500,000 Donations from 350,000 People by 9/30

Here's an important message from Sen. Obama. Make a Promise Now

We're facing a hard deadline in less than a week. The financial reports filed after September 30th will set the tone for the last 100 days before people start voting and caucusing. The numbers will be a signal to voters in the crucial early states that our movement has the support it takes to win.

The pundits and political insiders keep asking: Are they for real? Will all those people with that Obama guy really make a difference? Can they actually change the entrenched old way of politics?

You can answer yes right now.

So let's go. Here's the goal: 500,000 donations to this campaign from 350,000 people by midnight on September 30th.

We only have a few days, and it's going to be difficult. But as one of the 333,235 people who have already given to this campaign, you can double your impact on both goals by donating now and matching the gift of a first-time donor.

Your renewed commitment will bring in a new supporter and grow our movement. Your donation -- in any amount you choose -- will be used to match someone else's first-time gift and will encourage a fellow supporter to take the next step.

Make a matching donation now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/promise

Most campaigns, and the pundits watching them, still measure success solely in dollars. And we will hold our own on that scorecard. But we can prove a more powerful point.

We can prove that it's people, not dollars, that should be the measure for campaigns.

So while the pundits track the mad chase for money, we will set our own course and our own goals:

350,000 people donating to the cause will show the breadth of support for a movement that seeks a new kind of politics.

500,000 donations will show the depth of people's commitment, with thousands of people giving in small amounts again and again.

We can do this with your help. And we can do it without taking money from Washington lobbyists or special interest political action committees like some other campaigns. There's power in numbers.

You are a vital part of this movement, and your renewed support will be doubled when you help another supporter take the next step:

https://donate.barackobama.com/promise

For the past few days, previous donors like you have been giving again in order to double their gift and match first-time donations. Here are some of the matches that have been made:

• A social worker in Newark, OH matched a chef in Chatham, MA.


• A pastor in Fort Worth, TX matched a math teacher in Wheaton, IL.


• A union organizer in Everett, WA matched a preschool teaching aide in Rockford, IL.


• A graphic designer in Colorado Springs, CO matched a forklift operator in Miami, FL.


• A high school principal from Lititz, PA matched a court reporter in Chico, CA.


• A notary in Winooski, VT matched a basketball coach in Bothell, WA.

Match a first-time donor right now. You can double your impact if you give today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/promise

I'm very grateful for the support and energy you've given to this campaign. Your efforts have built a movement that's bigger than me or my candidacy.

But to build a movement big enough to change politics in this country, each of us must take responsibility for bringing new people into the political process.

Thank you for taking that responsibility, and thank you for all that you do.

Barack Obama