A letter from James Carville

If you ever feared that Republican operatives were sitting in some dark room plotting how to destroy the Democratic majorities and progressive policies we've worked so hard to create, your fear is real.

At the beginning of this month, more than two dozen Republican candidates met in Idaho for a three-day conference where they plotted behind closed doors to steal back political power, using a Karl Rove-style scheme to specifically target governorships.

Republican operatives have been very clear about their intentions. They believe that if they can win the two governors' races this year, they can win a whole bunch of the 37 races next year ... and they can use that to take back Congress.

And you know what? It's not a dumb strategy. If I was advising Republicans, I'd tell 'em to do the same thing. That's because governors control the congressional redistricting process in their states. If the GOP gets to reshape Congress in back rooms around the country, they've promised to steal up to 30 House seats.

But I'm not advising them, I'm standing against them -- and I need you to stand with me. Because there's one organization whose sole purpose is to help Democrats win governors' races, and that's the Democratic Governors Association. If we give the DGA the resources it takes to win, we can elect the best Democrats to the most powerful office in our states -- and protect our congressional majority from this Republican power grab.

I urge you to click here to make a contribution of $10, $25, or more to help the DGA meet their $56,254 goal by midnight. Keeping Congress out of Republican clutches is so important that a generous DGA supporter will match your donation two to one if you give right now!

Remember the last time Republicans controlled Congress? It was only three years ago. They were on the verge of destroying every piece of progressive legislation we've ever fought for. They tried to kill Social Security, gut the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, kick health care reform under the rug, and pay for big business tax cuts by sticking it to the middle class.

I'll be damned if we let that happen again.

We're going to fight these guys with everything we've got. We're going to make sure we never, ever have a repeat of the George W. Bush years. We're going to protect Congress and hard-working Americans from Republican dirty tricks.

When you support the DGA, you're fighting back against Republican smear campaigns. You're putting staff on the ground. You're putting ads on TV. You're stopping the GOP plan in its tracks.

But we can't waste any time. We have that $56,254 goal and we have to meet it today. So click here to donate now -- if you do, your impact will be tripled!

Let me make this one hundred percent clear; winning is going to be tough.

The first few years after a new president gets elected, their party historically loses governors' elections and gets slammed in elections for Congress. And corporate special interests will spend tens of millions of dollars trying to bring back the party of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

As we gear up for 2010, we aren't relying on GOP-style backroom meetings. We aren't relying on a corporate money machine. No, we're doing it the old-fashioned way; we're relying on millions of like-minded, dedicated Americans like you. And if each of us does our part, we're going to win.

Will you help today?

- James Carville

P.S. Don't let the right-wing conspiracy steal Congress. Help the DGA raise $56,254 today and you'll have three times the impact!

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