Senator John Thune (R- S.D.)
(NRSC)
The National Republican Senatorial Committee
(P.O. Box 97112, Washington, D.C. 20090-7112)
REPUBLICAN PARTY AREA ASSESSMENT
Commissioned by The National Republican
Senatorial Committee
Senator John Thune (R South Dakota)
Dear Fellow Republican,
You
are among a handful of Republican voters in your County selected to participate
in an official REPUBLICAN PARTY AREA ASSESSMENT.
We've
chosen you to represent:
VOTING DISTRICT CODE: VDC-98855-1378
You
are the only citizen living in your unique Voting District to receive the
enclosed ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT, so your participation and timely response are
very important.
The
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has commissioned this AREA
ASSESSMENT in order to get a detailed, highly accurate evaluation of GOP voter
attitudes in every County, City, Borough, and District nationwide.
This
is a grassroots campaign project that we have been working on since the 2012
election, and it represents "Step One" in our effort to evaluate and
improve our strategies to attract new voters with a new conservative message,
and begin a series of victories over President Obama and Harry Reid.
We
need you to represent all local Republicans by giving us your opinions on:
• The best
way to create jobs and fix the nation's unacceptable unemployment rate.
• The ObamaCare government-rationed health care
law.
• The $16.9
trillion (and rising) national debt.
• Border
security, foreign policy, taxpayer-funded abortion, and much more...
The
final results of this AREA ASSESSMENT PROJECT will be used to:
1. Stop the big government agenda being pushed by
the Obama-Reid Democrats;
2. Recruit outstanding conservative leaders - men
and women who can run aggressive campaigns and win - in all the key states;
3. Build a
strong nationwide Campaign Blueprint for the 2014
elections so we can elect a new Republican
Senate Majority.
Please take 3-5 minutes of your time right now to fill
out your ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT and return it to the NRSC using the envelope
provided.
When you return your completed
REPUBLICAN PARTY AREA ASSESSMENT, I am also asking you to please include a
generous campaign gift of $1,000, $500, $250, $100, $50, $35 or $25 to the NRSC
to help us build the foundation of a winning 2014 campaign.
Or,
rush your answers and your contribution to the NRSC by going to www.nrscassessment.org where you can
complete the survey online and use our secure website to make your credit card
contribution. No matter what, please respond within 72 hours so we know where
you stand.
President
Obama, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid, Senator Chuck Schumer, and the other
Democrats who are still in Congress are "doubling down" on their
failed, hard-left agenda.
That's
why we need your help – it's our job to fight every day in Washington and stop the liberals from doing permanent damage
with their new spending and harmful regulations.
But beyond that, our Republican Party needs to get
better at winning elections!
We
can do that by modernizing our agenda and changing the way we spread our
message.
But we won't be able to do that by just relying on
inside-the-beltway "experts."
If
we're going to change the direction of our GOP and build a Party that can win
in 2014 and beyond, that process must be driven by individuals like you all
over America – patriotic men and women who understand why we need to enact new
conservative policies.
Your
input today will help us spread our message in a way that wins new voters and
exposes the Democrats for their failures. Why should we concede even one vote
from any American?
The Obama-Reid era of government has
destroyed jobs for working people. They've made health care more expensive.
They are responsible for a huge hike in the cost of gasoline. They've presided
over a surge in the cost of college tuition. And they won't lift a finger to
stop Medicare and Social Security from going bankrupt.
The Democrats have enacted policies that
are helping government bureaucrats, union bosses, and politically-connected
corporations, but hurting working
families and small businesses.
Republicans
need to talk about how conservative policies will help grow our economy,
improve our health care system, make our schools better, and keep our
neighborhoods safe.
Step
one in this effort is making sure grassroots patriots like you are playing a
leadership role in shaping our Republican Party's future, so please return your completed ASSESSMENT within 72 hours.
The
NRSC Chairman – Kansas Senator Jerry Moran – asked me to help conduct this
ASSESSMENT PROJECT because I relied on a well-informed network of Republicans
nationwide to help me defeat powerful Democrat Senate Leader Tom Daschle in
2004.
With
so much at stake in Washington, I am turning to you for help. Your voice and your
financial support are critical for Republicans to be successful on the campaign
trail and to advance our agenda. Simply provide your opinions on important
questions, such as:
QUESTION #9: Do you believe spending cuts – NOT tax
hikes – are the best way to deal with the national debt which has skyrocketed
to a record-high $16.9 trillion (and rising) under the Democrats?
Our
economy continues to suffer, and the Democrats' unprecedented spending binge is
putting our nation at risk. But Democrats refuse to get serious about the debt.
In
fact, they went more than three years without even trying to pass a budget.
And
every time they do get around to putting a budget plan out there, Democrats
demand trillions of dollars in new taxes – from YOU – to pay for the massive
hole THEY blew in the budget with all their failed, reckless spending.
QUESTION
#19: Do you support Republican efforts to
expose the truth behind the IRS campaign to harass conservative groups in the
run-up to the 2012 election?
While
lots of media commentators and inside-the-beltway "experts" are
demanding that we "move on" from this issue, I think it's important
for the truth to come out. We don't know who ordered the IRS to target
conservative and religious-minded organizations.
QUESTION
#20: Should Senate Republicans continue working
to de-fund ObamaCare and strip away the most damaging provisions until we have
a new Republican Majority that will vote for a full repeal of that law?
ObamaCare
is just beginning to go into effect, and already it's costing more than
promised, and health insurance premiums are still rising. That is why the president
took the radical step of delaying the "employer mandate" until 2015.
He knows the law kills jobs, and he doesn't want that fact to hurt Democrats at
the polls next year.
Obviously
our ultimate goal should be to repeal ObamaCare. But until we have the power to
do so, there is still a lot we can do to protect the American people from the
new taxes, the 2,000 pages of government
controls and mandates, and $1.7 trillion worth of new spending.
So
please answer these and other questions on your AREA ASSESSMENT and then mail
it back to us along with your most generous gift to the NRSC. Or, simply go
online and answer the questions at www.nrscassessment.org
right now, while also making an immediate contribution using our secure
website.
Without
your input, Senate Republicans will not know where you stand on these key
issues, and we will not be as effective fighting against the Obama White House.
Unless
we know where you stand, we will not be able to retain and recruit the best
candidates to run for Senate – men and
women who can communicate our conservative message with voters in a way that
attracts more people to our Republican Party.
And
without your financial help, the NRSC will not be able to support those
conservative challengers running against vulnerable Democrat incumbents.
This
is important – when I defeated Tom Daschle in 2004 by just a few thousand
votes, I relied on help from the NRSC and a national network of Republican
activists like you. In 2012 and 2010, other Republicans won razor-thin Senate
races thanks to the NRSC's financial help and from active involvement of GOP
patriots all over America.
That's why your AREA ASSESSMENT is so
important. Your advice and financial
support will help us defeat the Obama Democrats in Washington and in tough campaigns across the country. Won't you please:
1. Give me
your opinions on key issues by completing your ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT; and
2. Make out a
check or provide your credit card information in the space provided to
contribute a generous, urgent gift of $1,000, $500, $250, $100, $50, $35, or
$25 to the NRSC. Or go to www.nrscassessment.org
to make your contribution online.
Thank
you in advance (NRSC, P.O. Box 97112, Washington, D.C. 20090-7112).
Sincerely,
John
Thune
U.S.
Senator (R – South Dakota)
P.S. One last thing: the NRSC is using every dollar
we raise to help recruit, train and provide early financial help for
Republicans running in the most important 2014 Senate races, so we couldn't
afford to contact every GOP voter in your area. That's why I told NRSC Chairman
Jerry Moran that I would only send this letter and a REPUBLICAN PARTY AREA
ASSESSMENT to loyal Republicans who have the wisdom and experience necessary to
help us. So in order to get accurate and ample results from this survey, I need
to hear back from you within 72 hours.
Also,
when you return your completed ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT, it would be a tremendous
help if you would make a contribution of $1,000, $500, $250, $100, $50, $35, or
$25 to the NRSC. Thank you. God bless you. and God
bless America. – John Thune
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