I’m back from door-hanging in Coatesville, PA. Now, that is one town that is going to come out and vote in force for Barack Obama. A third of the homes have Obama signs, as do a quarter of the storefronts. It looks like it is the Obama headquarters’ ambition to hang a sign on the doorknob of every identified Obama voter in Chester County. And, given the turnout at headquarters, they just might come close to accomplishing their objective. CabinGirl and AP are still in the field, this time in West Goshen, PA. At headquarters they are pushing hard to get everyone to do two shifts. They’ve got a spread of baked zitis, franks and beans, lots of desserts. It’s a hive of activism.
We are going to pull every last vote out of this county. Even people that didn’t register to vote in time were pulling over their cars and coming out of their homes to ask how to register and telling us they’d be there in November.
This is the most sophisticated organization I have ever seen, and the most energetic since Kerry’s organization in the 2004 general election. But this is a primary. And people are totally aware and chomping at the bit to go out and cast a vote for change.
I don’t know how things are going up in Scranton, but I can’t imagine Clinton’s people are working this hard.
We’re in West Goshen and haven’t had any mail from Barak. Had lots of robo calls from both–more from Hillary. Had 2 mailers from Hillary, one last week and one today.
Odd not to have anything in print from Barak.
Maybe the campaign has to focus its efforts elsewhere, knowing that to be Clinton country?
Off topic – this stuff scares the heck out of me.
this has been going on for past 7-years, considered by MSM to be tin-foil conspiracy.
One currency – the Amero – set to go; replaces the currency of all 3 countries.
I don’t think it is strongly Hillary. It is a red trending blue county. My congregation is the locus of the liberals in the area. All I hear from them is Obama. Even the women.
Personally I don’t need any door hangers and most of my neighbors are rethugs (what a disappointment)– I was just noticing.
the door hangers are purely for Obama supporters. They aren’t wasting them on people who are not registered Dem, or who have been identified as Clinton supporters.
That’s what I’m saying. They’ve identified almost every Obama voter out there and they are reminding them all to vote.
It’s insane.
as it should be today and tomorrow.
well don’t be surprised if CG and AP show up and hang something on your door.
Mail pieces are one of the least effective ways to get people to the polls. The best is face to face(block walking), second is phone banking and the last is mail. Mail pieces are used by campaigns when they cannot afford the TV or radio buy.
Cash is Clinton’s Achilles heel
A really good field organizer once told me that you need to target at least 10 pieces of direct mail at a voter for it to begin to have an impact.
I’ve been taught that it takes as few as three touches – in person, by phone, and by mail.
We were just out there…sorry we missed you!
Whew. Need those folks to come out in droves for Barack tomorrow. I just want this damned primary season done with, and, with all due respect to Pennsylvanians, I’m tired of listening to that overgrown greaseball of a governor shill for Hillary. I don’t think a single person has aggravated me as much as Rendell in quite some time. And it’s not anything that he’s said. I just hear him talk and want to smack him.
I’ve had enough of Joe Sestak pimping for Hillary, I like Joe and am starting to build a relationship with him, but he’s hitched himself to the wrong star here.
Here’s the scary part, I had a chance to talk to him briefly a couple of weeks ago. I told him I wasn’t a fan of his candidate and that she was hurting the cause. I said that it’s the Supreme Court. He said I was only the 3rd person to mention that to him!!!!!! Only the 3rd!
He’ll have no trouble jumping on board the Obama train and I understand his loyalty to the Clintons but really–she’s damaging the brand.
Btw – I it’s possible the Clinton people are working hard. A few of them, anyway. When I called people who were undecided, I asked if they were getting calls from volunteers for Clinton. They said they were, which I still doubt. I think they might have considered robots volunteers….
Don’t underestimate the involvement of people from both campaigns. There are people calling into PA from all over the country to help from both camps. I don’t think they have as many volunteers but I know they have them.
In case anyone is concerned, I am an Obama person all the way.
Clinton loves phone banking and has dedicated phone bankers.
Her activists are some of the best in our party. They have kept her in the game…sort of.
I wouldn’t say the nest in the game. LOL I know too many of the phone bankers on both sides.
but that’s all they seem to do. Phonebank, phonebank, phonebank. Obama told us they’d made all the calls and they didn’t need phonebankers.
Also overheard repeatedly.
“Stickers can’t vote. Lawn signs can’t vote.”
They are demanding people go in the field and then they are demanding that people go out a second time.
It’s kind of unreal.
Same thing in New Hampshire…the last 4 days were about visiting the same people 2, 3, even 4 times over to make sure they voted. I wasn’t from Nashua, but I pretty much knew my way around a good number of neighborhoods by the time Primary Day came about.
At5 this stage in the game, block walking is the ticket. Phone banking is done or should be. It is canvassing neighborhoods and getting ID voters to turn out tomorrow in record breaking numbers.
NYT blog (via TPM)
Dems Abroad Slate Ready for Denver
Great job!!!!
Well, I’ll take that compliment!!
🙂
It was absolutely exhilarating to be out there. Lots of good energy. I just want to make sure that I can do everything I can do to help.
Thank you to all the people who have been busting their butts!!!! I wish I could cook cookies for all of you.
I should have mentioned that the SEIU was out in force this afternoon as well.
You’re right; the buzz has been incredible. I’m super impressed that they’ve been able to keep it going for so long–for a while, I thought people’s enthusiasm would wane before we got to the primaries.
I’m in Downingtown, and I’m certainly heading out to cast my vote for Obama in the AM. We’ve gotten lots of Obama flyers in the mail lately–probably four or five over the past week. I’ve also started seeing yard signs and bumper stickers popping up more and more. I ride SEPTA to work, and a couple of conductors wear their Obama pins every day.
hey neighbor.
love SEPTA – glad to hear about the conductors!
despicable.
Bill Clinton: Under GOP Primary System, Hillary Would Be Winning
LOL! What a joke he’s become. It was sad before, but now it’s pathetic to the point of becoming humorous again.
IIRC, he first said it back after Tsunami Tuesday when Obama won those states on the 9th. He brings it up randomly in speeches and interviews to. Two months, he’s been saying this. Someone debunked it by saying that’s only true if he included FL and MI too, but I’m not too sure.
Has anybody pointed out that under the Soviet system she’d be winning too, so what’s the point?
what, he doesn’t think that Obama’s strategy would be different..to match the game structure?
Someone told me that he became teary when he spoke yesterday.
Approx 3,000 showed up to hear Hill and Bill vs 15,000 to hear Obama. He didn’t tear up for votes.
At about this time in the CA primary, my knuckles had really started to hurt.
It’s game on in Pennsylvania. Full force.
All my best to those on the ground.
We just got back. The energy in the office is incredible…the place is just humming with activity.
We’re now watching Hillary’s appearance on Olbermann.
Don’t throw anything at the TV
Energy may be good but the lists? We’re new voters in the area since moving here and registering in Sept. There aren’t that many dems in the neighborhood–we know of 1– and all we’ve gotten from the campaign is robo calls. And we donated a sofa to the HQ. Not a real live person phone call, not a mailer, not a visit, nada.
Just an observation.
I had been planning to write in Edwards. Because Hillary has been such a witch I can’t continue to be indifferent. I wish I felt more strongly about Obama, but I don’t. He’ll get my vote, but . . . I spent lots of time in CT working for Lamont doing everything you all are doing for Obama. I know what it feels like. But I’m not feeling it for either of my choices this time around. Again.
I so wanted to sleep on that sofa this afternoon.
spent many a night falling asleep on it being lulled by the teevee only having to wake up long enough to make the trip upstairs to the bedroom.
I do wish I felt the excitement you all seem to feel over BO. Oh well. It probably wouldn’t be a good idea for the minister to show up at the door of her parishioners working for a political candidate anyway. My guess is that about 97% of the congregation members are registered dems. and I know some of them who are putting in long hours probably along side you.
think the drudge channel is up to mischief.
he floats HRC internal polling has 11-point lead in PA.
now there’s a teaser the NY Times, Tuesday paper, on exploring a possible Obama-Clinton ticket?
that just won’t fly with Obama supporters.
After all the Clinton mud slinging, Obama will be seen as bone-headed to saddle himself with Billary. No effing way.
NO list is perfect as is no campaign. They rely on human data entry. You would not believe the mess I saw when working at Obama Headquarters in Austin. I can tell you that phone bankers are told not to leave messages.
As to people not coming by, it also depends on # of volunteers, the list again, and whether they could make it to your house.
In Austin, I received 3 Hillary robo-calls, 1 Obama robo- call. I worked as a volunteer over 40 hours a week for two and a half weeks at the office and cooked cookies and brownies everyday before going in. It’s the nature of the beast that some households will be missed. It’s not intentional. It just happens.
I get that. But I learned in the Lamont campaign that the work you do is as effective as the lists you have to work with. We wasted lots of time in some neighborhoods that had a high transient rate–lots of apt. turnover. Old lists.
I know I’m preaching to the choir here. But when turnout is going to make or break a race you want to be working with the best lists you can get.
agreed. That is why we started doing all the data entry ourselves instead of getting list from other sources and also correcting information in the state data base for democrats.
Hi RevDeb! It’s good to be in your neck of the woods. It was a beautiful day to canvass.
I wish I felt more strongly about Obama, but I don’t.
First of all, as a supporter, I thank you so much for your support. It is important. But I do wonder–what can I say to win your enthusiastic support? We are going to need everyone’s help, in whatever way they can help.
I have to tell you–I’ve worked for other electeds. They are honorable people. But his vision, his approach is just much different. From the clarity of his speech to his commitment to a grassroots approach that emphasizes “we” and not “me,” his is a different campaign, built from the ground up.
how’s she doing. showing how tough she can be?
Today is THE day!
I should get to sleep (I’ll be at the polls all day), but I wanted to say I posted my “Wynnewood whistlestop” slideshow on my blog at: <http://fudgelady.livejournal.com>.
And we’re off! Have a great day!
Have a great day! And thanks for the slideshow link!
Coatesville, eh?
About a 12 minute drive from ES&S, no?
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