Dinner with Obama! Only $5 to enter

The campaign letter setting up a lottery - in exchange for a contribution, a chance to win dinner with the president - was followed up today with this plea (I guess I got subscribed to everything Obama when I signed up for updates from AttackWatch.com).

I highlighted the funnest sentence:

How this dinner thing works
Jim Messina, BarackObama.com to me show details 12:38 PM (57 minutes ago)







Barbara --



You got an email from the President a couple days ago, inviting you to sit down to dinner with him.



I know some people might think this is just some kind of trick or something. It's not.



The fact is that someday soon, four people reading this note right now
will be on a plane to have dinner with President Obama in Washington, or
Chicago, or wherever he might be that day.



Think about that for a second. The four people who win will sit down
with the President of the United States of America -- not for a
two-minute photo-op or a quick meet-and-greet, but for a private meal
with face-to-face conversation. That's just not something too many
people will ever get to do.



The President obviously has very little time to spend on anything
related to the campaign. And this is how he chooses to spend it --
having real, substantive conversations with people like you.



This is really something you should be a part of.

Donate $5 today and you'll be automatically entered for the chance to have dinner with the President and three other supporters.



Worst-case scenario: you don't get selected. But if you donate, you'll
have pitched in to support an organization that's funded at the
grassroots level by folks across the country -- not Washington lobbyists
or special-interest PACs. You'll have given this campaign a boost,
however small, to hire organizers, open offices, and build our
organization this fall so it's ready for the hard work ahead of us.



And best-case scenario, you'll find yourself sitting across the dinner table from President Obama.

So give it a shot -- donate $5 or more today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/Dinner



Thanks,



Messina



Jim Messina

Campaign Manager

Obama for America