[UPDATE: 6:30 p.m.]: David has graciously welcomed me as a guest blogger over at Swing State this evening to live-blog the returns. I hope you can join us over there!
I stole the title of this diary from Hotline on Call
Good Afternoon! We are in the midst of our Election Day operation here in the 28th District and in the middle of the chaos, I thought I would take a few minutes to check-in with you all. It is an beautiful day here, nice warm weather and a slight breeze.
The office is buzzing with volunteers streaming in and out to hit the streets and canvass for Ciro. Ciro himself has run in and out a time or two - to grab a water or some food before heading back out to knock on doors, and get people to the polls.
Our GOTV team is in full swing, pumping out lists, maps, coordinating rides to the polls and all other sort of e-day related information over and over again.
In addition we have been told that there are hundreds of members of organized labor out on the streets, in every part of this district, doing the same thing.
There are also close to two dozen phonebankers in house and another few dozen who have volunteered to call from home via remote phonebanking.
The AFL-CIO and Change to Win Unions who have brought in their members to make this happen, the independent expenditures by the League of Conservation Voters, the support from NARAL, the money from Members of Congress, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions from thousands of real Democrats from all 50 states have made this happen.
All in all I would say it is a comprehensive operation with a lot of hard work going into this by everyone who has joined this team in person and in cyberspace, who wants to send Ciro back to Congress.
I wish you could be here to join us on the ground in this fight. It is in part due to your continued support that we are able to fight this battle with such intensity. We fight because we have to, because the alternative is unacceptable and because we believe.
What could be a better use of our resources than that?
Look for numbers later tonight. The polls close at 8 PM EST.
Live Results later here.
[Update]Neighboring DFA-endorsed Texas Congressional Candidate (TX-21) John Courage is phonebanking in the next room while he gets set-up to go block-walking.
[Update]
Two Hours left till the polls close! (ok, not really an update - more of a time check!)