For months we've had staff and volunteers working throughout Iowa to get candidates on the record: will they support and work for public financing of campaigns?

The answer, for many of them, is YES.  Six candidates (Biden, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, and Obama) committed in writing to make full public financing of campaigns, e.g. the Fair Elections Now Act, a priority if they are elected.  And no matter their stance, we've continued to ask them about it, so they know how much it matters to voters.

With three weeks to go before the caucuses, we're making a final push, and we've got a great ad that we want to run in the seven largest papers in Iowa right away.  We've even found a matching donor to help us raise the $52,000 we'll need for the ad and our on-the-ground campaign in the final weeks.

This is a huge moment.  It's a wide open primary, and the nation's political eyes are trained on Iowa.  It's a chance to send a message to the next President of the United States that we've got a huge problem with wealthy campaign contributors and their lobbyists running this country, and we demand a change.

We need every $100, $50, and $20 gift that we can muster to make sure we get that message out.  Take a look at the ad and please give if you can--your gift will be doubled, and we'll take advantage of this moment to start changing how we finance elections around this country and bringing about a Fresh Start for Democracy.