We've got our problems. Mitch is a total disaster, property tax revision is destroying city budgets.But this, this is big.
Via 538-
McCain Just Says No to Indiana
A Democratic partisan in Indiana e-mailed to alert me to the Obama campaign's organizaing efforts in the Hoosier State. Obama presently has 14 field offices open in Indiana, and according to both my source and an article in the Indianapolis Star, has plans to open about a dozen more. The head of Obama's field operations in Indiana is Emily Parcell, who was Obama's political director in the Iowa caucuses.
The McCain campaign, meanwhile, has no offices in Indiana, and doesn't have plans to open any. From the Indianapolis Star article:
McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, is taking a different approach to Indiana.
Some might call it confident; some might call it laid-back at best.
Asked whether the campaign has any plans to open an office in Indiana, campaign spokeswoman Leah Yoon -- who is based in Michigan, not Indiana -- had a one-word answer: "No."
Believe me, I've been sad and depressed about some of the things that have gone on with the Obama campaign, but the ground game is not one of them.
They've donevoter registration at Indiana gas pumps,the premiere of the Batman movieand even in Berlin co-ordinated with Democrats Abroad.
It may not be the overwhelming progressive wave we want, but I'm still sticking with my +5 prediction.
Anyone want to take me on?