Very real, very quickly

Friend -- A critical planning stage in this campaign will be over in just 20 days. That's when voters in Iowa participate in the first-in-the-nation caucus there and formally kick off the 2012 election. This is one of the last times we're going to be talking about 2012 as "next year." Because in just a few weeks, we're going to be there. Every day, we're making decisions about where and how the campaign will direct its resources in the months to come. You can still shape what that pre-caucus roadmap looks like. Pitch in $3 or more today, and help us head into 2012 in as strong a position as possible. This thing is going to get very real very quickly after January 3rd. Because after Iowa, it'll be New Hampshire. Eleven days later: South Carolina. Ten more days: Florida. Then Nevada, Maine, Colorado. With each primary and caucus, Republican voters are going to get more engaged and tuned in to this race. We need to be able to match that intensity every step of the way and be competitive in every state. We don't know who their nominee is going to be yet, or what the months ahead are going to hold. But whatever you can give right now will help us make sure we're ready for it. Please pitch in $3 today -- and help affect our strategy before the caucusing starts: https://donate.barackobama.com/Before-2012 Thanks, Messina Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America

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Your guest for dinner with President Obama

Friend -- Have you been thinking about who you'd bring to the next Dinner with Barack? President Obama will be bringing Michelle to the dinner he's having with grassroots supporters like you. The best part? If you join them, you have a chance to bring a loved one along, too. Tell us who you would bring if you won -- and why. Maybe it's your spouse, your aunt who volunteers a few times every month, or your niece who's about to vote for the first time in 2012. Whoever you choose, this dinner isn't just a chance for you both to meet the President and the First Lady, it's a chance to share a special meal -- to ask the questions you've been dying to ask, and tell the stories you think they need to hear. I hope you'll put your name in the running to share this once-in-a-lifetime experience with someone you care about. Let us know who you'd bring and why you want them to meet the President and the First Lady: http://my.barackobama.com/Your-Guest Thanks, Julianna Julianna Smoot Deputy Campaign Manager Obama for America No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter or win. Contributing will not improve chances of winning. Void where prohibited. Entries must be received by midnight on December 31st, 2011. You may enter by contributing to Sponsor here or click here to enter without contributing. Three winners will each receive the following prize package: up to $1200 towards round-trip tickets for winner and a guest from within the fifty U.S. States, DC, or Puerto Rico to a destination to be determined by the Sponsor; hotel accommodations; and dinner with President Obama on a date to be determined by the Sponsor (approximate retail value of all prizes $4,800). Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Promotion open only to U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of 50 United States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and 18 or older (or of majority under applicable law). Promotion subject to Official Rules and additional restrictions on eligibility. Sponsor: Obama for America, 130 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601.

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Last chance: $5 off holiday gifts

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This Saturday: Register voters in Newport News

Friend -- This campaign will have volunteers and staff on the ground in all 50 states -- and we plan to grow to as many as 20,000 neighborhood teams across the country. It's an ambitious undertaking, and a big departure from ordinary political organizations. But we believe in a model of organizing where everyone who supports this campaign has an important role to play. To build a campaign of this size, we have to start early. In Newport News on Saturday, we'll be registering voters and bringing new people into this campaign. Can you make it? Here are the details: What: Register voters in Newport News Where: 2712 chestnut dr Newport News, VA 23607 When: Saturday, December 10th 10:00 am Registering voters is easy, so don't worry if you've never done it before. We'll have someone on hand to show you the ropes. And you'll come home knowing you're helping more people in your community exercise one of their most basic rights and have a say in the direction of our state and our nation. The work we do now to register voters in Virginia lays the groundwork for next November -- and as we come together with our neighborhood teams, we're building the presence of this campaign in the part of the country that we know best. Let me know if you can make it to the voter registration drive in Newport News on Saturday: http://va.barackobama.com/Register-Voters-in-Virginia Thanks, Lise Lise Clavel Virginia State Director Obama for America

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My dinner with Barack

Friend -- My name is Wendi, and about a month ago, I had dinner with President Obama. It was one of the most significant experiences of my life. Click here to take that chance for yourself. It all happened because I responded to a "Dinner with Barack" email in my inbox. I was planning on making a donation anyway, so I thought I might as well do it now. When I got the call, I couldn't believe it -- and when I flew out to D.C. for the dinner, I really couldn't believe it. I'm just one of more than a million grassroots supporters of this campaign. But a few hours later there I was. I never imagined that I would sit down for a conversation, let alone a meal, with the President of the United States. If you've thought about entering but haven't taken the chance yet, I urge you to do so now. You never know what might happen. And I hear the First Lady is going to be there for this one, too ... very cool. Donate $3 or whatever you can today to be automatically entered to win dinner with Barack and Michelle. I've supported Barack Obama for a long time, and in 2008, I phone banked and canvassed for him near my hometown of Corydon, Indiana. To be able to talk to him in person, to connect with him across the dinner table, was very special. I told him about my son and his college loans, my work as an artist, and asked him about public education -- I could tell that he was genuinely listening to each of us, even though I'm sure he had a lot going on that day, and his own family back at the White House. When I got back home, I told my husband and friends that the President was exactly the man we all thought he was: modest, genuine, engaged, and very caring. It's a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life. I'm so glad I decided to enter. Join me by giving $3 or more, and start thinking about who you'd invite to dinner: https://donate.barackobama.com/Dinner Good luck, Wendi Wendi Smith Corydon, Indiana P.S. -- Here's a picture of me after signing a postcard with my artwork on it for President Obama. He asked if he could have one at dinner, but I thought he may forget about it when it was time to go. He didn't. The President made sure someone found a pen so I could sign it for him before he left. I wrote, "To Mr. President, with love and respect, Wendi Smith." No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter or win. Contributing will not improve chances of winning. Void where prohibited. Entries must be received by midnight on December 31st, 2011. You may enter by contributing to Sponsor here or click here to enter without contributing. Three winners will each receive the following prize package: up to $1200 towards round-trip tickets for winner and a guest from within the fifty U.S. States, DC, or Puerto Rico to a destination to be determined by the Sponsor; hotel accommodations; and dinner with President Obama on a date to be determined by the Sponsor (approximate retail value of all prizes $4,800). Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Promotion open only to U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of 50 United States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and 18 or older (or of majority under applicable law). Promotion subject to Official Rules and additional restrictions on eligibility. Sponsor: Obama for America, 130 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601.

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Say goodbye to $1,500?

Friend -- In case you missed it -- yesterday Congress voted on a bill that gave them two simple choices: A) Let President Obama's payroll tax cut expire, raising a typical family's taxes by more than $1,000 next year, or B) Extend and expand the tax cut, helping 160 million people and letting that same family keep $1,500. Click here to find out what it does for you. The payroll tax cut would be paid for by requiring millionaires and billionaires to pay a little more. But some in Congress think millionaires and billionaires should get to keep paying the already-low rate they get, thanks to the Bush tax cuts. This one isn't complicated. And for a party whose leaders and candidates have pledged not to support any tax hike ever, taking money out of the pockets of middle-class families should have been unacceptable. But almost every Republican in the Senate went with option A -- blocking President Obama's proposal, and refusing to make the wealthiest among us contribute their fair share to help struggling families and strengthen the economy. So it's clear that when they say no tax hikes, they really mean millionaires and billionaires shouldn't pay more, ever -- even if that means your taxes go up. We're not letting this one go until Congress reverses course and does the right thing. And one way to spread the word is to make sure you know exactly how the Obama tax cuts affect you and your family. We've created a new Obama tax cut calculator -- use it to find out how much money Republicans in Congress want to take from you, then share it with everyone you know so they can find out, too. In these last few weeks alone, we've seen Congress fail to act over and over again. First by refusing to keep teachers, firefighters, and cops on the job and to hire more of them, and now by refusing to protect a middle-class tax cut that makes a real difference for millions of American families. And the Republican presidential candidates are in lock step with the GOP leaders in Congress on this. Just last week, Mitt Romney said he's "not looking to put money in people's pockets" and backed his Congressional counterparts. Try the calculator to see what's at stake for your paycheck, and please share it with anyone you think needs to see it: http://my.barackobama.com/Tax-Calculator Thanks, James James Kvaal Policy Director Obama for America

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Saturday: Come open our Newport News office

Friend -- From now until November 2012, we're going to do everything we can to spread the word about what President Obama and other Democrats are doing to help the middle class, seniors, and students -- and elect him to a second term so we can build on that progress. Our Newport News office will be the home base for that work here, so we're breaking it in with a celebration this Saturday, December 3rd. Come out for food, drinks, and a chance to meet others who are part of this movement. We'll be joined by Congressman Bobby Scott. Can you make it? Here are the details: What: Newport News office opening Where: Newport News office 2712 Chestnut Ave. Newport News, VA 23607 When: Saturday, December 3rd 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Four years ago, volunteers like you helped propel President Obama's campaign and this movement into history. Now we need to continue to build this campaign by bringing in more of our friends, family, and neighbors to support the President and other Democrats. That organizing happens on the streets, and the Upper Hampton Roads office will be one of the places where we come together to share and implement the strategies that drive this campaign. Help open the office in Newport News this Saturday, and learn about other upcoming opportunities to get involved: http://va.barackobama.com/Newport-News-Office-Opening Thanks, Ashley Ashley Baia Virginia State Field Director Organizing for America

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