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The Latest From The Democrats All blame all the time Somehow, I was placed on the Democratic Party mailing list. Here's the latest official message: Who was responsible for the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys: Alberto Gonzales? Karl Rove? President Bush? Reporters and activists are working to get to the bottom of this story -- and every other story that comes out about the Bush Administration -- with good, old-fashioned research. Now we need this same sort of coverage about the Republican candidates who want to pick up where George Bush will leave off. As the new Research Director at the DNC, I'm working to build a Party apparatus that can immediately respond to missteps, lies, and scandals of the 2008 election cycle, and establish a narrative that our party's nominee can use when the primary season ends. Just as you helped put organizers on the ground in all 50 states, you can help build the Democratic Party's research shop. Make a donation today: http://www.democrats.org/research Do you remember the George Allen "macaca" video? That piece of coverage played an instrumental role in the election of Senator Jim Webb in Virginia -- and winning back the Senate in 2006. But this turning point in Senator Webb's campaign would not have been possible without his dedicated staff members following George Allen's every move -- and this costs money. The Democratic Party needs to support that kind of diligent reporting in the new election cycle -- with video crews permanently on the ground in early primary states, for example. What did John McCain say in New Hampshire? Who did Rudy Giuliani visit in Iowa? What did Mitt Romney do in South Carolina? The DNC needs to know the answers to these questions every time a Republican makes a campaign stop, and we have to be ready to take the proper course of action. Let's set up a state-of-the-art operation to bypass the media and take the story of their lies, flip-flops, and out-of-whack priorities directly to you. The Republican presidential hopefuls all have decades of documents, speeches, and video archives that my team is going through -- finding discrepancies in their speeches, holding them accountable for their shameless pandering, fact checking their statements, and establishing a larger narrative to frame our opponents. We need your help to make sure we have the resources to get the job done right. This is the information we need to know -- and we need your help to make it happen. Help the Party's 2008 campaign today: http://www.democrats.org/research For the next year or so, our party's presidential hopefuls will rightfully be too busy looking for your vote in the Democratic primary to focus on their potential Republican opponents. And the stakes are too high to wait for next year to focus on the Republicans running for President. We're the organization that fills this void until there's a nominee -- and we're the organization that holds the Republicans accountable for everything they say. Research helped us expose the excesses of the Republican Party and win back Congress in 2006. Research is helping win the fight against the failures of the Bush administration in 2007. And research will help win the Democrats the White House in 2008. http://www.democrats.org/research Sincerely, Mike Gehrke |
