Jamaicans for Obama

This is a truly amazing story. Three or four weeks ago, Judith came into the Obama office on N. Main St and asked if she could help out. Nothing unusual here. 50 people a day come into the office every day to volunteer. What is unique about Judith is that she came all the way from Kingston to volunteer to help Barack.

Judith took off from work to travel to PA (where her cousin Jackie lives) to donate her time to help Barack, even though she is not a US citizen. Now that is dedication!

And Judith has been coming to the office every Tuesday and Wednesday since to phone voters and volunteers and to canvass neighborhoods in search of votes. Judith, who is pictured here with her new, hipster hairdo, will be in the Buckingham Green office tomorrow to help us close out the election, then return to Kingston and her job on Wednesday.

Many thanks for your passion and dedication, Judith.

Grant

Wow! Obama Cavalry in Pennsylvania has arrived.

Saw this on Daily Kos and thought you would enjoy it. It eloquently describes the GOTV activities being deployed in Philly and is similar to what we are doing in Bucks County.
The story appears below.
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5,000,000 vs. 1,000

The title of this post represents the number of volunteers working for Obama vs. the number working for McCain as estimated by Sean Quinn of fivethirtyeight.com. Sean has spent the last several months visiting the Campaign offices of the two presidential candidates.
The ground game advantage is a key reason why Obama-ites believe Barack will triumph on Nov. 4th.
Follow the link provided for a fascinating look a the differences between the two approaches to securing votes.
Grant

What Obama has in common with Microsoft

Working for Obama reminds me of my time at Microsoft. In the early days at Microsoft, everyone was on a mission to change the world. People worked around the clock to push products out the door secure in the knowledge that what we were creating would fundamentally change the way people lived and worked. People worked 12-15 hours days. Seven days a week. Over holidays. And behind it all was Bill Gates, whom we all looked to for leadership and direction. It was a very inspiring and rewarding time.
I see the same energy and passion in the Obama campaign. People are working around the clock secure in the knowledge that what we are doing will fundamentally change the course of America and the world. And all this effort is being driven by the collective belief in Barack Obama and his vision for the country.
I feel blessed to be able to experience not one but two world changing campaigns.
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GOTV Day 1: Not for the faint of heart

Postscript 1: I met Nicholas, an actor from NYC, a couple of weeks ago when he came down to Doylestown for a day of canvassing. He enjoyed the expreiecne so much that he decided to come back for the GOTV effort.

After a long day of canvassing, Nicholas, at left, was spotted taking a break before presumably heading out for a night in Doylestown.

No one ever said canvassing was easy.

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GOTV Day 1: A smashing success!

Good morning. What a day yesterday!!!! Day 1 of our Get Out The Vote effort was extraordinary by just about every conceivable measure. The Buckingham Green office where I am based put ~350 volunteers to work. This is more people than we usually have had at the N. Main St. central office on a typical Saturday. And Buckingham Green is just one of 13 new staging areas!!! I have not heard how many volunteers we had in total yesterday across all the offices, but I am guessing the number had to be at least 1,200 to 1,500. All in one day! Simply amazing.

Thankfully, it was a beautiful day here in Bucks County. Most volunteers went out canvassing. That meant going door-to-door to homes that have identified themselves as Obama supporters. At each house, we left a 'door hanger' vote reminder and campaign lit and reminded them to vote. The target for the day was ~9,000 houses. We reached 93% of our target and talked with ~60%.

All in all, it was such a successful day that Jolie, the Campaign staffer who runs our office rewarded us with an extra hour of sleep before we need to return to the office Sunday morning. :)

Grant

PS: Lara, one of the office's lead volunteers is pictured above (on the left) with a friend in front of the new office.

Like Rabbitts

Good morning. Yesterday was crazy, as the office started executing final prep for GOTV. Over the course of the day, we transformed ourselves from one central office on Main St to 13 staging area offices across upper and central Bucks. This is being done so we can more efficiently handle the crush of volunteers we are expecting over the last four days of the campaign.
I have moved to the Buckingham area, which is between New Hope and Doylestown. By 11pm or so last night, the office was in remarkably good shape and ready for the onslaught that is expected today.
The volunteer buses will be arriving at the Hampton Inn at about 10:00 this morning, with volunteers being distributed to several of the 13 staging areas for a day of canvassing.
All in all, a herculean effort designed to assure that every single identified Obama supporter gets to the polls on Tuesday to cast their vote for change.
Speaking of volunteers, the lovely couple pictured here are my cousins Tom and Mary. They drove up from MD to spend a couple of days canvassing and making calls for Barack.
Thank you both for the great support.
Grant