I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to the fine people of DailyKos, MyDD, and NMFBIHOP, for their support in our push to get President Bush to sign the new GI Bill.  On Wednesday, we diaried (kos, mydd, nmfbihop) about Tom's letter to the President urging him to sign the bill.

Click here if you'd still like to sign the letter, it's not too late.

I just wanted to take a moment to point out how much of a help you've all been in this process.  This was the map when we posted on Wednesday:

Tom Udall has made veterans' issues a centerpiece of his campaign.  On May 8th, we asked this community to become citizen co-sponsors of the new GI Bill.

But George W. Bush is still refusing to sign this bill.  That's why Tom Udall stood in front of a gathering of veterans and concerned citizens on Saturday at Bataan Memorial Park in Albuquerque to launch Veterans for Udall by signing, along with over a hundred others, a letter to President Bush urging him to sign the new GI Bill.

But we need all the help we can get, which is why we're asking all of our supporters to sign the letter as well.  Supporters from all over the country have signed the letter, and we've created a map of those supporters and their messages to show how broad the support is for this bill.

Image of the GI Bill supporter map.  Click to see the interactive map.

Video, and what you can do to help, below the fold...

Cross-posted at TomUdall.com/udogs.  Let us know in the TomUdall.com blog comments if you have a video of your Udall supporting pooch you'd like to share.

The Tom Udall for Senate campaign headquarters is a dog friendly zone, to say the least.  We've put together a video for your viewing pleasure, the first of many in a series of 'UDogs' posts.  We hope you'll get acquainted with our pooches, and share videos of your Udall supporting pooches as well.

Without further ado...

Tom Udall is calling on you to join him in co-sponsoring the new GI Bill.  The original GI Bill ensured that a generation of American veterans were able to return from World War II and get a quality, four year college education.

The new GI Bill will ensure that post-9/11 veterans are entitled to the same full four year college education.  You can help pass this bill by adding your name to the growing list of citizen co-sponsors.

A letter from Tom, below the fold...

On Saturday, Rep. Tom Udall (NM-03) who is running for the US Senate  spoke at the Democratic Party of New Mexico's Pre-Primary Convention. He took the opportunity to draw a pretty clear distinction between his position on torture and that of his possible opponents, Rep. Heather Wilson (NM-01) and Rep. Steve Pearce (NM-02). The video is on the flip (I apologize for the audio, my mic was misbehaving) and you can add your name to the list of Americans standing up against torture at http://www.tomudall.com.