In the flurry of all there is left to do in the final 36 hours, I wanted to take a moment to scribble a note of thanks from Ned, our campaign staff, and me ... to you.
Thank you.
When Ned got into this race, most people thought it was impossible, but important. The primary campaign provided us an opportunity to put Iraq on the ballot on a national stage. And in the face of wholesale opposition from nearly every organ of party infrastructure, we won.
I'll never forgot returning to this site "the day after" and watching the hope and optisism that came with the netroots "first real victory." You were the first to rally behind Ned, and most of you have stuck with us all the way ... even as the keepers of conventional wisdom tell us, again, there is no chance.
Whatever happens tomorrow, this wasn't our first fight together, and it certainly won't be our last. On August 8, we shocked the world, and I believe in my heart of hearts, if we hit on every note tomorrow we'll do it again.
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