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#41
10-30-2006, 01:22 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
I gave my $10, becoming the 48th donor. This has been my only political contribution of the season.
No one would have expected the lead to be only 5-6%. Let's hope the gap continues to close. 
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#42
10-30-2006, 01:47 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
we have around 50 donors most of them average $10, 10x50=$500, did someone donate $5K??? grats to hwoever made the large donations. I'm thinking of donating money too, I just want to make sure though, it's not too late for them to spend this money in time for the elction right?
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#43
10-30-2006, 01:55 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
One other thing, has Jim Pederson has stated his opposition to anti-online gambling legislation? I would assume so but I hope this has been confirmed.
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#44
10-30-2006, 02:09 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
[ QUOTE ]
we have around 50 donors most of them average $10, 10x50=$500, did someone donate $5K??? grats to hwoever made the large donations. I'm thinking of donating money too, I just want to make sure though, it's not too late for them to spend this money in time for the elction right? [/ QUOTE ] I wondered that as well, but I got a fundraising letter just this week from another candidate I donated to...if nothing else, they could provide vans to drive people to the polls on election day who don't have transportation otherwise. Since poorer people tend to vote democratic, that could make quite a bit of difference. I've never given money to a political campaign before, but the republicans have been ticking me off so much lately that this year I felt I had to.
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#45
10-30-2006, 02:21 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
I just donated $20.
Poker players have got to take a stand. Looking at the polls, I realized that Jon Kyl's margin has dropped from 20%+ down to 6%. If the polls continue in thier current direction, Jon Kyl may soon find himself behind. So, what can we do to keep the polls moving in thier cuurent direction? Our donations will help. This is a great chance to get our voice heard! Many of we poker players wished we would have done more before the anti online gambling law. Let's not make the same mistake again. We need to do something now, and this is a perfect opportunity for all of us to do something. There really is no excuse for any of us. We can all take the 1 minute it takes and make a donation. I don't know how it can get any more simple. *As a side note, I've voted republican/libertarian most of my life. But, this is not about political parties. This is about an issue that is important to all of us. This is about getting our voice heard! This is us telling the politicians that this issue is so important that it supercedes party lines. So, one more time, go make a donation now.
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#46
10-30-2006, 02:43 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
[ QUOTE ]
we have around 50 donors most of them average $10, 10x50=$500, did someone donate $5K??? grats to hwoever made the large donations. I'm thinking of donating money too, I just want to make sure though, it's not too late for them to spend this money in time for the elction right? [/ QUOTE ] It's not too late to spend any donations and I'm sure Pederson would welcome them however small but it still doesnt' look good for his chances. Current poll results
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#47
10-30-2006, 03:17 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] we have around 50 donors most of them average $10, 10x50=$500, did someone donate $5K??? grats to hwoever made the large donations. I'm thinking of donating money too, I just want to make sure though, it's not too late for them to spend this money in time for the elction right? [/ QUOTE ] It's not too late to spend any donations and I'm sure Pederson would welcome them however small but it still doesnt' look good for his chances. Current poll results [/ QUOTE ] This is not just about who wins this race. The online gambling bill may have enough loopholes that we can play indefinately. If we can show that poker players will fight against those who put more barriers up, we might curtail any further legislation that closes the loopholes. We can also start building support for getting a carveout or some other exception within the newly passed law. To do this, we have to be able to show that we do make a difference. Of the ActBlue Pederson contributors, notice how quickly we have risen to the top: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/8827 So, even if Kyl wins, if we get enough donators, we can still persuade politicians that we are not a "do-nothing group!" We can show other democrats that we were able to raise a significant amount of money in just a couple weeks, and urge them to support our cause. And, we can show Republicans that they better be careful about infringing on online gambling because if we raised this much in 2 weeks, imagine what we could do in 6 months! So, this has more do with who actually wins this race. This has everything to do with getting our voice heard. Now, as to whether Pederson can actually win, of course he can. Polls showed Kyl as a 20% favorite a year ago. Polls now show him only as a 6% favorite. That is not an insurmountable difference. Now, imagine if Pederson did pull off the upset? Imagine that "Poker Players Against Kyl" remained the top (or one of the top) contributors of ActBlue contributors? I think we'd finally have our voice recognized, and we'd finally have a solid senatorial ally. How much more clout would we have then?
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#48
10-30-2006, 03:37 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
I really hope Kyl is having a few sleepless nights. Much more work has to be done, but hopefully things continue to break our way and this upset can happen.
A big factor is our "unlikely voters" (mostly young and/or minorities) turn to "likely voters". Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.6% 48% Kyl (R) 43% Pederson (D) 4% Mack (L) 6% Undecided
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#49
10-30-2006, 04:42 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
how would it be huge for online poker? does his opponent stand up for online poker? would the opponent care that online poker types sent a few thousand dollars? I am no Kyl fan, but the opponent of the devil is not always an angel. If i am going to give money to a losing campaign, at least let me give it to someone who says they will repeal the online gambling ban.
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#50
10-30-2006, 05:11 AM
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Re: If you can give a little money to try to defeat Jon Kyl
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how would it be huge for online poker? does his opponent stand up for online poker? would the opponent care that online poker types sent a few thousand dollars? I am no Kyl fan, but the opponent of the devil is not always an angel. If i am going to give money to a losing campaign, at least let me give it to someone who says they will repeal the online gambling ban. [/ QUOTE ]Hail Bush!!! and every other republican in office.We know bro we`ve read your posts before.The idea that you would even question how it would help online poker to remove Kyl from office is amazing.My guess is that if he was a democrat you`d be leading the parade.
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