Hello Stefan,

Let me cut to the chase: If you want anything big to happen after January, you need to give President Barack Obama a big progressive majority. Period.

We need a more progressive Senate to fight for a better America. With your help, we can elect some more great progressives and take another jump forward to a government in DC that works for all of us.

Click on the button below to contribute to some great Democrats and work for a government in DC that reflects our values.

In my lifetime, there's only been one moment of truly progressive legislating - and it came in the 1960's. We've had great Democratic Presidents before and after those years - so why didn't we have comparable burst of major, dramatic legislative progress?

It's no secret - it's because it takes a President with big majorities in the Congress. Especially in the Senate where the truth is it takes 60 votes to do anything controversial. And it will take more progressive Democrats to fix the result of years of Republican assaults on our fundamental freedoms, our environment, and our workers.

In June of 2006, Russ Feingold and I stood up and demanded we set a deadline to get our combat troops home from Iraq. Yesterday, on FISA Russ and I stood together with Chris Dodd and voted against rubberstamping George Bush's abuse of the Constitution and retroactive immunity for the big telecom companies. Both times, we got around a dozen Senators to stand with us.

But in 2006, you spoke up during the election, helped us elect more progressive Democrats who agreed with us, and by the beginning of 2007, the Democratic caucus was united around a deadline for Iraq.

You'll watch that happen again and again after January if we elect more progressive Democrats who can help change Washington. As you know, I didn't get good grades in math, but I know how to count:  we need more progressive Democrats and fewer Republicans.

Follow this link to help us get more progressive Democrats that will get us to 60 seats in the Senate and clear the Roadblock Republicans once and for all:

http://www.actblue.com/page/progressivesenate

Here are four Democrats we absolutely need to win to make that happen:

In Minnesota, running to win Paul Wellstone's seat, is a great progressive Democrat: Al Franken . Al's been a fighter for progressive causes for years and he'll be a Wellstone progressive in the Senate.

In my neighboring state of New Hampshire, former Governor Jeanne Shaheen lost a very close race in 2002 to John Sununu, a race marred by illegal voter suppression tactics by the state GOP. Some people have served time for that crime, and now it's time for us to put things to rights and elect Jeanne to the Senate to really represent the views and values of New Hampshire. We'll get universal health care for all kids when Jeanne comes to Washington.

In Alaska, Anchorage mayor Mark Begich is running against Ted Stevens, and the polls show Mark's got a fantastic shot at taking this seat. Mark's an exciting candidate, and  he's been speaking out strongly in his campaign for the Constitution and our liberties.

And in Oregon, Speaker Jeff Merkley has a great progressive record, and he's running in a state that we kept blue in 2004. The GOP will do all they can to keep the whiff of George W. Bush out of Oregon this year, and we need to give Jeff the resources he needs to talk with Oregonians about why it'll take a Democratic Senator to clean up the mess eight years of Bush-Cheney have created for this state.

So please follow this link and contribute to these candidates right now:

http://www.actblue.com/page/progressivesenate

From gas prices to Iraq to universal health care and our economy, we have our work cut out for us. We can't afford to see a once in a lifetime moment of progressive legislating under President Obama lost to more delays and obstructions from the Roadblock Republicans.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks,
John Kerry

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