from my home phonebanking. Thanks Femlaw

other than volunteering.

Not to excuse myself, but I am in sort of an epic battle concerning my three foster children & do not have time to volunteer.

But I do have some money.  So I gave some money.

And then I went to Costco & bought a ton of groceries and cleaning supplies for the Obama office here in KCMO.  And I am going to do it again on Friday.  

And I bring up Obama in conversation.  And I asked my mom to voter for him & I think she will.

So do all you can.

I'm FIRED UP!

in NY and ready

Si se puerde!

I don't live in California anymore, but will do everything humanly possible to help.  Thanks for helping me clarify how exactly I can help Obama, prior to Super Tuesday, since I've already given as much money to his campaign as I can currently afford.

afterwards.

And, if you're making calls to folks, we're really like an objective report on the responses.

I have a feeling that the current polling methodologies that the national firms are performing are (to quote Letterman) "60% crap."

You're there.  You're doing it.  Let us know your observations.

(Signed, an Edwards Democrat, but also a highly addicted Kossack.)

I have to like our chances.

I'm a precinct captian in Minneapolis.  I'm working hard for this thing in the frozen north, too.

at my university and hope that the voters will overlook the fact that I'm recovering from a cold. Thanks for the great work in Cali!

Join us at:

410 Santa Clara St (Between 9th and 10th)
San Jose, CA

We have a bustling office there, and need phone bankers.

Join us! Let's make San Jose proud!

Getting Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren's endorsement was a big deal and there is a lot of enthusiasm. Come check us out!

For all of your hard work in CA!

Thanks so very much for posting this.

Good for you for volunteering.

I love being a precinct captain. It's a great way to make friends in the neighborhood. I hope all the precinct captains stay involved for the general and for future elections.

Do the voters in CD 19, for example, choose a CD19 delegate?  If so, there should be a big push in that district (real Republican territory) for the available Democratic votes.

in California.  He needs to be here, campaigning in the Valley as well as in LA and the Bay Area.

I wish I was in sunny California.  I'm freezin' my ass off in Chi-town!  ;-)  Gonna be sub-zero temps tonight!

Great diary!  Thanks for your tireless efforts on behalf of Barack.  We can do this thing!  Keep up the great work.

tip the Obama campaign!

Thanks so much for writing this.  I did volunteer on Saturday along with so many other people and I have to say that it was really inspirational.

I would only take issue with one thing that you said:

I was struck by the phone-banking party for the other campaign depicted in that SF Chronicle article.  9 people, over two hours, making less than 30 phone calls, while dining on an elegant repast.  I also understand that other campaign has a Bay Area field office with rows of gleaming new computers.  Good for them.

I read that also and found it offensive and very much what I find insincere about San Franisco politics but after Saturday I also found that it was inaccurate (at least to my experience).  

My boyfriend and I arrived at the campaign office 10 o'clock when the calling was supposed to begin.  It was fairly disorganized and we didn't start until about 10:30. There were hardly any chairs, a few phones and no computers (everyone working on the campaign brings there own laptops to work).

Volunteers didn't just trickle in, they poured into the tiny office at Market and Guerrero. Everyone happily took a spot on the floor and used their cell phones, some people even lending others their phones when they weren't using it.

We were given a general script but really asked to give our own reasons for why we supported barack.  We were calling independent voters so I tried to stress that all the democrats were welcoming their vote but that I felt Obama was the best candidate because he unites people.  We also encouraged them to look up his policies on the website.

It was truly inspiring that all these wonderful people come together in one place at 10 o'clock on a Saturday to call people.  I would encourage anyone to volunteer at least once, even if it's just to do some data entry.  It reminds you that democracy is all about the people who believe in it.