We knew in advance that we’d staff the Michelle Obama event and it’s one of those things you keep to yourself until the event. Even now, my thanks go to those who got us on board, but I won’t mention the names. Like everything else in the Obama-Biden campaign, the events are run seamlessly.
I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Traveling for Obama-Biden ‘08
Due to the huge success of our Northern-California partnership with Nevada, we’ve been asked to do more: COLORADO!
Travel volunteers, go to: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/oosco to sign up for Colorado travel. Supporter housing is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The carpool link will be activated soon. Colorado has a real need for Veterans and [...]
