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Winning in ’10 Means Utilizing the Power of 10

Recovery Begins on Election Day 2010.

There is a rising political tide in the United States, a wave that could usher in the biggest realignment of the U.S. Congress in decades.

But in order for the American people to defeat the job killers, voters must show up at the polls on November 2nd, and they have to show up big time.

How big? In 1994 and 2006,  a swing of 10 million voters led to a change in control of Congress.  In 1994, Republicans gained nearly 9 million voters from the previous mid-term election while nearly one million Democrats stayed home, resulting in a 10 million vote swing that led to Republicans picking up 54 seats in the House and control of Congress for the first time in nearly a half century.

In 2006, a similar 10 million vote swing allowed Democrats to recapture the House and Senate.

In 2010, mobilizing ten million voters in support of candidates who support job creation policies will be more important than ever.

To do that, the key message should be that we need to elect these job creators and defeat the job killers in November.  Consider what the Obama-Pelosi-Reid machine has done in just the past two years:

  • $1 Trillion Obamacare. This government takeover of health care jeopardizes 1.6 million jobs due solely to the employer mandate, a policy that is also facing serious constitutional challenges from several states, including 70% of Missourians who voted earlier this summer to oppose the mandate.
  • $862 Billion Stimulus. The massive spending bill that President Obama promised would keep unemployment below 8% has been an undisputed failure. Instead of creating jobs, the American economy has shed over 2 million jobs since the President signed the stimulus, which did nothing but increase the deficit and pay off Big Labor.
  • $2.4 Trillion Additional Debt. Under President Obama, the national debt has increased by more than $2 trillion to a current total of $13 trillion. Under the operating plans of President Obama and the current Congress, the debt could double by 2020 to an astounding $26 trillion.
  • Moratorium on Offshore Drilling. Despite being rejected by two separate federal courts, countless engineers and drilling experts, and even admission from the administration itself that it would kill tens of thousands of jobs, the Obama White House has kept in place a moratorium on deepwater drilling that further punishes coastal communities in the Gulf of Mexico. According to President Obama’s own Department of Interior, the ban could kill 23,000 jobs.

In order to keep America the most prosperous nation on Earth, we must replace those who would mortgage America’s future through the Democrats big-spending, job-killing agenda with principled, pro-job candidates.  America only works when Americans are working.  It’s that simple.

Even though the message is clear, replacing job-killing politicians with solutions-oriented job creators will not be easy.

We’re up against a machine that is desperate – they know the country is angry and rejecting their job killing policies.  So they’re going to go all out to win.

The key question is whether we are willing to go all out too.

That’s why American Solutions is launching the Power of 10 campaign to help mobilize ten million new voters needed to elect job creators this November.

While ten million may seem like a daunting number, the Power of 10 begins with one person wanting to save their country, and doing something about it.  Simply put, the Power of 10 begins with you.

To get started, every person should visit www.TenMillionVoters.com, where he or she can make a difference in the following ways:

  • Pledge to Vote in November for job creators
  • Recruit 10 friends by email to vote for job creators
  • Make 10 phone calls to recruit voters for job creators
  • Knock on 10 doors and explain the need to vote for job creators
  • Get email addresses of 10 likely voters for job creators
  • Solicit donations of $10 to support the effort to elect job creators

We hope you will join us in working to mobilize ten million voters and send a clear message to every candidate and elected official in America: If you support jobs, we will vote for you. If you voted to kill jobs, we will vote against you.

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  • http://www.rightklik.net rightklik

    A very good theme for a very good idea. One small critique: The emphasis on job creation is understandable… that’s what voters are thinking about in this economy. But the “jobs creators” meme might be a bit confusing to some. We’re talking about politicians, and politicians don’t create jobs; but when they get out of the way, that’s what WE do.

    The emphasis needs to be on helping elect those who respect the constitution and want to promote liberty and freedom. Jobs will naturally flow from that.

    Back to the “power of 10″ theme. I’ve been keenly interested in soliciting donations of $10 to support the effort to elect job creators, er, constitutional conservatives this year. Here’s a great list of 50 candidates who deserve help:

    http://www.electiondayteaparty.com/

    I haven’t researched every single candidate on that list, but every candidate on that list that I am familiar with is a very good one.

    This is another cool list:

    http://t.co/8leJOop

    Finally, if I may be so bold, I’d like to highlight an effort that I’ve been involved with… Ten Buck Fridays:

    http://www.rightklik.net/2010/07/ten-buck-fridays-goals-and-guidelines.html

  • joenitwit

    Evil insinuates itself little by little. It is not enough to just get the pendulum swinging the other direction. We need to go all out. We have to repeal the job killers, the freedom stealing policies, the any-religion-but Christian bureaucracy. We have to go all out.

    Department of Education must go. EPA and FDA must go. Social Security must be privatized. IRS must go (flat tax). Welfare bureaucracy must be slashed. The only way back is to clean house.

    You talk the talk. Are you the man to do it? Newt in 2012?

  • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

    this is my advice to anyone who wants to actually “do something” real to help Get Out The Vote:

    CONTACT THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE CANDIDATES YOU WANT TO WIN!

    Most Americans in the “tea party movement” that I’ve met have said they’ve never been involved in politics in their lives. But, they want to do something to make sure good, decent candidates get elected.

    Winning primary elections is the first step. Now, we’ve got to get to those primary winners across the goal line — we’ve got to help them win the general election. How? By getting involved with the campaigns of those candidates you want to win. The campaign managers’ jobs are to marshall resources and avoid duplication of effort. They should know where you are needed. So, contact the campaigns.

    No matter where you live, I?d recommend that you contact the campaign headquarters of the Republican House and (if applicable) Senate candidates and ask how you can help.

    Assuming you live in a safe Republican district, they may tell you that they have things well in hand. If so, then I recommend you go to a site like www.40seats.com and find a conservative Republican candidate for whom you can make GOTV phone calls from afar. The two candidates I recommend you place at the top of your list are Senate candidate Joe Miller in Alaska and Senate candidate Christine O?Donnell in Delaware:

    http://joemiller.us/volunteer

    http://christine2010.com/get-involved/

    Or, you might live in a heavily Democrat area where finding a nearby campaign for a Republican who has a chance of winning may be difficult. If so, then, again, please consider helping Joe Miller or Christine O?Donnell or some other worthy conservative Republican candidate with a good chance of winning.

    But, in either of the two cases outlined above, make sure you actually call the campaigns and ask to help. If they don’t need or want your help, please ask them if they can recommend to you the campaigns of other conservative Republican candidates who may need help.

    Assuming a local candidates needs your help, that candidate?s campaign manager will, of course, probably have the best idea as to what critical tasks need to be accomplished to get out the votes needed to put the candidate over the top on Nov. 2. The campaign will also probably be coordinating the efforts of other organizations that may have offered to help, such as tea party organizations and 9.12 groups.

    With so little time left before the early ballots are mailed out, and Nov. 2, every day is critical. For example, assuming there is a viable candidate in your locale, they may need help right now stuffing envelopes for mailers, putting up signs, making phone calls, etc.

    If you?ve never been involved in Get Out The Vote efforts you can learn a little bit about it at the Concord Project:

    http://concordproject.org

    Just as an example, I wrote about what I?m planning to do where I live here:

    http://www.redstate.com/neil_stevens/2010/09/16/checking-in-on-washington/#comment-11086

    Two other great resources for learning about Get Out The Vote and precinct organizing are American Majority and The Voices of America:

    www.americanmajority.org

    www.thevoicesofamerica.org

    Let?s give it our best shot ? let?s all get into the trenches and help Get Out The Vote and help win EVERY RACE POSSIBLE!

    For Liberty,
    ColdWarrior, PC (that?s ?precinct committeeman,? not ?political child!?)
    Conservatives, UNITE! CHANGE the Republican Party and save the world by UNITING INSIDE the Party as precinct committeemen. NOW! (42 days until Nov. 2 — what are YOU DOING to help get out the vote in your precinct?)

  • cringinghere

    But we need to heed his warnings, at the very least. Whether he is the man to take the big seat, Newt is 100% right in what he says here. We all need to make sure we fight this communist machine that Obama is running.

  • zornorph

    I often hear people say about different elections that this is the most important one in our lifetime. This is the first time I actually feel that way myself.

  • tjpeco

    That would be awesome please :)

  • Read Chesterton

    As one of those who led us to this mountain of dung, you don’t get to cross over to the land of tea and honey.

  • StandardCandle

    And you didn’t even have to make fun of Newt to make your point. :)