Dear Lucas,
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The GOP profits by coddling both of them.
Republicans have their priorities. America's middle class isn't one of them. They're all about giving more to those who have the most. Helping the 1 percent at the cost of the 99. Boosting billionaires and big corporations while demanding the rest of America pull harder on their own bootstraps.
The middle class has pulled as hard as it can. It's time that policies lift all boats, not just yachts.
I need your help. If the GOP gains only four Senate seats, their priorities will become America's laws. The DSCC has a plan to keep the Senate, but it needs funding - $66,000 in the next 72 hours. If they don't make it, they can't fight Karl Rove's millions and prevent a total GOP takeover.
Can you give $5 or $10 now to fight a GOP takeover? We've got 72 hours and $66,000 left to raise.
President Obama's jobs proposals could put millions back to work, but my Republican colleagues won't support it. Why? Because if the economy gets better, Democrats and the president would get the credit - just in time for the election.
Republicans are too busy being the problem to come up with any solutions. They're filibustering every bill in sight. Passing laws to suppress the Democratic vote. Their presidential candidates are even suggesting that President Obama isn't a "real American." It's wrong, and fighting back with everything we've got is our only option.
But I need you in the fight right now. The time for sitting on the sidelines is over.
Your $5 or $10 right now will help prevent a GOP takeover - and a full-out assault on our progressive priorities. We've only got 72 hours to meet this $66,000 goal!
I have faith in us. With the combined power of more than a million grassroots donors, I know we can meet this $66,000 goal, win in 2012 and shift Washington's priorities back to the middle class - where they belong. Thank you for joining the fight.
Sincerely,
Dick Durbin