Campaign’s Response to President Obama’s Support
September 25, 2010
News Release
STATEMENT OF THE COLLEEN HANABUSA CAMPAIGN ON TODAY’S EMAIL
FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Contact: Richard Rapoza, (808) 392-0780
The Colleen Hanabusa for Congress campaign today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s email supporting Colleen Hanabusa in her campaign for Congress (HI-01):
“We’re very pleased and honored to have President Obama’s outspoken support. Standing at the center of the debate on the direction our nation will take, he understands better than anyone what is at stake in this election. Colleen represents an opportunity to build upon the progress we have made in supporting the middle class, providing health care to millions of Americans, and continuing the economic growth that will lead our nation back to prosperity.
“With the President supporting Colleen, and Colleen supporting Hawaii, we have a chance to push back against the Republican culture of ‘no,’ and resist Republican efforts to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires, eliminate the rules reigning in the excesses of Wall Street and the special interests, and abandon the middle class to fend for itself. President Obama knows that Colleen will help keep our nation from going back to the failed Bush-era policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place.”
-Richard Rapoza, Director of Communications, Hanabusa 2010
Below is the text of President Obama’s email message:
In just 20 months, this movement has accomplished a tremendous amount.
But we couldn’t have done it without the Democrats in Congress who were willing to take a stand and fight for policies that would move America forward.
And with so much still left to be done, and too many families struggling to get by, we need to keep America moving forward—which means I need you to support Colleen Hanabusa for Congress.
Just like in 2008, you can make the difference this year.
You can go door to door to ask folks to support Colleen. You can make calls to voters in your area, and make sure they get to the polls. And you can spread the word about the importance of voting for Colleen Hanabusa to your family, friends, and neighbors.
Click here to join Colleen’s campaign.
With so much at stake right now, we cannot afford to let up—for one minute or one election.
With your help we developed our Vote 2010 strategy—and with your help, we’ll make sure to send Colleen Hanabusa to Washington to fight for you and your district, Hawaii’s 1st.
If Republicans win in November, their agenda is simple: take us backward to the failed policies of the last decade.
They would seek to repeal all the work we’ve done, and try to stop us from doing more.
They’ll fight to repeal health insurance reform that is ensuring a family with a sick child doesn’t worry about an insurance company denying them care when they need it most.
They’ll do everything they can to repeal Wall Street reform that puts you, the consumer, first and prevents big banks from irresponsibly gambling with our savings ever again.
And they’ll work to block our efforts to jump-start a clean-energy economy, reform our broken immigration system, and get more Americans back to work.
We cannot let that happen, and that’s why we all need to fight to get Colleen Hanabusa to Washington, to keep America—and Hawaii—moving forward:
Sign up to show your support for Colleen:
http://hi.barackobama.com/Hanabusa
Thank you,
President Barack Obama
