I am visiting the Lancaster Obama HQ for the last 6 days of the race, from out of state. An active and busy place with lots of amazing people.
The first 2 days I spend with GOTV "'turf's", labeling and such. The others who stop in to work?
A retired City Planner who has worked around the world. Another was a retired doctor who spends his time making trips to third world countries with his own portable 'hospital' to treat people and returns a few months later for follow up. 2 retired lawyers stopped in on their way from Florida to CT. They stopped every other day an an Obama HQ and worked for the day. It is amazing the variety and dedication of the volunteers, not only to Obama, but to life.
Here in the "bottom of the 'T' of Pennsylvania" the heart of the Obama campaign, Along with the Local Democratic Party, is vigilant in trying to keep the McCainacs at bay, for as the T goes, so goes PA, as seems to be the common wisdom. There is already Republican sniping the Lancaster Dems, threatening lawsuits over the usual nothing; Governor Edward G. Rendell has been assigned to travel the length of the T, working to expand not only Obama's numbers, but local Dems as well. We volunteers just keep 'stuffing the envelopes'.
We have been out, door to door today, in the beginning of a 4 day hit every door campaign to get voters to the poles. One thing I noticed is that most of those for Obama are filled with great enthusiasm. A great sign, similar to my experience working GOTV in NH for Hillary in January. The 50+ year old women in NH were so enthusiastic for Hillary I didn't see how she could lose. And she didn't. The same feeling I have here, in the heart of Republican Pennsylvania, for Obama.
The GOTV team has done the work. door to door, in this heavily Republican area. Truly it is 10 to 1, we go past so many house to get to our registered Obamaites. It will be worth it to dilute the vote so that the rest of Pennsylvania will be able to select Obama. Tomorrow, we visit them all over again, like 3rd grade teachers, making sure everyone votes.!! Wish us well..