Vertical Day is here and I want you to be a part of it.
Iencourage you to visit the Vertical Day section of our website, whereyou should first watch the introductory video to learn more aboutVertical Day. After you watch the video, you can become an importantpart of Vertical Day by submitting your email address and asking yourfriends, family members and co-workers to visit our Vertical Day page.
Weare adding new content to this section every hour until Tuesday 10 AMCT! I am excited to tell you we will have a great mix of video and blogposts for you to view.
Everywhere I go on the campaign trail,I meet voters with a real thirst for a healthy discussion of theissues. Ultimately, people don't care whether an issue comes from theleft or the right. What they want to talk about are ideas that liftAmerica up and make us better. It's what I call "Vertical Politics" andit is why we felt it was so important to set a "Vertical Day" aside tofocus on the issues.
One of the goals of Vertical Day, is togive you the ability to promote our campaign and my positions on theissues within your extended network of friends, family members andco-workers.
Because your participating is so important, we puttogether an incentive package that I hope will be fun and also createbuzz and excitement. A chance to attend the Republican PresidentialYouTube debate in November, signed copies of my book, campaign t-shirtsand bumper stickers and much more. I've even heard a rumor that thereis a list put together by my family of "some things you probably didn'tknow" about me!
The main focus of Vertical Day however, is aserious discussion of the most important issues facing America. That'swhy besides the video and blog posts you will see, I am conducting anexciting video web conference call, media interviews and I am evenspeaking to students at my alma mater. The plan throughout the day, isto promote my positions through video and personal blogs, and to engagein an online and sometimes offline conversation with voters about ourideas, the solutions we see possible, our hopes for America and thechallenges we face.
Since our exciting second place finish inthe Ames, Iowa Straw Poll hundreds of thousands of voters have visitedour campaign website eager to learn more about our campaign. Let'screate that same level of excitement today.
After you visit ourVertical Day page, I urge you to contact your friends, family membersand co-workers and encourage them to visit our campaign website. Notonly will they be learning where I stand on the issues, they will alsobe helping you earn fun rewards. Including a chance to receive aspecial invitation to be my personal guest to the YouTube Debate onNovember 28 in St. Petersburg, FL.
With your help, and the powerof the Internet, we will be able to involve thousands possibly tens ofthousands of voters all across America today and truly build excitementaround this discussion of issues.
Vertical Politics
Dave Welch*
Kelly Shackelford*
Rick Scarborough*