Subject: Exclusive: First look at our report
From: "Jim Messina, BarackObama.com" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:21:04 -0400

Hunter --

We're filing this campaign's first financial report with the Federal 
Election Commission on Friday.

You own this campaign, so you deserve to get this news first.

And thanks to you and other supporters all over the country, 
there's a lot of good news to share.

I'm not going to steal my own thunder here in the email -- you've 
got to watch the video to get the news about what we've raised, 
how we're spending it, and what's next:

https://donate.barackobama.com/July-Report2

The Washington chatter around the report we're releasing
has focused on one number: the sum total we've raised.

But other numbers that the pundits often ignore -- like how many field 
offices we and the DNC have open, how many one-on-one 
conversations we've had with potential supporters, and how many 
people have already decided to own a piece of this campaign -- tell 
the real story of our campaign.

All those numbers are in the video, and they're the ones you should 
be proud of today. Watch it now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/July-Report2

One more thing: It's a fact that our opponents won't have hundreds 
of thousands of people giving whatever they can afford -- so they'll 
be relying heavily on money from two sources to fund 
an unprecedented barrage:

    1. Washington lobbyists and special interests whose explicit aim 
is to influence the federal government in any way they can.

    2. Outside groups that don't have to disclose a word about what 
they've raised or who they've raised it from, like one of Karl Rove's 
political organizations. His groups have set an astounding $120 million 
fundraising goal in their campaign to tear down President Obama.

The threat to our success from these determined groups -- acting 
solely in their own interest, not the public interest -- is real, and it's 
growing. And it's going to take serious commitment and vigilance 
from all of us to withstand their attacks while still building the 
grassroots campaign we'll need to win.

We're off to a solid start. But this is just the beginning.

So now, back to work.

Thanks,

Messina

Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

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