Just had an Obama man knock on my door here in Ohio.

[Botany]

The Obama campaign is one for the ages .... they are knocking
on 1.5 million doors in Ohio this weekend.

The worker had driven in from Illinois and knows Barack personally
and on this perfect day w/ nice sping like weather he is pounding the
pavement for Obama. I asked him how things were going and he said
great and people were fired up for Obama.

I so want Ohio to be the one to help Obama so as to take the
nasty taste of 2004 out of our mouths.

[DB1]

1. So tell me about it. Was he informative I hope?

[Botany]

2. He was a pro ....

... we talked a little politics and he made sure I knew where to vote
and if I had any questions about Barack?

I laughed and thanked him for his work and told him he had my vote ...
his last line was "I can't vote here so can you vote for in my place?"

[ellisonz]

3. That's great.

[DB1]

6. Thanks, glad to hear it. That has been my experience as well

My fellow Obama supporters here in Washington state are very informed and excited.

[powergirl]

4. Those Obama volunteers are top notch

I'm here in Texas. I'm letting some Obama campaigners use my office space for phone banking. They are smart as whips. The worker I'm dealing with is a Harvard grad in his early twenties. All of the volunteers are exceedingly polite and work their asses off. The Obama campaign is blessed to have more volunteers than they can shake a stick at.

I'm sure Sen. Clinton will find the downside to all of this - like having an exciting campaign.

:popcorn:

[Botany]

7. I have done what that Obama guy was doing and have helped send out ...

... people into the field this guy was so freaking good it was scary.

He was on point, polite, and was very much a team player ....
he told me that at first the goal was 1 million doors but they
had so many people turn out to help that they bumped it up
to 1.5 million.

[powergirl]

10. They are like a team of Ninjas

who jump in, get the job done, and disappear into the night to take care of the next crisis. You know that Sen. Clinton wishes she could capture this type of spirit. I think the Clinton campaign planned on using Obama to get people excited to vote for her, to get these talented volunteers to work for her, to unleash the frenzy of support for her - but they didn't count on Obama being the leader.

[goclark]

38. If she had been kind to us we might consider working for her

in the event that she won the nomination fair and square.

I can tell you now, I would vote for her because I am a Democrat but I would not call 480 people for her as I did for OBAMA.

Nope ~ nothing and I'm sure if I would be turned off, the thousands of students and first time voters would not be working for her.

Not a threat, just facing reality.

[Kukesa]

22. That's what VolcanoJen is doing today, in Cinci.

And that's how she spent most of yesterday.

She, too, will be on-point and polite and very, very persuasive.

And, yes, I can brag about her because she's my daughter.

[powergirl]

25. Your daughter rocks

Say it loud and be proud. You raised a great gal!

[BeyondGeography]

27. Brag away, Kukesa

Jen is fantastic...I sent her some of my leftover flyers from my NYC leafletting. They couldn't have found a better advocate for Barack.

:thumbsup:

[Kukesa]

29. Thanks to both of you although you're making me blush.

I dragged that poor child out in the cold (when she was still in a stroller) to pass out Dem literature. I took her to campaign rallies when she was in grade school.

But when she went to college, she came home and told me she'd joined the Young Republicans (I told her there was no such thing as a young Republican) -- it was like a knife in my heart.

But then she grew up, had an epiphany and she's back on the straight-and-narrow.

Thanks again for the compliments for Jen.

:patriot:

[VolcanoJen]

37. Ahem... I never joined the Young Republicans!!!!

Love you to pieces Mom, but I never joined the Young Republicans, silly goose.

I do remember asking you about them when I was in high school, and you replied, "Honey, there's no such thing as a young Republican."

I voted for Reagan in 1984, my first-ever vote. I'm still pissed at myself about it, but that's the first, and last, time I ever voted for a member of the GOP. :-)

[grantcart]

31. oh the mother of a radio pundit lol

[Kukesa]

33. Did you hear her on

Progressive Blend Radio ?

I thought she was wonderful, but then, I always do.

[grantcart]

34. yeah she was very good

oh and by the way I grew up in a family where all I heard was "better dead than red". Now I drag my kids to peace marches and campaigiing. When I took my HS daughter to see Michelle, Caroline, Maria and Oprah all she could say when she got out was "wow I never heard women talk like that". She dances professionally a little and yesterday she was at an event that was going awry on the schedule and after a while she got up and told the organizer in a firm voice that they had to change the order of the program and get things going now.

My wife wondered what had happened to cause the change (she is Thai and doesn't really understand the politics). Its funny how standing up for things we believe in really builds us up - kinda like change from the bottom up.

[Kukesa]

36. Change from the bottom up?

Those are damn good words, grant.

[Zachstar]

21. That was nice of you!!

Thank you for helping to end this bullshit once and for all!

This is tiresome. And the republicans are loving every moment of it!

So let us hope for a big Obama win!

GOBAMA!!

[monomach]

5. I AM FRIGHTEN!

IT SOUND LIKE CULT INVADE 1.5 MILLION HOME!!!11!!!!1

[Botany]

8. Your right before I knew it I asked if he wanted some water or coffee

Damn .... I have been sucked in by that CULT OF HOPE :scared:

[blocker]

9. yeah wanna talk cult, go read hillary's blog

now there's something scary! I'm really getting annoyed with you clinton supporters always insulting Obama's campaign with everything.

[powergirl]

13. Did they use their Jedi mind control on you

to bum some some coffee and some smokes?

:tinfoilhat:

[Botany]

18. I think "he" planted a chip in my brain.

Please don't tell anyone by I asked if I could get a yard sign. :cry:

And I have two little burn marks on my neck.

[Coexist]

30. CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!1!

ONLY THEY CAN FIX THIS.

[Colobo]

11. Those cultists won't stop at anything!

:sarcasm:

[Botany]

12. Obama's cult aka "The al Hussien Jihad of Hope"

Is there no stopping them? :rofl:

[RBInMaine]

14. Awesome !

[geiger]

15. I heard 1 of the best speeches b4vr Kansas Giv. Sibelius..,,,,,,,today

in Wooster, Ohio...

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup:

[WillyT]

17. K & R !!! - Thanks For The Report !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

[Cha]

19. That would be a beautiful thing..

Ohio and Texas would be great endorsements for Obama.

[Kukesa]

20. I had an Obama woman knock on my door here in Dayton.

She was well-informed, polite, and thrilled when I told her I had already voted for Obama, absentee, on President's Day (I felt so damn patriotic!).

I've had three Obama phone calls, as well.

The only calls I've had from Hillary are robocalls.

[Hepburn]

23. This Native Ohioan....

...says, YES! Let Ohio put Obama over. I have lived in California for a ton of years, but Ohio is where I was born. :hi:

[Kukesa]

24. Hiya, Hepburn. Where in Ohio were you born? n/t

[caseycoon]

26. I love reading about how things are going!

He sure seems to be well organized everywhere.
:toast:

[grantcart]

32. i agree the anectdotal stuff is the best

[LWolf]

28. I doubt that any political campaigners will be knocking on my door next May.

Even if there is anyone left to campaign for.

My door is too hard to find. Deliberately. In 3 years, I've had one group of JWs find the driveway on a Sunday. I was out running irrigation in a front pasture. They didn't open the little gate that leads to the house, since the dog was behind the gate barking at them. They stood at the gate to the pasture and watched me for about 20 minutes. They didn't try to take down the hotwire, open the gate, and plow through the sheep to get to me. I kept working, did not acknowledge them, and they stood and watched, hoping to catch me in a "break." Finally they trudged back to their car and drove back down my private dirt road, leaving only a couple of watchtowers behind.

Should any campaigner have the fortitude to find the place and brave the dog and livestock to get to me in May, I'll be sure to have a list of criteria on hand for them to earn my vote. I can just hand it to them and say, "If your candidate can vow to work passionately and persistently to achieve these things, he or she can have my vote."

1. Pass HR 676
2. Bring the military home, and turn peace-keeping over to the Iraqis and the UN.
3. Repeal NAFTA, PATRIOT ACT, and NCLB.

[Skoods]

35. When he loses it in November..

that nasty taste will be right back in your mouth.