Trippi: "10 Days to Reach Our Goal"

Joe Trippi (email):

This is it— with 10 days left in the second quarter, we're about two-thirds of the way towards our goal of raising $9 million—double what we raised at this time in the 2004 race. And I know what you're thinking—my $25 doesn't matter for a hill of beans against all those four-figure checks rolling in to the campaigns.

And you'd be right—unless you believe there are thousands of people like you—thousands who support John Edwards' bold vision for America, and who believe that all of us together giving small change can make big change. And there are.

Now is the time when you've gotta believe that there are other people out there just like you, giving today. And just like you're counting on them to do their part, they are counting on you to do yours.

We are all counting on each other to accomplish our goal. So let's make it happen—give today.

www.johnedwards.com/action/contribute/form

This is not about out-raising our opponents in a meaningless fundraising arms race. This is about executing our plan—raising enough money to push our message in the critical early states, and building our operation around the country. When we started this campaign, we calculated that we would need to raise $40 million by the Iowa caucuses to get our day in the sun in each of the early states and win the nomination.

Right now, we're ahead of that pace—but to stay there, we need to reach $9 million by June 30th. And to do that, we need a lot of people to contribute what they can afford.

Together, we can turn a lot of small change into big change. Big change on poverty. Big change for middle-class families trying to make ends meet. Big change in Iraq. Big change on health care and halting global warming. Great things are possible—we can build one America. But we gotta believe. And we gotta believe in each other.

Our time is now. Together, let's make it happen.

Your friend,

- Joe Trippi
John Edwards for President