On Monday, I wrote a post saying that we needed 25 more Barnraisers to put together our first 100 donors, and that instead of a July 15th deadline, we needed to hit the goal by July 12. Which left only a week, seven short days. Honestly, I thought we could hit 100, though it might be tight at the end of the seventh day. And I was prepared to work it hard right until midnight Sunday. What I wasn’t prepared for is what happened: you got the job done in 36 hours.

Honestly, it was an amazing experience, watching the Act Blue numbers click forward. And in addition to meeting our 100 donor goal, you took us well past our original early dollar goal. Can’t tell you how grateful I am.

I know it’s a tough economy; I know you have a thousand priorities for your household income. So I know how much it means that you chose to back this campaign. All I can say is that I’m working as hard as humanly possible, even now, to make the candidacy worthy of your faith.

Consider the barn raised. And is it less of a barn somehow because it’s virtual? Are your collective and individual achievements dimmed somehow because you did your work with a mouse, rather than a miter saw? Far from it.

You raised a barn built entirely of belief.

That’s astounding. And it will have folks in these parts talking for quite a while. Thanks again.