Yesterday was a bittersweet day as we spent it taking apart the downtown Ann Arbor Obama HQ. Most of the Field Organizers as well as our Regional Field Director will leave town in the next few days, returning to their homes. But what an impact they had in Michigan. One of the most striking victories for our group was the […]

Oh. My. God. President Barack ObamaTen hours at the Ann Arbor Obama headquarters on Friday.Twelve hours at the staging area in Saline, Michigan on Saturday.Thirteen hours at the staging area on Sunday.Sixteen hours on Monday.Thirteen hours on Election Day. In four days I knocked on nearly 1,000 doors and spoke with literally hundreds of residents in the rural area south […]

We were having a beer at the Arbor Brewing Company last night after spending the day preparing for four solid days of Get Out The Vote (GOTV) activities. We’ll spend 12-hour days (or more) between now and when the poll close on Tuesday getting Barack Obama elected. While we were at the pub, Sarah Palin stopped by and Mrs. E. […]

Mrs. E. undertook a two-day trip through the two Midwest battleground states of Ohio and Indiana last week. She stopped at the campaign headquarters of both Barack Obama and John McCain, and asked volunteers there the same question: “What is it about this election year that inspires you to volunteer?” Their answers along with a photo slideshow are now posted […]

I have another Huffington Post piece up today, talking about how busy Obama volunteers (like me) have pretty much put off everything that’s non-essential in their lives until after the election. Read it HERE. In the process of gathering the quotes, I had a couple of interesting email conversations and there was one, in particular, that I found fascinating. It […]

Seven more days. I woke with a sinus headache and the sniffles this morning – bound to be a cold coming on. Lost of people at the Campaign for Change headquarters pulling long shifts and looking a bit blearly. Temps dropping into the 30s this week with snow in the forecast. But we’re not letting up one bit in Michigan, […]

This is perfect: Have you ever wondered about the inner-workings of a big time, presidential campaign? Asked yourself, how do they do it? How do they craft a message and get it out to the American people? Well, if you’re John McCain and are 7 days away from seeing your lifelong ambition go down the toilet, it’s simple. You join […]

I don’t believe it’s a certainty (yet) but this does put a smile on my face. From Election-Projection.net: Ouch. I’m just sayin’…

Christopher Hitchens nails it: This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus. Those who despise science and learning are not anti-elitist. They are morally and intellectually slothful people who are secretly envious of the educated […]

48 states plus Washington, D.C. are winner take all. So, you could have all of them by winning each one by one vote. That’s 49 votes. Maine and Nebraska have two and three Congressional districts, respectively. Their system is that there’s one electoral vote for each district and two more for the overall winner of the state so you’d need […]

I heard this today at our canvass headquarters but I couldn’t believe it until I actually read it. But yes, it’s true: FOR PRESIDENT: FLAWED CANDIDATES, NO ENDORSEMENTby the Ann Arbor News. That’s right. The Ann Arbor News. For the past week the News has been endorsing Democrats of all kinds. Carl Levin for U.S. Senate. Mark Schauer for the […]