Request from Michelle

Michelle Obama sent out an email appeal today with the campaign goal of 500,000 donors well with reach by caucus time tonight.

This morning in Iowa, your fellow supporters are calling their neighbors and asking them if they need someone to baby-sit while they caucus tonight.

They're asking if they need directions to their caucus locations, or even a ride.

This process has been a real human experience -- there's a strong community and generosity of spirit that's emerged here among Barack's supporters. It's a feeling that's bigger than the excitement of a typical political campaign. It's the feeling of a movement.

And that movement isn't just here in Iowa. It's in the three other early-states, and in every state in the country, as shown by the record number of people getting involved.

We're just a few thousand donors shy of reaching 500,000 people owning a piece of this campaign. Make your first donation of $25 now and your gift will be matched by a previous donor. Be part of this historic moment:

https://donate.barackobama.com/match

That potential to revive that feeling of community and connection is why Barack and I decided to do this.

We knew there was an opportunity to change politics, to make it about hope and a shared passion for our common future. And we knew that other people who feel the same way would come back into the process or decide to participate for the first time.

We're closer to something historic than anyone ever imagined we could be.

It's the culmination of talking and listening and building the kind of organization that engages people. It's the product of a whole lot of hard work and consistent effort over the last year.

The Iowa caucuses begin at 6:30 tonight, and we only need a couple thousand more donors to reach our goal. Show your fellow supporters in Iowa just how many of us are with them tonight.

Make a $25 donation now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/match

Years ago, after we first met, Barack took me to an organizing meeting in a small church basement in Chicago.

I saw then that he had an extraordinary capacity to bring people together in pursuit of change -- to make them believe against all odds in something bigger than themselves and inspire them to work to achieve it.

That's what's happening here in Iowa and all across the country.

I can't tell you how proud I am of him, and of you, for being a part of this.

Yours sincerely,

Michelle