President Obama has posted a new video on his campaign’s YouTube account, and sent an e-mail to his very sizable supporter list, urging his supporters to help Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts special Senate election. He also points them to a Web page where they can sign up to volunteer.
“In Washington, I’m fighting to curb the abuses of a health insurance industry that routinely denies care,” Obama says in the video. “I’m fighting for financial reform to stop Wall Street from playing havoc with our economy. I’m fighting to create a new energy economy. And it’s clear now that the outcome of these and other fights will probably rest on one vote in the United States Senate. That’s why what happens Tuesday in Massachusetts is so important.”
Obama also explains the stakes in this special election: “She represents the best progressive values of Massachusetts. She’ll be your voice, and my ally. Which is why the opponents of change are pouring money into your state. They believe that by defeating Martha and replacing Ted Kennedy with her Republican opponent, they’ll be in a position to tie up the Senate and prevent a vote on health insurance reform, financial reform, and other issues so important to working families in Massachusetts and the nation.”
