tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954972660656258581.post4424037977058456501..comments2023-06-22T05:46:25.584-07:00Comments on outfrontpolitics: GOP Has the Money But We've Got the Feet!dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11946903614295647009noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954972660656258581.post-56905759858945209362012-04-28T16:33:42.401-07:002012-04-28T16:33:42.401-07:00I look forward to reading it. The Democratic Part...I look forward to reading it. The Democratic Party is very well organized in Wisconsin. I enjoyed the months that I worked with them during the 08 campaign. I have memories of election day that would bring a tear to your eye. It was a very full day of getting out the vote.<br /><br />The Campaign directors found a precinct in Milwaukee that had some several no-shows at the polls. So all the surrounding precincts converged on that one area of the city and blanketed it with a rigor of a military operation. <br /><br />Any way here is a link to the celebration party. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiftysome/7122718971/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179662587748084739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954972660656258581.post-67175214001932799182012-04-27T17:17:33.607-07:002012-04-27T17:17:33.607-07:00I knew you were a hero! I just knew it! I'd li...I knew you were a hero! I just knew it! I'd like to mention you as such in a posting I'll be doing soon. Because people should know the calibre of folks like YOU! Especially since the news today was that a super pac has just unleashed the first $6 million in ads smearing Obama in some of the swing states. The battle is on! So go get 'em, tiger! And thanks from an old lady whose hopes are all wrapped up in you and people like you. Now I've got a reason to keep getting up in the morning. Bless you!dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946903614295647009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954972660656258581.post-77882809778229899412012-04-27T16:46:49.476-07:002012-04-27T16:46:49.476-07:00Okay, Okay, I'll do it. Only because I remembe...Okay, Okay, I'll do it. Only because I remember the caliber of people I worked with in 08. I remember how the UAW opened up their offices and let us work out of there. Most of all I remember the Republican voter telling me he wished his party had the spirit and fire that the Obama campaign has.<br /><br />It's time to kick the tires and light the fires!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179662587748084739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954972660656258581.post-92230262016725155652012-04-27T12:38:56.092-07:002012-04-27T12:38:56.092-07:00If Democratic volunteers are repeatedly going to D...If Democratic volunteers are repeatedly going to Democratic households, something is possibly wrong with the precinct work. The key point of precinct work is to identify voters who support your candidate so that - on Election Day - you and your organization can besure that these voters turn out. This second part, the "get-out-the-vote phase" doesn't require a second trip to the voter's door. It's done by checking at the polling place on Election Day to see who has and has not yet voted, typically beginning at about 4 p.m. Followup of the not-yet-voted (who have said they'll vote Democratic) is done by phone. Perhaps in your precinct some other Democratic operations were under way earlier than what I describe, e.g. registering Democrats, soliciting early voting, working for other Democratic candidates. Or maybe there's some new esoteric method the Obama campaign believes works better than the classic operation I describe. I can sure understand your dismay when fellow Democrats were not annoyed to see you, and I admire your persistence in "trudging on". But may I make two points. Yes, some householders complained. But Obama won Wisconsin. By contrast, absent such precinct effort in 2010. we got our ass kicked badly in Wisconsin. Second, even if people threw tomatoes at me as a precinct worker, I'd be out there this year OF ALL YEARS, Charles, because SO MUCH IS AT STAKE. The Supreme Court appointments. The economy (which Romney Republicanism will tank yet again). Any hope of slowing global warming. Possibly war with Iran, and Israel bounding in with nukes. And lots of etceteras. Please, you good man you, trudge on again this year. You aren't going door-to-door, I'm sure, to be loved. You're trying to save this country and our future and our planet one door at a time. But I'm sure you know that. And when the hour comes, you'll be there. It's an honor to know you, and it gives me hope in a very difficult time.dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946903614295647009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954972660656258581.post-86241709992442587902012-04-27T12:08:31.564-07:002012-04-27T12:08:31.564-07:00I'm an supporter of President Obama; however, ...I'm an supporter of President Obama; however, I'm reluctant to volunteer time and money like I did the last time. When I was going door to door, in Wisconsin, I got complaints from homeowners that said they were irritated with the frequent visits from volunteers: all of them democrats. Those complaints were coming from dyed-in-the-wool democrats.<br /><br />When I complained to our precinct manager. He told me that a few complaints from our base was normal. Although I admired the leadership of the precinct I was not happy with that answer. I continued to trudge-on throughout the rest of the campaign but never again. Chuck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179662587748084739noreply@blogger.com