All of you have been focused for months on getting out the vote for our great progressive candidates in Vermont, and rightly so.
But as you all know, the rest of the country needs Vermont — and never more than tonight.
I wanted to get this up ASAP so that you all put this in your plans from 7 PM to 11 PM this evening.
There are a great number of races around the country that will be incredibly close. Reports are beginning to trickle in about strong voter turnout in Democratic districts across the country as the President’s supporters head to the polls to support his allies.
Still, Democratic control of the House and Senate could hinge on a few votes in key states and districts.
So with all due respect, don’t spend your time refreshing GMD and updating Vermont returns until a little later in the evening — instead, call some sporadic Democratic voters who should get out to the polls and vote in these close races in Central, Mountain, and Pacific Time.
Grab an evening coffee and make the evening count. Can the GMD community make Vermont’s voice heard by calling 1,000 targeted voters after the polls close in Vermont?
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Unfortunately this afternoon Matt’s brother had a stroke and Matt and his family are currently with him at the hospital. We will provide an update as soon as we have more information.
As Matt spends this time with his family while his brother is recovering, the campaign is continuing on, with the help of our wonderful grassroots team. While Matt is unable to post a diary today, on behalf of the campaign I wanted to post a quick note to keep the GMD community updated on the campaign’s activity today. -David Babbott, Deputy Campaign Manager
For those of you subscribed to our website’s RSS feed, you probably noticed that it was a busy day.
This morning we sent out a press release blasting the Dubie campaign once again. As you may have seen, over the past week we have been exchanging words with Brian Dubie’s campaign. We recently made some statements about the sad state of the economy under Brian Dubie’s watch in response to a press release his campaign sent out mocking a Democratic forum. Today the Dubie campaign responded to our critique with a weak and rushed statement suggesting we were “grasping at straws.”
In the press release we issued to address their comments we took the conversation a step further, challenging the campaign over reports on Dubie’s recent dinner date.
It turns out that on a weekend when Matt was garnering support from business leaders across Vermont, Brian Dubie hopped the border to have dinner with former President George W. Bush in the Adirondacks. Their plans that weekend are a perfect example of the contrast between Matt and Brian: Matt Dunne was presenting an economic development plan to local business leaders while Brian Dubie was meeting with President George W. Bush – the person who created one of the worst economies in American history.
With Brian’s jobs plan just as absent as he is, we can only hope he wasn’t getting economic advice in New York from a President who never visited Vermont while in office and who is responsible for our current economic mess.
Appropriately, we also released our new video web ad today, called “Experience.” As the title denotes, the video demonstrates that Matt’s experience makes him the best candidate able to deliver on the promise of an economy that works for all of Vermont.
This ad will be running online as a video ad on social media sites like YouTube, through Election Day.
Finally, we announced that The Herald of Randolph endorsed Matt in today’s paper, becoming the third newspaper endorsement for our campaign, and joining the Stowe Reporter and the Addison Independent in describing why Matt is the best candidate to move Vermont forward.
We’re looking forward to a busy weekend of engaging with Vermonters and helping to Get Out The Vote. If you are interested in helping us make the final push, you can sign up to volunteer here.