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I Ask For Your Support
Tomorrow morning - Saturday, January 19th - the eyes of the nation will be on Nevada.
You have the opportunity to show people across the country that despite what the national media has been reporting, there are still three serious candidates in this race. And I am the only one of the three who has never taken a dime from Washington lobbyists and PACs, who beats every single Republican candidate in head to head match-ups, and who will have no corporate lobbyists working in my White House.
Over the past several months, Elizabeth and I have enjoyed the opportunity to visit with so many of you across the state - listening to you, answering your questions, and offering my ideas on how to change America. I've laid out specifics, and told you exactly where I stand, and who I'll fight for.
Now it's your turn. It's time for your voice to be heard.
I am asking you to caucus for me tomorrow.
Too many working families in Nevada are struggling with debt and facing skyrocketing costs of everything from health care to education to gas. Meanwhile, big corporate interests are getting every break imaginable from Washington. Working families need a president who will stand up for them, not big corporate interests. I've been fighting these interests my entire life, and I know that together we can take our country back.
I believe that tomorrow, Nevadans are going to stand up and say, America is better than this. We're better than NAFTA, Katrina, and Guantanamo. We are a country that speaks out for those without a voice - that fights for what we believe in.
You have the power tomorrow to decide whether we will continue to let corporate greed and special interests run our country, or whether we take a stand on behalf of working and middle class families to give them a voice in Washington.
The future of America is in your hands.
And I promise you this - if you join me tomorrow, we will change this country. And I know that when we're finished, we're going to be able to look our children in the eye and say, we left you a better life than we had and we left America better than we found it.
I ask you to join me in this cause, and to caucus for me tomorrow, because together, we will build One America that works for everyone.
Thank you for standing up.
Nevada Caucuses Open Thread
The Nevada Caucuses are being help today. If you are in Nevada, click here for information.
If you are just watching the show and waiting for results, feel free to use this thread to chat it up!
News from Nevada: John Edwards in Reno
Following a strong debate performance in Las Vegas, yesterday Senator John Edwards was welcomed at a town hall meeting in Reno by a crowd of more than 1,500 supporters. The event at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno took place during the second day of his "Standing with Working Families" Nevada tour, during which John is highlighting his plans to stand up for the middle class and fight for hard-working families across America.
Born to working class parents and raised in small, rural towns, John Edwards understands the values and struggles of hard-working families. He has been fighting for regular Americans like the ones he grew up with his entire life, and he'll keep fighting for them as president.
"If you've been watching the national media for the last year you might have thought there were only two candidates, but if you watched the debate last night you saw there are actually three," Edwards said at the Reno town hall meeting. "Only one of these candidates has never taken a dime from Washington lobbyists and PACs. Only one beats every single Republican candidate in head to head match-ups. Only one will have no corporate lobbyists in White House.
"The cause of my life is fighting for working people and the middle class who are being held back by powerful entrenched interests," Edwards continued. "Middle class families across the country are working harder than ever today, but still struggling to make ends meet. To help hard-working families in Nevada and across America get ahead, we need a president who will fight for universal health care, smarter trade policies and a new energy economy. And to get real change, we need a president with the strength and conviction to stand up against the big corporations and powerful interests who control Washington."
John will continue to campaign in Nevada today and Friday as part of a coast-to-coast trip to bring his fight for the middle class to states from the West Coast to the Heartland to the East Coast. Over the course of the next three days, he will visit Nevada, California, Oklahoma, Missouri, Georgia and his native state of South Carolina to share with voters his detailed plans to stand up to the powerful interests and make sure hard-working families can get ahead.
Pre-Nevada Debate Open Thread
With only four days to go until the Nevada caucuses, we're ramping up our efforts all across the state. As we continue to build on our strength and momentum here in Nevada, John's returning to the Silver State to kick off a three day "Standing with Working Families" tour.
Tonight, at 6 p.m. Pacific Time (9 p.m. Eastern Time) in Las Vegas, John is participating in the Democratic Debate. You can watch it live on MSNBC or at MSNBC.com.
Following the debate, John will hold three town hall meetings in Reno, Las Vegas, and Henderson tomorrow and on Thursday, to meet with caucus goers, answer questions, and discuss how we can stand up against corporate greed and special interests and fight to give working and middle class families a voice in Washington.
Thank you for standing with John!
We've got incredible momentum coming out of our powerful second-place showing in Iowa. We've been outspent 5-to-1 but John is going strong because people know he's the fighter who will bring about the bold change we need.
Yesterday you showed us that when John stands up, you'll stand with him. Following the news from Iowa, thousands of you stepped up and made contributions, making it the single best fundraising day of our campaign.
For many of you, it was a reaffirmation of your commitment to John's campaign - but for thousands of others who made a contribution for the first time, it was a declaration of support.
We can expand our message and outreach efforts in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina because we know you'll be with us the whole way. John has never ever taken a dime of money from PACS or Washington lobbyists, relying instead on the support of people like you and me. Our contributions put resources on the ground in New Hampshire, the other key early states and beyond. Plus, the first $250 you donate could be doubled by public matching funds - making every grassroots donation that much more powerful!
Two celebrity candidates who've raised over $200 million are getting ready to throw everything they've got at John. They're going to try and drown out John's message of fighting for change and ending the corporate greed that has taken over our government.
But we won't let them - and we know, neither will you.
We know John is a fighter. And he's the one candidate who can carry a message of change to every corner of this country -- and win. Our staff - and thousands of volunteers - are organized and focused on what needs to be done over the next 3 days and your support is critical to our keeping our campaign going strong. Thank you so much for being with us in this fight and for standing with John.
Make a contribution to our campaign by clicking here today!
Debate Tonight!
Tonight John Edwards takes the stage to debate his Democratic rivals at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. That's where CNN and the Nevada Democratic Party will host a presidential debate at 5 p.m. (8 p.m. ET). Make sure you tune in.
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