Another Plea for Cash!

Jason --

Thanks to you, President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will take their oaths of office in just 17 days.

You helped shape history, and now you can be a part of it.

Ten supporters and their guests will be selected to come to Washington, D.C. for several days of inaugural events. You could be chosen to fly to Washington, attend the welcome ceremony, the Inaugural parade, the swearing-in, and an official Inaugural ball.

Will you donate $25 or more now? You could be part of the historic events you made possible.

This inauguration will be open to hundreds of thousands of people. To do that, it takes unprecedented resources.

In the past, inaugurations have been funded by lobbyists and corporations making six-figure contributions. Like our campaign, this inauguration is going to be different. But that means, once again, Barack and Joe need to ask you for your help.

Supporters like you made this possible, and with your help Barack and Joe will run their administration without the influence of big money from Washington lobbyists or special interests. Funding the Inauguration this way is another example of the change you helped bring to Washington.

It's up to you, at this crucial moment, to make the Inauguration a success and give change a strong start.

Will you make a donation of $25 or more now for the opportunity to join Barack and Joe at the beginning of this historic journey to change our country?

https://donate.pic2009.org/tickettohistory

Thank you for your extraordinary efforts throughout the campaign.

Happy New Year,

Obama for America

P.S. -- You can participate without donating. We recognize this day is as important as it is historic, and we want to hear in your words what this inauguration means to you.

Now the big party is crucial.

It's up to you, at this crucial moment, to make the Inauguration a success and give change a strong start.

They've got to show the Republicans that Democrats throw the best parties. If they don't, then they have already lost the ideological war in Washington.

I know this is essentially a raffle, but something about this just makes me mad. I voted for Obama, I worked for the campaign, I made long impassioned blog posts about him, but this whole thing just reeks, and I don't know why. His people keep sending emails asking people that are broke for money to essentially host a tea party. People have told me that this tea party is part of his job, and I say it isn't. His job is to lead by example. A lot of rhetoric out there is for Americans to tighten their belts, well what about doing a subdued inauguration?