An Open Letter from Hillary Clinton

I'm so proud that you -- along with more than 300,000 other people -- are standing with me to ensure that the 2.3 million votes cast in Florida and Michigan are counted. It's such an important principle in our country: when the voters speak, we count their votes.

Your commitment to that principle means a lot to me, and to the people I talk to in Florida and Michigan who want to make sure they have a voice in this election. Yesterday, I spoke to voters in Florida, and they are all too familiar with the consequences of not counting every vote.

On May 31, we'll hear the decision from the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee on whether they'll seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida. And while we wait to hear their ruling, you and I must keep fighting together to win every last vote in the final three races.

Let's fight to the finish -- make a contribution today.

Our recent string of victories in Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, and Pennsylvania showed that we have what it takes to win in November, and our campaign is moving full-speed ahead toward the final contests.

Puerto Rico votes in 10 days, and the last primaries in Montana and South Dakota are just two days later. This is the final push for votes, and I know I can count on you as I have throughout this race.

We've worked so hard together to make sure that every American has a chance to make their voice heard in this race. We've fought for the values we share and for the future we both know our country needs. We can't let up now.

Contribute today to help us fight for every vote.

Florida and Michigan are depending on us to make sure they have a voice. Millions are still waiting for their chance to vote.

I'm proud to fight for them, and I'm so grateful to have you standing with me.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

I owe our 35-point win in Kentucky yesterday to your incredible support. So let me ask you -- do you think we should let the TV talking heads have the final say in this race? Or should we do what we have always done, and fight together for what you and I believe in?

I have never for one moment forgotten what this race is about -- the millions of people who are looking to you and me for the leadership America needs. It's about getting our economy moving again. It's about bringing the war in Iraq to a responsible end. It's about fulfilling America's energy needs while protecting the planet for our children and grandchildren. It's about making sure that every man, woman, and child in America has health care.

Now we have just three races left, and your help is absolutely critical in these final two weeks. Your support has made a such a difference for me in this campaign, and I can't thank you enough. So let's do it. Let's keep fighting and winning together, as we have all along.

Contribute today and let's keep driving toward victory.

Let's talk about the state of this race.

I've won more votes than anyone running for the Democratic nomination in the history of our party. I've won states that will total 308 electoral votes in November -- more than enough to carry the general election. And it is critical that we make certain the more than 2 million voters in Florida and Michigan are heard.

We can let the media decide this race. We can let the pundits be the ones who determine our party's nominee. Or we can listen to the voters. Yesterday, voters in Kentucky joined you in sending a clear message -- this campaign is far from over.

Throughout it all, through the ups and downs of this race, you've been there, supporting me every step of the way. Help me send a strong message that this race isn't over yet.

Contribute now to help us in the final three races.

I'm so proud of what we accomplished yesterday in Kentucky, and of all the victories we celebrated together. We've worked too hard to stop now. Thank you for your incredible support. I don't have to tell you that I couldn't do this without you.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

SHE'S IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL!

After being outspent and counted out, we are on the path to victory thanks to the voters of Pennsylvania and your steadfast support. Now as we approach the end of April and an important deadline, you and I have the chance to do something remarkable together.

Every day, I see the effects that your support has on our campaign. When I visit one of our offices in the field and see a full phone bank buzzing with activity, I know you make it possible. When I review our latest ads, I know you are putting our message on the air. And when I celebrate a victory like the one we had in Pennsylvania, I know we are celebrating together.

We can keep celebrating victories all the way through November. Our next step on the road to the nomination is a big show of strength when we report our April fundraising numbers. Because of your incredible efforts last week, we are in position to make sure every voter has the right to be heard in this race.

I have a special favor to ask you. With all this momentum, we want to engage as many people as possible and today, encourage more people to give to this campaign -- because we can't win without the support of you and hundreds of thousands like you.

So we are asking our most active supporters -- including you -- to match a single online contribution from someone who has not made a contribution before. Your gift will encourage someone to make a commitment to contribute to the campaign, which means that any gift you make before the midnight Wednesday deadline will go twice as far toward helping us win.

This is going to be big. Because you're matching the gift of a new contributor, your $25 gift is worth $50. Your $50 gift is worth $100. There's never been a better time to jump in and help move our campaign forward.

Contribute now, before the midnight deadline, to match another supporter's gift.

Think about everything that you and I have fought for together. Think about the enormous change we'll bring if we win. We can do it -- victory is in sight. But first we need to make a big show of strength by raising every dollar we can before the midnight Wednesday deadline. Let's show everyone who wants to count you and me out that we are in this race to win it.

If you agree to match a new donor's online contribution now, your gift before the deadline is worth double.

Contribute to help us show our campaign's strength, and your gift will be worth twice as much.

We have the momentum heading into the final primaries, and I know we can win if we keep working and fighting together. Thank you for everything.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Now, thanks to you, the tide is turning in this race. We never stopped believing in one another, never doubted that we could count on each other. You didn't quit, and when I'm president, I promise I won't quit on you.

Now with the next critical contests right around the corner, we need your immediate help to build on the hard-earned momentum of our Pennsylvania victory and continue our success all the way to the nomination.

Contribute today to help carry our momentum to Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, and beyond.

Even though the Obama campaign went for broke trying to knock us out of the race, the people of Pennsylvania had other ideas.

We connected with Pennsylvania families who know they need a strong leader who's on their side to turn around the battered Bush economy and end President Bush's disastrous war in Iraq. And as this redefined contest moves across the country, we'll keep connecting.

I'm in this race to fight for you. And you know you can count on me to keep fighting for you every day. And as long as we keep working together, we'll wrest control of the White House from the Republicans and defeat John McCain. I'm going to continue to rely on your heart and your spirit every step of the way.

Contribute now, and together, we can carry our winning message to victory.

Thanks to you, we're on a roll. And with your immediate help, we'll keep moving forward until we've won the Democratic nomination, won the November election, and earned the opportunity to lead America in a new, more promising direction.

Thanks so much for believing in me and believing in how much we can accomplish if we keep pulling together.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First of all, I want to say thank you for the incredible boost you've given our campaign in the days since our big win in Pennsylvania. Everyone on the campaign is talking about what you did and how much it means to Hillary. I don't think I'm overstating the case to say that without your generous support, we would not be in a position to win.

There has been a lot of talk in the media about the negative tone of this campaign, and who is responsible for it. I strongly believe that Hillary, who is out on the stump every day talking about her solutions for America, is getting a totally unfair rap on this count. I wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post this morning about the double-standard we have faced.

On the one hand, it's perfectly decent for Obama to argue that only he has the virtue to bring change to Washington and that Clinton lacks the character and the commitment to do so. On the other hand, we are somehow hitting below the belt when we say that Clinton is the candidate best able to withstand the pressures of the presidency and do what's right for the American people, while leaving the decisions about Obama's preparedness to the voters. Who made up those rules? And who would ever think they are fair?

I'd like you to read the whole article, and let me know what you think. Click here to read the op-ed and give me your feedback.

Thank you again for your incredible support,

Geoff Garin
Hillary Clinton for President

No candidate can guarantee victory. But throughout this campaign, I have made one promise to you, and I intend to keep it.

As long as I have your support, as long as you are fighting by my side, I will work as hard as I can to win.

Here is the challenge we face. With the Obama campaign outspending us 3-to-1, the polls are tightening in Pennsylvania, and we have exactly one week left to get our message out.

Before the Super Tuesday primaries on February 5, I told you that if you reached out to support my campaign, you would see the results -- and you did. I told you we could win Texas and Ohio on March 4 with your help -- and you put us over the top.

I need your help right now to win in Pennsylvania, and this race is close enough that the decision you make could be the difference between winning and losing.

Contribute now to help us close the spending gap and win in Pennsylvania.

I've talked, listened, and learned my way across the Keystone state these past few weeks, and I've met people who are optimistic, hard-working, and ready for a president who stands up and fights for them every single day.

I've felt such a deep connection to the people I've met in Pennsylvania, and I'm proud of the campaign we're running here. But we are still being outspent 3-to-1, and I need your help to close that gap if we want to win.

In the next seven days, thousands of people will be making their final decision in the Democratic primary, and we must make sure they hear our message. We can't let our voices be drowned out by the Obama campaign's limitless spending.

Contribute today to help me make sure our message is heard across Pennsylvania in the next seven days.

Thank you so much for doing everything you can do to keep our campaign driving forward.

Sincerely,


Hillary Rodham Clinton

CHANGES--Give Hillary Your Ideas

You've probably heard about some of the big changes going on in Hillary's campaign lately. My name is Geoff Garin, and along with Howard Wolfson, I'm now leading the campaign's strategy team. My job is to plot the path to the nomination and lay out the strategy that will get us there.

There are two reasons why I said yes immediately when Hillary asked me to do this job. First, I believe that the Hillary Clinton I know will be a great president who will do great things for our country. Second, I am confident she can win.

Let me lay out for you the situation as I see it right now. The Pennsylvania primary is approaching -- just eight days to go -- and a win there will do two things: give us momentum that will carry us through the races that follow, and show that Hillary is still the best choice to beat John McCain in the big, competitive states that will decide the race in November.

The Obama campaign is outspending us three to one in Pennsylvania. But I'm confident we can win in Pennsylvania, and I know Hillary is too. She is campaigning hard and really connecting with the voters there.

The voters in Pennsylvania know that she is the candidate who understands their lives and respects their values, and that every day she will be a president who stands up for them instead of looking down on them.

If I had to point to two of our best weapons in this campaign, one would be the incredible strength of our candidate, and the other would be the phenomenal role people like you have played in sustaining this campaign, even through some pretty tough times. Everyone from Hillary on down has made sure I know about the vital role her online supporters have played in this race.

I made a personal commitment to Hillary that her campaign would be as good and as strong and as smart as she is. And I want to ask you a favor to help me keep that commitment. In the days and weeks (and hopefully months) ahead, I want to know what you think -- about the state of the race, our campaign strategy, or your ideas for doing things differently. You've made an investment in this campaign, and I want your input as we plan the days, weeks, and months to come.

I can't promise that I can reply personally to every single message -- but I can promise to read them all.

Click here to send me your comments, thoughts, and ideas about our campaign.

I'm really looking forward to reading what you have to say, and to working with you to help Hillary win!

Thanks,
Geoff Garin

Thanks to your incredible support, we are airing ads across Pennsylvania. I wanted to share one very special ad you helped us get on the air. You'll see a new side of Hillary that you might not have known about before.

Click here to watch our new ad, "Scranton."

This ad and others like it are up thanks to you. The race is close, but I know we are going to win because of what you have done for Hillary. Your support makes the difference every single day, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate all you do.

Sincerely,

Terry McAuliffe
Chairman, Hillary Clinton for President

he people who count Hillary out of this race don't know her the way you and I do.

Do we have an uphill battle to fight? You bet we do. We face an opponent who has a virtually unlimited war chest, who is breaking records to spend whatever it takes to win in Pennsylvania and beyond.

But I know that with Hillary leading the way and your strong support behind her, we can get the job done and we can win.

Hillary doesn't care what the pundits say. She's listening to you and wants your input in our campaign. There are just 11 days until the next big primary in Pennsylvania, and everything we do between now and then will make a difference. There's no better way to help Hillary today than by making a personal investment in our MyPA program.

MyPA lets you choose how you want us to invest your money in the race to win Pennsylvania, and we need your help today to help fund the activities that can make a difference when voters go to the polls on April 22.

Go to MyPA and contribute now to make a personal investment in our Pennsylvania victory.

I talk to people every day who want to know whether Hillary is going to go the distance. I tell them all the same thing -- if you knew Hillary like I do, you'd know she is in this race to win.

Hillary's a fighter.

She's fighting now to ensure that millions of Americans have the chance to make their voices heard -- and making sure Michigan and Florida aren't counted out. And as our president, she's going to fight for the American dream that we all share.

But first, we have an uphill battle to fight together, starting in Pennsylvania. Right now, the Obama campaign is spending an unprecedented $2.2 million per week on TV ads in the Keystone state -- an amount one Pennsylvania strategist called "unbelievable."

With just 11 days until voters go to the polls, we can't afford to be outspent. Every day the ground shifts; every day there's a new twist in this race. Now is the moment when your support will count for the most. Now is the moment when Hillary needs you fighting by her side.

Go to MyPA now to help us make up the ad gap -- or direct your resources to where you think they'll help the most.

Thank you so much for all you do for our campaign -- let's keep working until we put Hillary in the White House!

Sincerely,


Bill Clinton

FactCheck.org: Obama Inaccuracies

• Obama's ad claims, "Clinton's taken more from big oil and other PACs and lobbyists than any other candidate, Democrat or Republican." Actually, Clinton is fourth and Obama is a close fifth when it comes to donations from oil and gas industries.
  
  
• Obama's ad says it is he who is "demanding higher gas mileage standards." Actually, both candidates voted for last year's increase in those standards and both candidates propose further increases in the future. Clinton's proposed increase is a bit higher than Obama's, in fact.
  
  
• Obama's ad talks of "gas prices close to four dollars a gallon" in Pennsylvania. Actually, the statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.32, according to the American Automobile Association.

The Pennsylvania primary is less than three weeks away, and the race is heating up. Hillary is crisscrossing Pennsylvania, talking with voters day in and day out in every corner of the state. But there is still a lot of work to do, and we need your help on the ground to win this critical state.

Hillary is working hard every day, and with the help of volunteers like you, we can win on April 22. We are counting on volunteers like you to make the difference. Will you come volunteer and help Hillary win in Pennsylvania?

Click here to sign up to volunteer in PA.

Scores of volunteers are helping Hillary each weekend in our "Walk It To Win It" canvasses - knocking on doors in neighborhoods all over Pennsylvania and talking to voters about why Hillary is the right choice. Our volunteers are making phone calls, working in field offices, holding signs for Hillary, and doing anything else they can to make sure that Hillary wins on April 22. With your help, we can do even more. Will you volunteer in Pennsylvania over the next 16 days?

Click here to sign up to volunteer in PA.

We can use help every day between now and the primary, but we especially need you during our "Get Out the Vote Weekend" starting Saturday, April 19 through Tuesday, April 22. Your help in Pennsylvania over the next three weeks is critical to pulling out a victory for Hillary.

Thank you for all you do.

Our deepest thanks and respect for standing up for voters everywhere urging that their voices be heard. Today you join tens of thousands of people in Michigan, Florida, and all over America, who took the time to stand up for our democratic ideals. A supporter from Marion, MI put it simply: "We want to have our voice heard! We want to vote!" Another in Delray Beach, FL told us, "Our votes should count. We went to the polls in good faith that our votes would count and our voices would be heard." Hillary Clinton respects those voters and their right to participate in this historic contest. Their votes, along with all the others, will and should determine when this contest ends. It's the American way. You can ensure that voters in Michigan and Florida have their voices heard by forwarding this email to your friends, family and anyone else you know who will join us in supporting one of our country’s founding principles -- every vote counts. Please urge them to visit our website and sign on: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/votervoice Thank you for all you are doing for our campaign! Sincerely, Maggie Williams Campaign Manager Hillary for President

ith 14 days to go until the people of Pennsylvania vote, the Obama campaign has decided to go all-out. They're trying to end the race for the White House with an unyielding media blitz. Right now, we're being outspent 4-1 on Pennsylvania television.

So now, here's what we have to ask ourselves: Have we come this far in our history-making contest for the Democratic nomination only to see the race decided not by the quality of our ideas but by the size of our opponent's media budget?

Not a chance -- not if you and I have anything to say about it. And, believe me, we do.

Don't let a sea of Obama ads overwhelm our powerful message in Pennsylvania. Contribute now.

Everywhere I campaign in Pennsylvania, I meet people who are bearing the brunt of George Bush's failures on the war, the economy, health care, and other critical issues.

They're eager to hear our powerful call for change. But, we need more ads on the air to make sure our message gets through to people.

With just 14 days to go, please step up and help us close the Obama campaign's 4-1 advantage. Contribute now.

Everything is on the line in Pennsylvania and the states to follow. And we still have the only advantage any campaign should hope for -- the ability to determine our fate by how hard we work and how determined we are to pull through to victory.

This is one of the closest, most spirited contests for the Democratic nomination we've ever seen. And I have to tell you: I wouldn't want to be going through this remarkable experience with anyone other than you.

With a little less than two weeks to go, let's give it everything we've got.

Sincerely,


Hillary Rodham Clinton

When I turn on the TV all I hear is negative words. The news stations keep telling you that we're down and out. But that's plainly not true. I'm on the trail every day for Hillary and the crowds are bigger than ever before, and let me tell you - they are excited!

I wanted to show you a video from a recent event with Hillary in North Carolina - you can see for yourself Hillary's packed events and enthusiastic supporters.

Click here to watch the video.

Sincerely,

Terry McAuliffe
Chairman, Hillary Clinton for President

FactCheck.org: Obama Misleading About Oil Company Support

In a new ad, Obama says, "I don’t take money from oil companies."

Technically, that's true, since a law that has been on the books for more than a century prohibits corporations from giving money directly to any federal candidate. But that doesn’t distinguish Obama from his rivals in the race.

We find the statement misleading:

• Obama has accepted more than $213,000 from individuals who work for companies in the oil and gas industry and their spouses.
  
  
• Two of Obama's bundlers are top executives at oil companies and are listed on his Web site as raising between $50,000 and $100,000 for the presidential hopeful.

FactCheck.org: Clinton has the Edge

A misleading e-mail has been making the rounds, alleging that Clinton has fewer legislative accomplishments than Obama, and that they are less substantive. We've had questions about it from a number of readers, and blogs have jumped into the fray. So what's the real story on the Senate careers of the Democratic presidential candidates?

We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular:

• It sets up a face-off between apples and, well, broccoli, comparing only the Clinton-sponsored bills that became law with all bills sponsored or cosponsored by Obama, whether they were signed into law or not.
  
  
• It includes legislation Obama sponsored in the Illinois state Senate, a very different legislative body.
  
  
• It tells us that Obama has sponsored more legislation than Clinton, when in fact he has sponsored less.
  
  
• It implies that Obama has passed more bills into law than Clinton, when the opposite is true.

Contrary to the e-mail's assertions, Clinton's and Obama's contributions are not qualitatively different, and quantitatively, Clinton has the edge.

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