Barack Obama just sent out this email...
Samuel --One of the things I'm most proud of about our campaign is not the amount of money we've raised, but the number of people giving it.As of this afternoon, more than 300,000 people have given in 2008 alone, taking ownership of this campaign by making a donation of whatever they can afford.This has never happened before. No one has ever built a campaign involving so many Americans as true stakeholders.It speaks volumes not only about the kind of campaign we're running, but also about how we want politics to be.So many of us have been waiting so long for the time when we could finally expect more from our politics, when we could give more of ourselves and feel truly invested in something bigger than a particular candidate or cause.This is it. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.We won the most states and the most delegates on Tuesday because a movement of people decided to take back the political process and participate in unprecedented numbers.Today we set a new goal: 500,000 people giving to our campaign this year by March 4th.Right now you can keep growing this movement by promising to match the donation of someone who hasn't yet given in 2008.So many people are ready to join, and your promise to match their first donation of 2008 could be what helps them decide to take the next step.Make a donation and match someone else's first gift now: https://donate.barackobama.com/promiseWhen you match someone's donation, you'll see their name and town, and you can choose to write them a note about why you believe in this movement and why you're taking ownership of it.This has been a remarkable week already, but we are entering what could be a decisive phase of the campaign.We face contests in Nebraska, Washington State, and Louisiana on Saturday. Maine will go on Sunday. And Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. will vote on Tuesday.It's going to take every one of us reaching out, organizing, and giving our all to make it happen.As we headed into the Iowa caucuses, it had taken us nearly a year to reach our first 500,000 donors.Now, with your help, we will be able to repeat that feat in a little over 60 days as we head into Texas, Ohio, and Vermont on March 4th.So many people said we would never get here.But we're proving every day that ordinary people can still accomplish extraordinary things.Thank you,Barack
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