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Date Posted: 04/13/09 9:33am
Author: Pat Toomey
Subject: Club For Growth

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Vandenboom,

It's time for me to say goodbye to you and all the other wonderful members of the Club for Growth. I'm leaving as president of the Club for Growth today, and will soon take on a new challenge.

While I am very excited about the future of the Club, and my own future, I also know I am going to miss the Club very much.

These last several years that I have served as your Club's president have been among the most enjoyable and satisfying years of my adult life. I've had a wonderful team of talented and dedicated colleagues to work with every day. I've had a terrifically helpful and supportive Board of Directors to help guide the Club. And most of all, I've had the privilege of joining forces with a great band of American patriots--you and all of us who make up the Club for Growth.

The two things I love the most about the folks who choose to be members of the Club for Growth are these: First, they fully appreciate the fact that individual freedom is the indispensible principle that has made our nation the greatest that history has ever known; and second, they love our great country so much that they are willing to contribute their personal savings to the cause of defending that freedom. Your generous support of the Club for Growth has helped make it possible for us to carry out our mission of defending economic freedom and our free enterprise system. It has been an honor to help do so, and I have enjoyed every minute I have been with the Club.

And because of your support we've won many great battles over the years. We've been on the front lines helping to enact major tax cuts and to expand free trade. We've helped block tax increases and cap and trade legislation. Through our PAC we've helped win scores of congressional races--enabling like-minded, free-market patriots to defeat RINOs and liberal Democrats in the House and Senate--in open seats and against incumbents. We've grown our Club's membership roster and we've turned our PAC into the biggest source of independent expenditures in congressional races on the right in America. And the Club for Growth is just warming up.

But it is time for me to move on. As hard as it is for me to leave, another mission is calling me. As you know, our country has elected the most liberal federal government in its history. This administration, together with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, are bent on driving a hard-left liberal agenda of high taxes, the redistribution of income, government control of private industry, and the collectivization of responsibility. In short, they are determined to undermine the American character and turn us into a European-style welfare state. With 41 Republican senators, we should be able to use the filibuster to stop them in their tracks. But several of those Republicans support that liberal agenda. One of them is Arlen Specter. I personally believe that it is time for him to go. And that job falls on me. Very soon, I intend to announce my candidacy for the United States Senate in a Republican primary challenge against Arlen Specter.

I've loved my role in advancing the cause of freedom from within a powerful organization, operating outside of government. But with all that this government is doing and trying to do to undermine our free enterprise system, I feel compelled to fight from the inside once again where I believe I can help stop the worst that they would do, help defend our free enterprise system, and help restore and advance the freedoms that have already been compromised.

Since the future strength and vibrancy of the Club for Growth is vitally important to me, I am delighted to be able to announce that we have found the ideal person to succeed me. I have known former Indiana Congressman Chris Chocola for many years and I am thrilled that he has agreed to take over as president of the Club for Growth, effective today. Chris is a good friend, but more importantly, he is a great patriot. I served with him in Congress and saw him cast the tough, principled votes for personal and economic freedom despite lots of pressure to cave. Even in the face of incredibly difficult re-election campaigns, he remained rock-solid in support of our principles.

Chris has an extensive background in business. He was Chairman and CEO of a large manufacturing company, he sits on several corporate boards, and he understands how to lead and grow an organization. He has great ideas for growing the influence of the Club for Growth and I know Chris looks forward to being in touch with you soon.

It is hard for me to leave the Club for Growth. But I know I am leaving a wonderful, strong organization in very principled, talented, and capable hands.

Thank you very much for all your support for the Club for Growth during my tenure. I hope you will support Chris as you supported me.

Sincerely,

Pat Toomey



P.S. Please take a minute right now to save Chris Chocola's e-mail address, chrischocola@clubforgrowth.org, in your address book. This will help ensure that future e-mails from Chris about the Club reach you and don't get caught in your computer's spam filter.

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