My partner and I knocked another 120 doors in the 19th ward of STL today before lunch (if you are hungry at the headquarters on Olive Street, the BBQ at Pappy's next door can't be beat).
After lunch, I went back to the 4th ward to work a few streets solo, and there was only one problem: I ran out of door hangers. But almost every person I spoke with knew where to vote, knew the process, and knew where to go for help. They're ready to go.
Tomorrow I'll be working as a canvass captain in the 4th (at least that's the turf I've requested). We will be the ground game for a win in Missouri tomorrow.
And starting next week, let's fix the election laws in this country to make it easier for everyone to vote.
I've flown half the way across the country to St Louis for the last 72 hours of Get Out the Vote work. Please take the time to go to your nearest Campaign for Change office and help, if you can.
And by all means, Vote!
Diane and I were in New England two weekends ago and spent two days canvassing for Obama in New Hampshire. We had some great conversations on doorsteps both in the Plymouth area and in Manchester suburbs.
I'm curious how we can update our "doors knocked" numbers on the website here.
Here's the text of a message I sent to NPR's Day to Day today:
I thought your coverage of the issue distractions in the presidential campaign this morning was generally good. However when you summarized, somehow you decided that the McCain camp's false indignation about a metaphor and the McCain camp's distortion of the truth in an ad were indicative of both sides "doing this". Give me a break.By the way, when you're giving air time to a dirty ad, feel free to stop with the portion you're discussing. There's no need to keep the tape running and to play the campaign's tag line.
