Dear Netroots Supporters,

It's now been over a week since you helped to send a message to Washington - a message of hope for a better America, a message of change.  Since I started this journey over a year ago, I always hoped to be a part of that change in Washington.  Not many people believed in me from the very beginning.  Not many people thought the son of a cop and a legal secretary born in a row home in Northeast Philadelphia could ever help to bring change to Washington.

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Does anyone know what's going on with Patrick Murphy and Mike Fitzpatrick? I am reading that Fitz is refusing to concede. Any other info out there?

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(cross-posted at Deny My Freedom and Daily Kos)

I first met PA-08 Democratic candidate Patrick Murphy almost 1 year ago. It wasn't a big event - we cleared leaves from the local YMCA parking lot and playgrounds with the other candidate in the running for the nomination, former Bucks County commissioner Andy Warren. I didn't know much about Patrick, but I had heard his biography - Iraq war veteran, law professor, and all-around stand-up guy - and came away very impressed with him as a candidate. He's come a long way since those days, when his candidacy was seen as something of a longshot due to being a political novice. Nevertheless, the latest polls show a very close race, and Patrick's picked up the support of Democrats, Republicans, and independents throughout the district, as I've seen in the past.

Today was the last day I could volunteer for his campaign, but it was one hell of a day. Patrick's going to be Representative Murphy in a few days, if this is any indication.

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(cross-posted at Deny My Freedom and Daily Kos)

Since the beginning of September, I've been volunteering my time every weekend (except for last weekend, when I was back in Connecticut) for PA-08 Democratic candidate Patrick Murphy. A recent DCCC internal poll showed Patrick up 4 points over his challenger, freshman GOP Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick. A new independent poll by Keystone has Fitzpatrick up 9, but it includes a third-party candidate who won't even be on the ballot, so it's hard to take the results seriously. As the campaign enters the final countdown, the campaign's GOTV machine has been humming to life as it prepares for Election Day. Two weeks ago was the first tuneup for the real thing, and today was a similar experience as well. Below the fold, I'll talk about how the ground game looks with less than two weeks to go.

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(crossposted at the DailyKos)

There is nothing that I hold more pride in than my service to our country.  From the halls of West Point to the streets of Baghdad, I served honorably, and my record reflects my service. There is camaraderie among veterans - we understand that everyone who wears the uniform of the United States military has sacrificed, some much more so than others.  That is why I was so shocked that Congressman Fitzpatrick, who never wore a military uniform, would hold a press conference to question my service.

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