Dear ______,

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I wanted to contact you personally to tell you why I've decided to work very hard to defeat Rick Santorum and elect Bob Casey.

This is the most important U.S. Senate race in the country ... because Rick Santorum isn't just another Republican vote in the U.S. Senate. Day after day, he's been leading the fight for President Bush's right wing agenda and ignoring the pressing problems of many poor and struggling middle class families here in Pennsylvania.

Let's not forget that it's Rick Santorum who supported irresponsible tax cuts for millionaires, which have driven up the deficit and left the bill to our children and grandchildren. Now, Santorum's fighting to cut Head Start, public education funding, and WIC which strives to prevent low birth-weight births by subsidizing the diets of low-income pregnant women and nursing mothers.

And it's Rick Santorum who's leading the fight to dismantle Social Security as we know it and shrink the safety net that protects seniors from poverty.

We've got to devote all of our energies to removing him from the U.S. Senate. That is why I have endorsed Bob Casey. Won't you join me?

[ ... ]

I've known Bob Casey for more than a decade. I know him to be a person of great compassion and decency, and while he and I don't agree on every issue, I ask you to look at his record of standing up and making a difference for people in need. Bob is an effective advocate for seniors, for children and for working families.

Ask anyone in the children's advocate community who saw him take on Governor Ridge over making child care more affordable for low-income working mothers ... or ask them about who stood up to see that day care centers were held to higher standards so that our children were protected ... or ask them who led the effort to strengthen Pennsylvania's Megan's Law.

Ask seniors in nursing homes and their families who it was that brought desperately needed reform to long term care facilities so that life-threatening conditions in nursing homes are immediately addressed.

And ask Pennsylvania Democrats who fought hard for John Kerry and for me and who helped make health care a centerpiece of our successful effort to put John Kerry over the top in Pennsylvania.

The answer to all of these questions ... is Bob Casey. He's been there to fight along with us and now we need to be there with him. We have got to unite behind the strongest candidate and work for Bob.

There's just too much at stake for all of us.

And after you've endorsed Bob, please pass the word along to your friends and family so they too can join the fight for Pennsylvania's future.

Sincerely,


Joe Hoeffel

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FYI, the ellipses are links that were in the original email that weren't appearing as links to the Casey site when I transferred them into the post.
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So then, the website is:

www.BobCaseyforPA.com

I like Joe Hoeffel. He's a good man. Hope the people in his area keep him in Congress.

I like him too. He's an incredibly nice guy, and really genuine. I saw him speak at any number of Kerry events last fall, and met his wife at the CMU rally.

Unfortunately, Hoeffel gave up his Congressional seat to run for Senate against Arlen Specter in the 04 race.

I'm not quite sure what Hoeffel is up to now, but I hope he runs again to get back into the Congress eventually...

Dang, we got to get him running for something.

I was hoping Chris Heinz would run against Santorium. Maybe he can go after Specter.

Heinz was the hopeful to run against Repub. Melissa Hart.... (she really needs to be ousted.)

I just saw in I think one of the posts on the PA section of this forum, that Chris Heinz has announced that he does not intend to run for office anytime soon.

Too bad... I would have jumped on his campaign in a second.