{news} Fw: [usgp-coo] Cobb/LaMarche // Recount Ohio

[Tom Sevigny]

Folks,

The Cobb/LaMarche campaign and the Libertarian campaign have announced they
will be filing for a recount of the votes in Ohio.  This announcement has
received major press coverage as you can tell from the below message.  In
order to successfully file, they need to raise $100,000.  Money is already
coming in from around the country.  If you can spare some money, please make
a donation to GPUS today!

Thanks,

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Affigne" <affigne at greens.org>
To: <natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [usgp-coo] Cobb/LaMarche // Recount Ohio


> Friends,
>
> The press coverage was very good. In one item I saw yesterday, Cobb and
Badnarik were profiled on MSNBC, in a special report (on Keith Olbermann's
"Countdown" show) featuring long shots of both the national Green Party's
and Cobb/LaMarche's websites (showing a nice photo of David and Pat), and
the "donate" buttons clearly visible.
>
>  Here's a web link with more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/
>
> We were also helped by the way the story was framed yesterday, emphasizing
that the Green and Libertarian candidates *wanted to demand a recount, but
would have to raise $100,000 first. Perfect fundraising pitch, repeated in
nearly every news account.
>
> Joe Trippi (Howard Dean's internet fundraising/organizing guru, remember?)
argued yesterday that many people suspect Bush's re-election was rigged
somehow, and are concerned enough to do something about it.
>
> The Green/Libertarian "Recount Alliance" will be the beneficiary of that
energy, at least among any potential donors who heard the news. Sooner or
later the Democratic Party may jump in, but for now, as far as fundraising
for a recount challenge goes, we're the only game in town.
>
> Nice work, everyone.
>
> Tony Affigne
> Providence, RI
> Alternate
>
>
> At 9:58 AM -0800 11/12/04, Dean Myerson wrote:
> >The reaction to the media reports has been nothing short of astonishing.
Funds are flowing into the campaign through website credit card donations at
a rate far beyond anything the campaign ever received before election day.
And we didn't even ask for them. But the asks will start today. At this
rate, the $100K plus that is needed may be raised within days.
> >
> >So a campaign that was in the process of shutting down now is bringing
staff back on, researching legal structure issues, designing a new website,
planning to send David to Ohio, contacting the various vote/recount
organizations, etc, etc and more etc.
> >
> >Cobb/LaMarche Green and Growing lives on!
>
> -- 
>
>   Tony Affigne
>   Green Party of Rhode Island
>   Co-Chair, International Committee
>   Green Party of the United States
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