Today is Friday, September 1st.  You have the power to make it the last day Republicans were secure and cocky about running the country.  For less than what you paid to see Tom Cruise pretend to save the world, you can really and truly change the world - and maybe just save it, too.

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Crossposted at Burnt Orange Report, SquareState, and TexasKos (If you agree with our message of unity, please consider recommending this diary. Thanks! We will be liveblogging at DailyKos at 10:30 a.m. CST/9:30 a.m. MST. We hope you will join us! --John and Bill)

Dear Governor Warner,

We were both very honored and excited to be a part of your Mapchangers contest throughout the past several weeks. The netroots community and all of the campaigns involved have appreciated your support of the grassroots--giving candidates a chance to be seen on the national picture, bringing attention to our respective fights against Lamar Smith and Tom Tancredo, and overall just giving us a boost in general.

Today marks the final day in the contest. The vote has swung back and forth, and one of us is usually in the lead by only a few dozen votes one way or another. Supporters all over the state in both Colorado and Texas have put their fingers to the keyboards, and have promoted this contest, voted, and spread the word more than either of us could ever have hoped for. It is incredibly encouraging to see the power of the grassroots in full effect, and by working together, we will advance to victory in November.

Today, we make an open letter, formal request to you, Governor, through the conduit of the netroots that this contest has coursed through across this country.

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We're excited here at Governor Warner's Forward Together PAC to launch the second round of our Map Changers contest.

Over 200 candidates were available for nomination in our first round (which were in addition to the more than 50 candidates Forward Together has already supported and which were ineligible for the contest) and forty candidates made the cut to advance to the second round.  The top ten finishers will each receive $5,000.  They represent districts and states from across the country, but all of them are committed to Governor Warner's goal of electing candidates with fresh faces with fresh ideas - solutions-oriented Democrats with a focus on the future.  The top ten finishers in this round will advance to the final round, where they will compete for the grand prize - a fundraiser with Governor Warner.

Now it's your time to help them succeed in their challenge to win in November. All you have to do is head here and vote for your 10 favorite candidates-- five from the East and five from the West. Then you can publish your ballot and let everyone know who you supported and why.  You can even syndicate your ballot like blogger coloradolib did

So head over to the Map Changers contest and help us change the political map.