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Knock, knock knockin' on people's doors....

By Tracy in CT - Sep 6th, 2008 at 4:56 pm EDT

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My husband and I attended the Connecticut Presidential Kickoff rally today.

As I was walking in I met up with Congresswoman Rosa Delauro. She went out of her way to say hi to me and was very kind. (she was a VERY early supporter of Obama and caught a lot of heat for supporting Obama over Hillary)

We ended up in one of 2 overflow rooms because so many people showed up. Speakers included all of our Democratic house members as well as Senator Dodd. Every speaker was very fired up and even in our overflow room with only a speaker to listen to people were standing and cheering. It was awesome!!!

My husband and I live in Congressman Larsons district and he will easily win his race so we signed up to canvass in another district where the race for a Democratic seat will be much tighter.

We also signed up to drive to NH and canvass. What is even more exciting is that my husband has a relative in Italy who is so interested in this election that he is coming to visit in October and he is going to go to NH with us.

After the rally we went out to lunch and the server asked us how many people showed up to the rally. We told her over 2,000 and she was shocked. She said the word around town was that 400 would show up!!!!

Over all a very exciting day. I have done some phone calling but have yet to canvass. It makes me very nervous but I know I must hit the streets and knock on doors. I could never live with myself if we lost and I had not done all I could.

FIRED UP IN CONNECTICUT!!!!!

BOJO '08

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By Mid America Mom Sep 6th 2008 at 5:41 pm EDT (Updated Sep 6th 2008 at 5:41 pm EDT)

That is great to hear! CT here we come.

Thank you for stepping up to canvass. After a few times you will get the hang of it.

My advice. The campaign will want you to get certain points out or ask you to share why you support the ticket. Main thing is - make sure it is short and in your own voice and words. You can expand if someone is interested.

After a few- it will be natural! let us know how it goes.

Mid America Mom

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By Tracy DC ☮DC T☮ YesWeDid Sep 6th 2008 at 6:26 pm EDT (Updated Sep 6th 2008 at 6:26 pm EDT)

Great report! Keep it up.

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By Viva Obama so proud to have voted for HOPE and to have rejected the hype Sep 6th 2008 at 6:27 pm EDT (Updated Sep 6th 2008 at 6:27 pm EDT)

way to go tracy! good work!!

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