I've been concerned that the Sestak campaign has seemed so quiet while Toomey seems to be running attack commercials constantly on the local (and notoriously rightwing) tv channel.

I cant afford as much as in past years, the economic collapse has hurt me, but this is the one race this year that I have to support. I won;t give the democratic party money - they've been calling me - but I will give Sestak money because this is my state and he's the closest thing to a real progressive candidate we have ever had.

If you are interested in the Sestak campaign make sure you sign up for their emails here.

http://joesestak.com/Home/Home.html

Here's an example - today's email:

Dear Bill,

This weekend … affirming our status as the nation's No.1 Senate race … the NY Times Sunday Magazine is out with an in-depth, profile piece on Joe entitled : "Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat."



It begins, in part:

  •    "Joe Sestak ... a Navy admiral … Not yet five years removed from military service, Sestak has shown himself to be a quick study in his new field ... to become the Democratic candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania. In November, he'll face the former congressman Pat Toomey … in what will be a closely watched battle of ideological opposites .... "  Click here for article.

BUT WAIT!!!!   Before you click through to read the article, we wanted to let you know of yesterday's DSCC-sponsored Garin, Hart, Yang poll that has the race, Toomey 46% - Sestak 44% ... a statistical dead heat!

For the past two months, Congressman Toomey (due to his fundraising advantage coming out of his non-contested Republican primary) has been running daily television ads non-stop across Pennsylvania ... and yet, without us having gone up on television, the race remains in a virtual dead-heat!

Why? Because our summer operation has been successful!

We've blunted Congressman Toomey's "air campaign" advantage by running an aggressive "ground campaign" - expanding our field operations, growing our volunteer army, and directly contacting voters - while in the process re-stocking our depleted financial resources. Our "deployed retail ops" have uniquely gotten the word out to individual voters about Congressman Toomey's extreme, radical, right-wing, conservative views that are out of step with Pennsylvanians!

NOW … as we come to the end of our executed summer operation and prepare to launch our fall campaign … THIS RACE IS ABOUT TO GET SUPER-CHARGED!!

We are just 10 days away from launching our fall campaign - the HEART OF OUR CAMPAIGN - and we are asking you to please make a contribution of $15, $25, $50, $75, $100, $250, whatever you are able to afford!

Help us get our fall campaign off to a great launch … as the NY Times article implies … "Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat [Senator]!"

Best regards,
Rich Sestak
Campaign Director