Sometimes, despite your careful planning, things go wrong.
A last-minute effort is often required. There are plenty of political examples of this. A well-run campaign, for example, can end up with a loss for a candidate. In Wisconsin, for example, what seems like what should be a clear defeat for the sitting governor in the recall election early next month might go his way, instead. With hard work to get out the vote for Democrats, I still hope he will be recalled.
The same thing happens in other areas of life. For example, I went out on Tuesday and cleaned the gutters on our house thoroughly, removing all of the silver maple seeds that had collected. A big rainstorm was predicted for last night and today. The rainstorm arrived, and rain fell at a 1" per hour rate. I looked out the window, and the gutters were overflowing on both the back and front of the house, and a little stream was running in from a problem basement window.
So, as a last minute fix, I grabbed a raincoat, got my stepladder, and climbed up on both the front and back of the house and pulled a plug of more maple seeds from the gutter downspouts. Water flowed again. I got soaked, but saved the basement from any more than a small wet spot on the carpet, which won't do any real harm. Now I hear the basement sump pump running, so that's good, too.
A last minute effort can save the day. I know that volunteers in Wisconsin are doing a last minute GOTV campaign to save their recall and get Walker out of office. A big cheer goes out to them. They are the only ones who can make a difference now. You go, Wisconsin!
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