I just had time to grab a quick coffee with my husband, Jim, who's taking unpaid time off work to pitch in with the campaign.
With so little time left to go, this whole campaign is "rounding up the troops," calling on family and friends to get out to Iowa to help knock on doors, round up caucus-goers and get them to vote tomorrow night.
Just 30 hours from now, the first voters will start gathering across Iowa to caucus for their pick for the Democratic nomination. We need you to throw in just $50 or $100 more so we can keep our 2,798 volunteers going strong!
We spent New Year's Day in a flurry of last-minute volunteer meetings, press calls and voter rallies here in Iowa. Now we've got 7 more events slotted for today -- then I'll join up with Dave and the Governor for a late-night New Hampshire strategy session while Jim joins our volunteers to call more caucus-goers.
At least we see each other at breakfast!
With the Governor's surge in the polls and the rush of positive press has come a HUGE burst of support on the ground. More than 400 people came out to hear the Governor in Des Moines on New Year's Eve and his last two presidential job interviews in Ames and Mason City were packed!
We've already got 1,250 precinct captains in place and more than 21,000 caucus-goers have pledged to attend their caucuses on the Governor's behalf.
Jennifer, our volunteers need YOUR support of $50, $100 or $250 so they can get every last one of those 21,000 plus at least 4,000 more to caucus for the Governor tomorrow night!
https://secure.richardsonforpresident.com/page/contribute/30hourstoiowa?source=z1711The latest poll from CNN/Opinion Research Corp. shows 28% of Democratic caucus-goers STILL haven't made up their minds as to which candidate to vote for!
But hour by hour, minute by minute, those people are turning to Bill Richardson.
As the Governor put in on CNN yesterday morning:
"I'm gonna shock the world.
"People who are voting, they want someone to bring them together. They're inspired by somebody that can resolve problems. And I'm gonna do well, you watch. I'm gonna shock the world as we move into these early primaries."
We're making 11 more stops between now and tomorrow night -- and we're only running on adrenaline now. The turnout tomorrow night depends entirely on how much money we can devote to keeping our precinct captains and volunteers going strong.
If you'll keep up the support now, we'll keep working straight up till 6:59 tomorrow night!
https://secure.richardsonforpresident.com/page/contribute/30hourstoiowa?source=z1711I'll be working side by side with our National Field Director, Dan Sena, to rally all those caucus-goers to make sure they go out and voice their choice. We'll be keeping an eye on the weather and we've got a game plan in place to get to folks who can't make it on their own -- we've even got a fleet of vans ready so we can give them a lift!
Everything hinges on these last 30 hours. And your support, Jennifer, truly will make all the difference.
I've got to run and get ready for the Governor's final presidential job interview in Decorah now, but I'll be back online in 2 hours.
I hope I can count on one last push of support from you by then.
It's now or never.
Amanda
P.S. Remember -- every last dollar you send will be DOUBLED! Pitch in with $50 now and it equals $100! Don't wait!
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