Fred Thompson is continuing his 11th hour push in Iowa, and the blogosphere came out in force to help him. His new ad, Substance has just started to run in Iowa. He needs about $70,000 more to make sure the ad stays on the air until caucus night. Here's Fred's message to those of us that have been working hard:

It can happen, Fred can win, and if my readers would join onto the effort, at least by making a few calls to Iowa for Fred, I'd greatly appreciate it. The last word comes from Rick Moran:

As of 6:00 AM central, the amount raised toward funding the campaign’s ad buy in Iowa stands at $145,000. This is about $104,000 short of the announced goal of $248,800 which must be raised by 6:00 PM tonight.

Sean Hackbarth of Fred '08 has nearly 100 blogs listed as participants in the blogburst. I know there are probably a couple of dozen more out there just from my own surfing. This is a remarkable testament of support for Thompson among conservative blogs. And the fact that we’ve raised as much money as we have is also indicative of what we can accomplish when we work together.

But now I have another favor to ask. Could you please post an update to the Blogburst today at the top of your blog asking people to give to the campaign with a link to the contributions page at the campaign website? We need another boost from blogs today to put the campaign over the top and give Fred a shot at being competitive in Iowa.

The latest Strategic Vision poll puts Fred a reasonably strong third at 15%, trailing Hucakbee (29%) and Romney (27%) and virtually tied with McCain (14%). Fred must do better and he can – with your help.

Thanks to all of you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Rick Moran