Barack Obama からメール。

ちなみに、Barack Obama というのは、オバマ候補の名前であり、公式事務局サイト。

Make a matching donationOne of the things I'm most proud of about our campaign is not the amount of money we've raised, but the number of people giving it.

As of this afternoon, more than 300,000 people have given in 2008 alone, taking ownership of this campaign by making a donation of whatever they can afford.

This has never happened before. No one has ever built a campaign involving so many Americans as true stakeholders.

It speaks volumes not only about the kind of campaign we're running, but also about how we want politics to be.

So many of us have been waiting so long for the time when we could finally expect more from our politics, when we could give more of ourselves and feel truly invested in something bigger than a particular candidate or cause.

This is it. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

We won the most states and the most delegates on Tuesday because a movement of people decided to take back the political process and participate in unprecedented numbers.

Today we set a new goal: 500,000 people giving to our campaign this year by March 4th.

Right now you can keep growing this movement by promising to match the donation of someone who hasn't yet given in 2008.

So many people are ready to join, and your promise to match their first donation of 2008 could be what helps them decide to take the next step.

Make a donation and match someone else's first gift now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/promise

When you match someone's donation, you'll see their name and town, and you can choose to write them a note about why you believe in this movement and why you're taking ownership of it.

This has been a remarkable week already, but we are entering what could be a decisive phase of the campaign.

We face contests in Nebraska, Washington State, and Louisiana on Saturday. Maine will go on Sunday. And Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. will vote on Tuesday.

It's going to take every one of us reaching out, organizing, and giving our all to make it happen.

As we headed into the Iowa caucuses, it had taken us nearly a year to reach our first 500,000 donors.

Now, with your help, we will be able to repeat that feat in a little over 60 days as we head into Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont on March 4th.

So many people said we would never get here.

But we're proving every day that ordinary people can still accomplish extraordinary things.

Thank you,

Barack

最も誇りに思うのは、寄付の金額じゃなくて、寄付してくれた人たちの数です。今のところ、30万人以上に方々から寄付が集まってきていて、3月には50万人に逹しようとしていますという話し。
ちなみに、オバマ氏が1月に集めた選挙資金はヒラリー氏の約1.5倍の3200万ドル(34億円)だそうです。
オバマ候補のネットまつわる方針や政策も面白いですよ。

  • 「わが国初の最高技術責任者（CTO）を指名」したい
  • 研究開発の税還付の期限撤廃（スタートアップが喜ぶ）
  • そして全国民にブロードバンドを（もちろんワイアレス）

とか、羨しい限りです。日本も早くこういう人が出てこないもんですかね。