See both ads for yourself

Friend -- We've talked a lot about super PACs, other outside groups, and the hundreds of millions of dollars they're going to spend attacking us. It's started. Right now, the outside group Americans for Prosperity is pouring millions of dollars into a false ad trying to tear down President Obama's record. We're not going to react every single time an unaccountable outside group decides to trash the President on TV. But this one gave us the opportunity to show exactly how much the President has done for energy in this country: increasing domestic production -- including renewable energy sources -- across the board, saving consumers money, and decreasing our dependence on foreign oil. See both ads for yourself. Then, if you can, chip in $3 or more to help us fight back. It wasn't part of our plan to run a big ad in January of 2012, but this is the new reality we're operating in. They're relying on a handful of millionaires -- we're relying on you. Please pitch in to help us fight back today: https://donate.barackobama.com/Fighting-Back Thanks, Messina Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America

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This Tuesday: Watch the State of the Union in newport news

Friend -- President Obama will give his State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 24th -- his last before the 2012 election. If you've been waiting for the right moment to get involved in the campaign, this is it. In newport news, folks who support the President will be coming together to watch the address and talk about the agenda he lays out -- then plan out how to organize locally in the coming months to spread the President's message and keep growing this campaign. Can you make it to the party in newport news this Tuesday? Here are the details: What: State of the Union watch party in newport news Where: 1020 Willow Green Dr newport news, VA 23602 When: Tuesday, January 24th 8:00 pm There's not just a party in newport news -- there will be thousands of these parties all across the country that volunteers have planned and organized to connect with one another and step up the work where they live. This year ahead is a big one -- and in what I promise will seem like no time at all, it will be November. What we can accomplish between now and then depends on how well we grow this organization. And it's going to take all of us working together. On Tuesday, folks in thousands of neighborhoods are meeting up to do just that. As the President is setting the agenda for the direction he hopes to take our country -- and the Republicans draw closer to choosing a nominee -- it's on all of us to take our local organizing to the next level. RSVP for the watch party on Tuesday and step up now in newport news: http://my.barackobama.com/State-of-the-Union-2012 Thanks, Jeremy Jeremy Bird National Field Director Obama for America

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Sign Michelle's card

Friend -- Michelle's birthday is today -- and I think you'll agree with me when I say she's a pretty special woman. So I hope you'll take a moment to sign her card before we deliver it. You can even leave a note if you'd like: http://my.barackobama.com/For-Michelle After all, everyone loves hearing from friends on their birthday. And the year ahead is going to be a tough one, so I know this card will mean the world to Michelle. Thanks, Jill

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How we're doing

Friend -- I've got some good news about our fundraising from last quarter -- watch this video for the whole story and the numbers: https://donate.barackobama.com/Our-Latest-Numbers We had another strong quarter, and we continue to have more people giving to this campaign than any other in history. But we've also got a challenge we're facing. I've mentioned this before and tried to address it, but it keeps coming up. Too many Obama supporters genuinely believe that this campaign doesn't really need their donations, or doesn't need them yet, in order to compete and win. That's wrong. The reason we won in 2008 is that Obama supporters and volunteers viewed their individual role as crucial to the outcome of that election. The biggest difference between 2008 and 2012 from a fundraising perspective is that some supporters have begun to think that somehow other people are going to take care of things and it will be fine. But there's no secret strategy that we can count on. There is no cavalry. There's only you. This is not a billion-dollar campaign and it's not going to be. We're not taking a dime from Washington lobbyists or special-interest PACs. All of the money that funds this campaign will come from grassroots supporters like you. The President is only here because of you -- and he's only going to be able to keep his job because of you. When we have an opponent, we'll be facing their fundraising operation on top of the hundreds of millions in money from outside groups that want to help them defeat the President. So keep working hard, keep volunteering, and please forward this video to the next friend who wonders why the Obama campaign is asking them for money. Then, if you can, please chip in $25 or more to fund this grassroots campaign. Thanks for all you're doing, Messina Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America

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For those of us with credit cards, mortgages, or student loans

Friend -- President Obama has been saying for months he won't wait around for Congress to get middle-class families and working Americans back on their feet. He'll work with Congress when he can, but if they refuse to act -- he will. So today the President appointed former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. For months, Senate Republicans -- with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum right behind them -- have fought this bureau every step of the way, and their latest strategy is to refuse to allow even an up-or-down vote on this nomination. The issue isn't his qualifications: Cordray has bipartisan support from elected officials across the country and a clear majority of the Senate behind him. They won't allow a confirmation vote on any director -- because they don't want the agency to exist at all. We can't afford to continue allowing Wall Street to write its own rules. But today's action by the President is already coming under partisan attack, which we expect to intensify in the days to come. Say you stand with President Obama and Richard Cordray today. Without a director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is legally prevented from doing its job to protect millions of Americans -- including those of us with credit cards, mortgages, student loans, or home equity lines. But with Mr. Cordray at the helm, the agency will make sure payday lenders, private student loan providers, debt collectors, and the like have to play by the rules. That's what this campaign is all about: electing a President who makes sure everyone plays by the same rules and gets a fair shake. But Mitt Romney apparently doesn't think consumers deserve any protection at all from predatory lenders and other bad actors. His plan to fix the economy is simply to deregulate it. His proposal for the housing market is to let it "hit the bottom" so that investors can come in and make a quick buck. The President thinks we need a cop on the beat preventing the reckless behavior that helped cause the financial crisis and so many problems for middle-class families in the first place. But if the past is any guide, the GOP and Romney are not going to let this happen without a fight. They'll be doing everything they can to stand in Cordray's way. Tell President Obama and Richard Cordray that you're standing with them: http://my.barackobama.com/Cordray Thanks, James James Kvaal National Policy Director Obama for America

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This is not a joke

Friend -- These Republican candidates spent in some cases more than a year -- in Mitt Romney's case seven years -- campaigning in Iowa to be the next president. But tonight, GOP voters there couldn't decisively get behind anyone. Who exactly leads the Republican race going forward isn't clear, but we do know two things: 1) The extremist Tea Party agenda won a clear victory. No matter who the Republicans nominate, we'll be running against someone who has embraced that agenda in order to win -- vowing to let Wall Street write its own rules, end Medicare as we know it, roll back gay rights, leave the troops in Iraq indefinitely, restrict a woman's right to choose, and gut Social Security to pay for more tax cuts for millionaires and corporations. 2) We'll be facing an onslaught of unprecedented spending from outside groups funded by corporations and anonymous donors. In Iowa alone, so-called "super PACs" spent $12.9 million on almost exclusively negative ads. These groups will turn their fire even more directly on us in the weeks ahead to prove that their candidate is the most anti-Obama. This race is officially on -- and if we want to win, the only way is to out-organize them on the ground. Sign up to volunteer your time now, and one of our organizers in your community will give you a call by the end of next week to talk about how you can help. Many observers still think Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. If he is, we will be prepared. But it's curious that no one can really explain how, when or why the 70-plus percent of Republicans saying in polls and in Iowa that Mitt Romney's not their candidate will suddenly come around. So the path ahead for Romney -- or whichever of the Republican candidates is going to emerge from this process -- is sadly and starkly very clear: to run even further to the extreme right, and make even more dangerous promises that threaten not only the progress we've made but the fundamental fabric of American society. We also know that candidates who take these extreme positions can, in the right circumstances, win not only a primary but also a general election in just about any state. Just ask the Tea Party senators from Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and the Tea Party governors in Florida and Wisconsin. Watching the circus on TV, it's tempting to think it's almost funny -- but this is not a joke. We've got to be ready. What you decide to do next will determine which kind of politics wins this election: http://my.barackobama.com/After-Iowa More soon. Messina Jim Messina Campaign Manager Obama for America

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Today's Republican talking points

Friend -- The Republican National Committee just unrolled their new strategy for beating President Obama this fall. They're calling it "Obama vs. Obama," and the idea is to say President Obama hasn't made good on his campaign promises. But there's a hitch in their talking points: They're (prepare to be shocked!) not true. For every day they try to weave a false tale about the President, we'll fight back with the facts about his record. Check out our first piece: a video showing President Obama's victory speech in Iowa from four years ago today, along with a rundown of the promises he's kept. Take a look -- and then make sure you share it with your friends. The bottom line here is simple: This is a President who does what he says he's going to do. Other presidents and lawmakers tried for 70 years to pass health reform -- but this president took on the insurance industry and got it done. When President Obama took office, nearly 150,000 troops were deployed in Iraq; in December, the last American troops there left. The middle class was under assault for decades, and this administration worked to make the tax code more fair and give all working families the tax cuts they deserve. And since taking office, President Obama has taken the most significant federal action ever to reduce greenhouse gases and our dependence on foreign oil -- almost doubling our fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light trucks. These aren't talking points. These are facts. It's 2012. More and more people are going to start paying attention to this race, and fast. But the Republicans have apparently decided to make this easy for us -- because when the other side's strategy is to distort the record, all you need to push back with is reality. Watch the video, get the facts, then pass it on: http://my.barackobama.com/Iowa-Four-Years-Later Thanks, and happy caucus day, Stephanie Stephanie Cutter Deputy Campaign Manager Obama for America

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