So far, amidst all the polls, all the predictions, pundits, and idiocracy, there has been one thing that has led me in the right direction, one things that has been pretty accurate in who's doing well and who's not.
My good old, trustworthy gut.
Back in the fall, my guys wasn't feeling to great. Barack Obama was gaining no traction in Iowa. We were holding rallies, organizing canvasses, but turnout was mediocre. Had we peaked already? In October, at a Saturday Canvass kick-off rally in Des Moines, only 100 people showed up on the dreary but warn day. A few days later, the five year anniversary speech of Barack's first standing against the war took place in a half filled room, and received no media coverage. Inevitable looked, well, inevitable.
Things weren't going well. But then, something changed.
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