your neighbors about Barack's plan for women and families you can help bring change to Minnesota and to America.
This election is too important to sit on the sidelines -- so get out there, and get started!
Check out the pictures from the "Mamas for Obama" playdate and share your photos with us:
On Monday, Michelle Obama returns to Minnesoa to speak with Minnesota voters about the clear choice they have in this election between change and more of the same.
Michelle discuss the everyday challenges that working families face as our economy worsens and talk about Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s long records of standing up for women and families.
Here are the details, check back for an opportunity to RSVP for these events online:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13 Rochester, MN COMMUNITY EVENT WITH MICHELLE OBAMA Taylor Arena at the Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE Rochester, MN 55902 Doors Open: 10:30 AM Program Begins: 12:00 PM The event is free and open to the public. Free tickets are available at on a first-come, first served basis at the following location: Ticket Location Olmstead Co. Obama Campaign for Change Office 401 16th Ave. NW, #105 Rochester, MN 55901 Right off of 52, just past the Famous Dave's and the Perkins Map & Directions Tickets Available: 12 noon - 9 pm Saturday and Sunday For more information contact the Olmstead Co. Obama Campaign for Change office: (507) 536-9785. ***For security reasons, do not bring bags or umbrellas. Please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted.*** St. Paul, MN CHANGE WE NEED RALLY WITH MICHELLE OBAMA Macalester College Leonard Center 125 Snelling Ave S St. Paul, MN 55105 Map & Directions Doors Open: 2:30PM Program Begins: 4:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are NOT required but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. To RSVP, please visit mn.barackobama.com. Space is available on a first come first serve basis. ***For security reasons, do not bring bags or umbrellas. Please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted.***
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13
Rochester, MN
COMMUNITY EVENT WITH MICHELLE OBAMA Taylor Arena at the Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE Rochester, MN 55902
Doors Open: 10:30 AM Program Begins: 12:00 PM
The event is free and open to the public. Free tickets are available at on a first-come, first served basis at the following location:
Ticket Location Olmstead Co. Obama Campaign for Change Office 401 16th Ave. NW, #105 Rochester, MN 55901 Right off of 52, just past the Famous Dave's and the Perkins Map & Directions
Tickets Available: 12 noon - 9 pm Saturday and Sunday For more information contact the Olmstead Co. Obama Campaign for Change office: (507) 536-9785.
***For security reasons, do not bring bags or umbrellas. Please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted.***
St. Paul, MN
CHANGE WE NEED RALLY WITH MICHELLE OBAMA Macalester College Leonard Center 125 Snelling Ave S St. Paul, MN 55105 Map & Directions
Doors Open: 2:30PM Program Begins: 4:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are NOT required but an RSVP is strongly encouraged.
To RSVP, please visit mn.barackobama.com. Space is available on a first come first serve basis.
It is amazing how true it is to say that we should first take the speck out of our eyes before we try to get out the log from the other person's. Last weeekend, I did some canvassing around my neighborhood and saw only one person who was not registered to vote. I thought it was a good sign because everyone is engaged.
Strangely enough on Monday 10/6, a colleague came to my office and saw my Obama Poster and she said "Whao! you must be a big supporter." I said I was and asked if she wasn't. She said she supported him and I urged her to vote and casually added, "you are registered to vote, aren't you?" And the shocker came-NO. As teachers signed themselves out, I asked each one if they were registered and I had 8 unregistered voters. This is a small school and up to 8 supporters were not registered. They are all registered now though. So please, even if you think they are, assume they are not and just ask your friends, colleagues, neighbors and relatives. You might be in for a shocker. You think the people out there are the ones to go after and neglect to check on those around you.
Even when the polls seem to favor us, we should not let our eyes off the ball. The finish line is on November 4 and I know together we can do this. Good luck everybody and keep up the good work!
Today, the Obama-Biden campaign released a new 30 second TV ad, “Can’t Explain”, which highlights health care in the debate last night. In the ad, which features footage from the debate, Joe Biden sheds light on the truth about John McCain’s health care plan, telling America that McCain pays for his health care plan by taxing your health care benefits, and he calls that, “the ultimate bridge to nowhere.”
"Can’t Explain" will air across the country on national cable beginning today.
Watch the ad...
With just 33 days until Election Day we need to step up our efforts to convince undecided voters to vote for Barack Obama.
To put him over the top here in Minnesota, Barack needs us to step up in our own communities, because we know our neighbors better than anyone.
Sign up now to join a weekend canvass in your area and make a difference in your community.
ok ... PBS is playing Casablanca ... which happens to be one of Obama's favorite movies ... can we spin this to suggest that Jim Leher, moderator of last night's debate, has declared Obama the winner?
Bogart just said: All of America is asleep ...
I'm Kidding!
TheresaObama Supporter & "Female Fundit"
