Jay, Jill and I would stop at the Aurora office, pick up our walk packets and review them over coffee at Starbucks. We’d decide to split packets even/odd, separate sheets out of packets and hit individual streets, or to take one walk packet per canvasser. It always depends on the shape of the streets and [...]
Jill and I got into Denver airport the afternoon of Halloween 2008. We stopped for a smoke, a beer and the best spinach and artichoke dip in the whole, wide world. Cheers! We’re in the battleground.
We went back to the Denver airport later to pick up Jay, our Northern California Out-of-State Travel Director. (We’re formally [...]
I read the transcript of the 60 Minutes report on the Obama Campaign “insiders” from last night, since I missed it. This paragraph from Mr. Axelrod is one of the best descriptions of how I feel about this campaign, and all of you with whom I have had the pleasure to work:
“We believed in [Obama], [...]
This conservative gentleman joined the Sunnyvale for Obama mailing list a while back… from Florida! After that we were regaled with tales of convincing conservative friends and acquaintances to consider voting for Senator Obama. This guy was good
He sent this big beautiful thank you letter to the list the other day, and I [...]
Jane and I worked in Aurora, CO today, just south of Denver, CO (10 mins.). We received a well-prepared and organized walk packet, considered large, from very professional staff. We assumed we could tackle a large packet and did. We knocked it out of the park: 134 knocks, 30 contacts, and verified new residents (not [...]
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my law-enforcement officers. Imagine my glee as I headed to the breakfast area of our hotel (in my pajamas) to find 20-ish of the Treasury Department’s officers eating their breakfast. We’d see them later at the security check-in point.
Jane and I headed to the park, following [...]
Think Reno, Act Silicon Valley
Our first trip was surprisingly successful. Asad, Elayne, Galen, Melodi, and Wade canvassed the neighborhoods in Reno and registered voters at DMV and the mall.
“8 of you quadrupled our voting power in a weekend in the most critical county in the nation.”
-Riley, Reno Obama Campaign for Change leader
We must win Reno [...]
I traveled to Reno, NV several times prior to and for the caucus. The Carson City trip was my third in the general election. Every time I went to Nevada I could see the decline in the economy. This trip report of canvassing in Carson City, NV is both sad and heartening.
Now that the general [...]
There’s a fellow member of DailyKos called Kula2316, he’s an American living in South Korea. Being in that time zone, he’s been writing blog posts about current events he sees, for us to read every morning. Today’s post was a delightful collection of reactions from around the world to our historic election. So right now, [...]
No experience necessary. You can make the news, not just watch it. Several close states. Switching from state to state. Election in the balance. Please go to a campaign office when you can (ideally with your cell phone and charger). Calling until 8 p.m. 2 nearby locations below:
San Jose: 43 E. Gish Rd.
Palo Alto: 3898 El Camino Real
Wade Sanders, Volunteer
Sunnyvale City [...]
