Democracy Bonds - join today! (from Howard Dean)

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"Elections have consequences."

Remember that saying? It was a favorite of George Bush and the pundits after his
narrow victory in 2004.

In 2006 Americans sent a crystal clear message. As the war in Iraq continued and
ordinary people struggled to make ends meet, scores of Republicans at every level of
government were removed from office by the voters, every single Democrat running for
reelection as a Senator, Governor, or Representative was reelected -- every single
one.

It didn't happen by accident. It happened by building a strong opposition party with
a clear message of change. Most importantly, it happened by building the Democratic
Party organization in places it had never been before.

One group of unsung heroes made it happen. They are the nearly 35,000 members of the
Democracy Bonds community.

A Democracy Bond is a commitment to give a small amount every month to build the
Democratic Party for the long term. This core group of people provides unprecedented
financial stability for our party that allows us to make the historic investments in
a national organizing and communications infrastructure - investments that will
continue as we work to take back the White House in 2008.

As you watched the ceremonies on the news yesterday, you saw the historic change
that a whole lot of ordinary people can make when they band together. This community
is changing our party and changing America, and they're doing it at an average of
about $22 a month.

Will you join the community at this historic time?

https://www.democrats.org/democracy_bond

Want a clear example of the difference that your Democracy Bond can make?

Take Kansas, for example. In a state that had become an emblem in the media for the
rise of the radical right, we put field organizers on the ground more than a year
before the 2006 elections. By organizing locally and building a network of
volunteers for the long-term, we re-elected Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius,
took a U.S. House seat from the Republicans, and soundly defeated an extremist
Republican Attorney General.

Thanks to a revived and strong Democratic Party, we've seen a trickle and then a
flood of moderate Republicans changing their registration to Democrat.

And that U.S. House seat we won in Kansas? Freshman Representative Nancy Boyda says
that she decided to run for the seat specifically because our 50-state strategy was
in place to support her.

There's no better time to become a member of the Democracy Bonds community -- will
you join today?

https://www.democrats.org/democracy_bond

The Democracy Bond community is the necessary foundation for the 50-state strategy.
Without that core of support, everything we've done for the past two years would not
have been possible.

The Democratic Party made historic gains because of this unprecedented commitment
from ordinary people.

I am deeply proud to be a Democracy Bond holder myself, and as I see new Democrats
sworn in at every level of office this week I can't think of a community of which
I'm more honored to be a member.

Thank you.

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.