Senator-elect Jeff Merkley shows Jim Martin some love

I love it when pro-choice senators, especially those that have just been elected, know when it's important to have their supporters... um, support fellow pro-choice candidates. Last Friday, many of us who are on the Jeff Merkley email list received this email message on behalf of Jim Martin:

Thank you again for all the support you gave me during my campaign.  Thanks to all of you, we accomplished what many thought would be impossible.  Before November 4th, it had been 40 years since an incumbent senator from Oregon was defeated.  But because of your hard work, we did it again and took a major step forward in getting our nation back on track.

While the election is over in Oregon, it continues in Georgia. Jim Martin is locked in a tough runoff with Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss. We currently hold 57 seats in the U.S. Senate - just three shy of having enough votes to end the Republican obstructionism that has paralyzed the Senate over the past two years.  We need to have Jim Martin in the Senate to work with President-elect Obama and me to fix our economy and make Washington work for working Americans.

Help Jim Martin so he can join me in the U.S. Senate --  donate $25, $50, or $100 to his campaign right now. 

Let me tell you a little more about Jim Martin: Jim is a Vietnam veteran who served in the Georgia House of Representatives for 18 years.  He has been a leader on the issue of health care and has paid particular attention to expanding access to health care for Georgia's children.  Jim Martin has never backed down from a tough fight and we need someone with his courage and compassion in the U.S. Senate. 

I urge each and every one of you to join me in supporting Jim Martin's campaign.

Donate $25, $50, or $100 to Jim's campaign so he can join me and President-Elect Barack Obama in Washington in putting our nation back on track.

One of the best parts? Merkley signs it "Onward for change." It may be only me, but I still get goose bumps when I read stuff like that...