Email of the Week (v12)

Thursday? Already?

Again this week, I divided the candidate emails into pre-debate day, debate day, and post-debate day buckets, so we could see if the approach changed at all for any of the gang.

Here's how the week went, with 124 emails filling my mailbox. No surprise (again) that Mayor Pete was the volume winner (again), or that Bloomy brought up the  rear (again).

So, will there be a surprise for Email of the week?  

Well, I guess the surprise is that I'm sharing one post-debate email from each of the candidates. 

After toni‌ght's debate -- after a lot of talk, plenty of attacks, and not many solutions from the other candidates -- I'm more committed than ever to building a coalition of Americans who can make Donald Trump a one-term president.

After three months of campaigning across the country and listening to people in their communities, I know that the conversation we need to have is not what I saw on stage tonight. Americans from all walks of life know we need to pull this country back together. They know this election is too important to stay divided. And they know America cannot afford another four years with Donald Trump in the White House.

Super Tuesday is one week away and millions of people are already casting their votes. It's more important than ever to have a real conversation about what's at stake.

That's why I'll be getting on the phone to speak with folks all across America tomorrow morn‌ing. Will you call 850-679-6453 tomorrow and tell us why you're in this fight?

Now is the time to make sure that we have the strongest coalition possible -- for Super Tuesday and beyond. I hope you'll call 850-679-6453 tomorrow and share why you believe this election is so important.

Thank you,

Mike

I just left the stage of tonight’s Democratic primary presidential debate. What I try to do when I’m up there is share the story of our progressive majority -- an American majority -- that wants to see real change.

I hope I did that just now. Every day of this campaign, I’m working to be worthy of your belief and support.

If I did that tonight, I would be grateful if you would donate to help us raise the $13 million we need to stay competitive to and through Super Tuesday.

If you think the last four years have been chaotic, divisive, toxic, and exhausting, imagine spending the better part of 2020 with Bernie Sanders versus Donald Trump. Think about what that will be like for this country.

We are facing a make-or-break moment in our nation’s history. For too long, our leadership has either ignored the problems that are most urgent, like climate change and gun violence, or actively made things worse. We need a new way forward.

To answer the call of this historic moment, we need to give people a reason to come together -- a reason to hope again. We can do it with solutions bold enough for the challenges we face and big enough to bring the American people together.

Thank you for all your support. It means the world.

Pete

I just stepped off the debate stage in South Carolina.

I hope I made you proud tonight. And I hope you’re ready to join me in doing everything we can to win big and defeat Donald Trump! Are you with me? Please donate now.

Tonight I talked about how we will defeat Donald Trump and my plans to get our country back on the path to progress. But we have a lot of work left to do and we have to make the most of this moment.

This was our last debate before South Carolinians go to the polls in just four days. And people in the Super Tuesday states will make their choices in just one week. So I need your help now more than ever before: Will you donate right now to help me take on Donald Trump and win the White House?

Thank you for being on my team,

Amy

It’s us against the entire damn political establishment.

Tonight it was the candidates taking aim at Bernie on the debate stage. Tomorrow it will be their super PACs and their personal billions taking aim at us in television ads.

But we have something they don’t have: people. Lots and lots of people.

That’s why your $2.70 means everything to this campaign. Because it’s not just your $2.70; it’s the $2.70 of thousands of people donating at this very moment with you.

And when you add up all those $2.70 donations, that’s the difference between winning and losing — between a president you can trust to fight for you, and a president you’re just hoping won’t lose to Trump.

So what do you say? Let’s elect the one we trust:

Can you make a $2.70 contribution to help Bernie fight back against these attacks and win the nomination? He needs you tonight.

Thank you for standing with Bernie tonight. A record number of individual donations has put us in a position to win. Your $2.70 will finish the job for Bernie.

All my best,

Faiz Shakir
Campaign Manager

If tonight made you even more ready for Elizabeth to win the nomination, defeat Donald Trump, and make big, structural change from the White House, chip in $2 or anything you can right now.

Tonight, Bloomberg did get something right about Elizabeth: "With this senator, enough is never enough."

When it comes to fighting for working people, enough is never enough.

Elizabeth didn't stop fighting when people told her the big banks would never let her create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She didn't stop fighting when people said she couldn't beat a popular Republican incumbent. She won't stop fighting now that billionaires say we can't make big, structural change.

And we won't stop fighting by her side.

Elizabeth can't do this alone. She relies on grassroots donors to power this campaign so we can continue the fight for big, structural change. Can you chip in $2 or whatever you can today?

Thanks,

Team Warren

So, there you have it: five of the seven remaining at least semi-viable candidates, and their key "after the debate ended" messages. And here's how they're doing with the fundraising they mentioned in those emails:

• Bloomy is not asking for our money, he's got plenty of his own.
• Mayor Pete set a goal of raising $13M before Super Tuesday; as of this afternoon, he was shy of 50% of the way there.
• Klobuchar did not set a specific goal, and did not provide a specific update on how much has been raised.
• That Guy from Vermont chose to set a donor goal, rather than a dollar goal: 500,000 donors by Saturday's monthly FEC filing deadline. As of this afternoon, he was just shy of 50% of the way there. 
• Warren, too, was focused on the FEC deadline, and while her team's emails didn't specify what she was looking for, in an email yesterday afternoon they indicated the had not met the daily goal, and reiterated that again in an email this afternoon.  

It's a jungle out there - a money-hungry, vote-hungry jungle. We'll see who's still standing by the time next Thursday rolls around.