Subject: Amazing
From: "Guy Cecil" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:32:21 -0500 (EST)

Dear R.Hunter,

Thank you so much for standing with the DSCC and Wisconsin's workers. The DSCC broke its February fundraising goal – the kind of strong, grassroots effort we'll need to defend our 23 seats up in 2012 and save our Democratic firewall. And an amazing number of you joined us in standing up for Wisconsin's teachers and other workers. More than 108,000 people signed our petition and let the people who teach our children and keep our communities safe know that we stand with them – not the radical Republicans who are trying to strip away the political power of the middle class and hand it to corporations.
 
If you haven't joined our call to stand with the workers of Wisconsin, click here to add your name. You can also ask family and friends to sign it on Facebook, or share the link on Twitter.
https://dscc.org/act?action_KEY=160
 
Races Update
In 2010, Tea Party activists fractured the Republican Party and led some states to nominate candidates with little appeal beyond the far right. It looks like the same thing could happen in 2012. Here's what's new in some of the top Senate races on our radar:
 
Connecticut: In Connecticut, a recent Tea Party Patriots straw poll showed 2010 candidate and former pro-wrestling maven Linda McMahon leading other Republicans in the race for retiring independent Sen. Joe Lieberman's seat. McMahon has said she might run again. Meanwhile, one candidate she beat out for the nomination in 2010 – former Rep. Rob Simmons – is still bitter about his loss. "Are we looking for a candidate who has actually won races? A person who's committed to public service?" he said in a recent interview. "Or are we still looking for a multi-millionaire?" On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy and former Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz have announced their candidacies. 
 
Indiana: There is already infighting among Indiana Republicans. State treasurer Richard Mourdock is working hard to persuade Hoosiers that their senior senator, Dick Lugar, is an unrepentant liberal who must be replaced by someone further right. Mourdock appears to be making a pretty good case. At least 67 of the state's 92 county GOP chairmen are backing Mourdock over Lugar. Lugar hasn't been helping his electoral chances, either. The media recently reported that Lugar lives in a hotel when he's visiting Indiana, raising questions about his residency. And Lugar has been pushing back on the state's Tea Party forces, most recently telling them that they need to "get real."
 
New Mexico: After a long and distinguished career representing New Mexico, Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman has decided to retire. New Mexico is a Democratic-leaning state where President Obama remains very popular. The race is expected to be heated, however, with Republicans vowing to turn this blue state red. A number of strong Democratic contenders are considering their options, and New Mexico will continue to be represented by two Democratic senators in 2012 and beyond. 
 
Virginia: The Republican primary race to replace retiring Sen. Jim Webb in Virginia is already messy. George Allen jumped in, but Republicans seem less than thrilled about their former senator. The former chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia told the Washington Post that "There's a lot of people who are ready for George Allen to retire," and the conservative editorial board of the Loudoun Times said Allen "appears worn and spent and will never survive his bigoted 'macaca' comment" made during his losing 2006 Senate race. Allen faces a primary against Tea Party organizer and former Allen staffer Jamie Radtke.
 
Help Defend Our Firewall!
If Republicans have a net gain of only four seats, we will lose our Senate majority. The stakes couldn't be higher. We've seen how radical Republicans have grown – from attacking women's health care to declaring war on working men and women to slashing funding for basic services. The Democratic Senate stands as a firewall against their radical ideas. We must defend it, and we need your grassroots help to succeed.
 
Click here to give $5 or more to the DSCC. More than 90 percent of donations to the DSCC come from people who give $200 or less. Help defend our Democratic firewall!
https://dscc.org/give?donate_page_KEY=10803&amount=x
 
Thanks again for standing with Democrats – and the middle class.
 
Guy Cecil

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