A message from Vermont’s Campaign for Change, a project of the VT Democratic Party…

Greetings from White River Junction!

I don’t know about you, but I can feel the excitement for Obama/Biden
‘08 all the way from Denver! I’ve spoken with a lot of folks that are
chomping at the bit to start things up for the general election here in
Vermont - and across the river in New Hampshire. So, we’ve started to
organize a Weekend of Action, highlighting coordinated efforts I’ve put
together with NH organizers - on top of our efforts here in Vermont.

We want to kick things off in a big way and I’m calling and emailing to
get over 100 folks organized to help in NH this Saturday (on the West &
East side of the state)! And we’re pushing for a similar effort at home
in VT on Sunday & Monday.

Lets do everything we can to take advantage of this truly historic
convention for Obama - sign up for one of these events now! Or, create
your own and post on-line at http://my.barackobama.com

Lets get to work!

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other
time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we
seek.”
- Barack Obama

OFFICIAL: Caravan to NH - Brattleboro - Saturday
Aug 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpld9q

OFFICIAL: Caravan to NH - White River Junction - Saturday
Aug 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpggmw

OFFICIAL: Caravan to NH - Springfield - Saturday
Aug 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpgg5w

OFFICIAL: Organizing Meeting & Phonebank to NH - Burlington - Saturday
Aug 30, 2008 at 1:30 PM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpglt4

OFFICIAL: Phone Bank - White River Junction - Sunday
Aug 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpglqy

OFFICIAL: Organizing Meeting & Canvass - Burlington - Sunday
Aug 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpglj2

OFFICIAL: Organizing Meeting - Burlington - Monday
Sep 1, 2008 at 10:30 AM
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpgl8z

See you out there!

Stephen Anderson
Eastern Vermont Field Organizer
31 South Main Street, Suite 302
‘Gates-Briggs Building’
White River Junction, 05001
802.295.1443
sanderson@vermontforchange.com

The intro movie…

Michelle’s amazing speech…

Dear Supporter,
John McCain and the Republican National Committee are trying to convince you that you’ve been swept up and tricked into wanting change.

They want you to believe that everything is just fine — that we need to stay the course and elect someone who’s voted with George Bush 95% of the time.

To sell this ridiculous idea, McCain and the RNC are using huge checks from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs to run negative ads attacking Barack Obama and the millions of volunteers and donors who have joined this campaign for change.

While supporters like you are out knocking on doors, registering new voters, and organizing in your local communities, our opponents are not even trying to match your efforts. Instead, they’re spending millions to spread the smear that Barack is just a “celebrity” and that our grassroots movement is just a bunch of mindless fans.

So who is John McCain really attacking? Real people like Brandon, a carpenter from McCall, ID. Stephanie, a registered nurse from Phoenix, AZ. And Pamela, a retired teacher from Franklin, WV.

These are actual people who have made donations to our campaign this week.

Join supporters like Brandon, Stephanie, and Pamela in fighting back against McCain’s negative attacks. Make a donation of $5 or more today.

Your donation will help this movement reach a goal that few believed was possible — 2,000,000 individual supporters owning a piece of this campaign.

And if you make a donation right now, a previous donor — a real person like Brandon, Stephanie, or Pamela — is standing by to match your gift. They are prepared to give again if you take the next step and make your first donation today.

You can even choose to exchange a personal note with them about why you’re supporting this movement.

Double your impact by making a matched donation of $5 or more now.

Two million donors is an incredible number — a number that was previously unimaginable for presidential campaigns. And it’s a number this campaign never dreamed we could reach before the convention.

But because so many supporters have stepped up to own a piece of this movement in the face of McCain’s attacks, we are just days away from making history.

And with only 85 days until the election, we can’t afford to do any less.

Make a matching donation of $5 or more today and help reach this historic goal.

McCain is trying to undermine your hope, and we can expect even more misleading attack ads in the weeks ahead. His friends in Big Oil and other special interests are more than happy to keep fueling his efforts with huge checks. They want to keep Washington just the way it is.

Today, you can show John McCain that his attacks won’t slow us down. In fact, his attacks will make us even more determined to build and strengthen this movement.

Help reach this historic milestone of 2 million donors by matching another supporter’s donation of $5 or more today.

Thank you for building this movement for change,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

Brian Deese, Deputy Director of Economic Policy for the Obama campaign, walks us through the actual facts vs. the content from one of the McCain campaign’s latest attack ads…

Nicely done…

Please take some time to explore the new Neighbor to Neighbor online tool…

Vermont State Director, Jason Powell, provides the details…

Hello Vermonters for Obama!

I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of our new on-line neighbor-to-neighbor tool, please follow the links below for more information. This online tool provides everything you need to canvass undecided voters on your block: training video, script, literature to print, a walk list, map, means to get the data back to us online – and the ability to get more names and addresses in your community.

Please take a minute to check it out and start talking to your undecided neighbors about Obama - and organizing more supporters right here in Vermont!

New Neighbor to Neighbor Online Tool

We’ve made it possible for you to find undecided voters in your area and talk with them about the campaign.

Using our Neighbor to Neighbor online tool, you can get a list of undecided voters in your neighborhood, along with a map, flyer, and script. It’s up to us to build this movement in our local communities, so get started today.

Please take a moment to give us your feedback or email us at n2nhelp@barackobama.com with your questions (or you can contact me directly).

Thank you.

Jason
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Jason Powell
Obama for America
jpowell@barackobama.com
(802) 323-3570