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A couple of weeks ago, I announced that Senator Barack Obama had filmed a commercial supporting Congressional Candidate, Bill Foster, who is running to succeed Denny Hastert in Illinois’ 14th District.
The Special Election, and the first real non-primary Congressional race to be decided this year, will be held this Saturday, March 8th.
This race is very close, and this commercial from Senator Obama will help us get Bill’s message of change out to the people of the 14th District.
There is a lot at stake in this race. The NRCC has launched an $850,000 ad buy for Oberweis in the district, and, according to The Hill:
NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Monday that he recognizes the magnitude of the race to replace the former Speaker and he expects it to be close.
“We understand the symbolic importance of the race; it’ll be spun out of all proportion if we were to lose it,” Cole said. “It’ll be, ‘My God, it’s the end of the Republican Party.’ “
Now, with Senator Obama supporting our message of change, we now need your help to keep that message on the air.
With every dollar we raise, we can continue to make sure the people who will be deciding this election will see this appeal.
We have set up an Actblue page dedicated to supporting this television commercial.
Please help us turn Denny’s seat blue. Think about how you would feel if you woke up on March 9th and the headlines read, “Hastert’s Seat is now occupied by a DEMOCRAT.” The implied headline would be, “There are no safe Republican seats in November.”
I promised you the ad. Here it is:
Do what you can to help us keep Senator Obama’s support of Bill Foster for Congress on the air.
Disclaimer: I work with the Foster campaign, and I’m pleased to bring you this diary.