Final Push: Can You Spare an Hour?

Thursday, November 1, 2007

(ACDC)

Report from the Chairman

Peter Rousselot

We are coming down to the final push before Election Day: November 6. A few Arlington Democrats have asked me: what’s the big deal this year? Aren’t all our local candidates going to breeze to victory? Trust me: no one in a contested race can count on breezing to victory unless they get the same level of enthusiasm and support that would be there for them if their supporters thought their election were at risk. And, that’s the level of support our Arlington Democratic candidates always deserve from all of us. Why, you might ask?

There are many reasons; take your pick:

You should volunteer and vote Democratic in 2007 to send a message across the river to Bush, Cheney, and the Republicans. Our message is this: Arlington Democrats are active, organized, and determined to pile up decisive majorities no matter what the year and what the election. The next Presidential and U.S. Senate elections in 2008 are just around the corner. We are going to demonstrate again in 2007 that we have the organization, the votes, and the skills to provide the decisive margin of victory in Virginia for Mark Warner and our Democratic Presidential nominee in 2008 just like we did for Jim Webb in 2006.
Our Joint Campaign is supporting a terrific group of Democratic candidates in Arlington this year. We are supporting them in the spirit of one for all, and all for one. It is a great Arlington tradition that carries over into how our Democratic elected officials govern us once in office. The team spirit that we share in the final days of the 2007 campaign will carry over in 2008 and beyond when tough governing choices have to be made. Your help now will benefit us all later.
You love campaigns and campaigning! That’s why you’re an Arlington Democrat!! There are loads of volunteer projects that can use your help: lit drops, telephoning, greeting voters at metros and on Election Day. Please join us!!!

The Joint Campaign can use your help NOW. If you want to volunteer to help the Joint Campaign, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Marj Signer, at ARLNOW@aol.com Each of the individual candidates supported by our Joint Campaign also has opportunities to help, and you can link up with any of those candidates by logging on to our website at www.arlingtondemocrats.org

Let me mention four strongly-contested races in which our Democratic candidates particularly can use your volunteer help now.

For the Arlington County Board, our Democratic candidates, Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes, would love to hear from you. Contact their campaign managers, Mike Lieberman and John Grant, respectively, at mikelieberman1@gmail.com and john.s.grant@gmail.com

For the Clerk of Court, our Democratic candidate, Paul Ferguson, faces a spirited challenge. To help Paul, please reach out to his campaign manager, Kevin Vincent, at kevin.vincent@bakerbotts.com

In the 45th House of Delegates District, our Democratic candidate, David Englin, is being challenged by a Republican, heavily bankrolled by right wing conservative groups. To help David, please contact his campaign manager, Shayna Englin, at shayna.englin@gmail.com

As we enter the final days of the 2007 Democratic campaign in Arlington, let’s all join together to ensure responsive, progressive, Democratic leadership at every level of government!

PETER ROUSSELOT