GOTV

Good morning. I went back to NYC for a couple of days and am now back in Doylestown. Yesterday was GOTV day. The first couple of times that I saw web references to GOTV, I thought it was a political web video channel and did a Goggle search to find it. No luck. After two weeks with the Campaign I am now smarter. Turns out GOTV stands for, you guessed it, Get Out The Vote, duh.
Anyway, Obama offices across PA (and presumably across the country) are gearing up for a massive GOTV effort. Last night, the GOTV show came to Doylestown. Expecting a large crowd, the meeting was scheduled at the Bucks County Courthouse, across from the Campaign office. The meeting was scheduled for 7:30pm. The goal was to finish up by 8:30pm so everyone could get home to a.) watch the Phillies or b.) watch the last debate. At 7:45pm, people were still streaming into the meeting room, with no end in sight. Soon the meeting room was standing room only, so staffers made a quick adjustment, sending a large group back to the Campaign office, where we ended up conducting a second GOTV training session.
The purpose of the two meetings was to communicate the GOTV strategy for the last 4 days of the campaign. Without boring you with all the details, it is an AWESOME plan. The goal is to touch every declared OBAMA supporter in the entire County multiple times over the last 4 days to make sure every single voter knows how and where to vote, the hours polls are open, etc. In total between 100 and 150 volunteers learned what we need to do to deliver Bucks County to Barack Obama on November 4th.
McCain has no idea how much energy and passion there is for Obama in PA!!