I'm worried how things will go today. Yesterday I had to cut my canvassing short because of the weather. What was hurting is because I do not have a vechile I had to carry everything in a backpack. It was very tough to get things out in the wind. At a little after 12:30pm I walked a near by street.
I was lucky that I showed up early to grab my neighberhood. I only got done two streets though because we had horrible rain storms yesterday. At 2:30pm I called it quiets because the clouds were building up and I didn't feel safe being out there alone.
My experience below with those that I did talk to.
2140 Garland is a big area. The main street I walked first had a lot of people listed. The other was a small loop. A few people were not there on the list, but I was shocked because the people there had voted Obama.
One guy didn't know where to go in order to vote in the caucus at our location so I told him. I may have at least one volunteer to help me out at the caucus. Walking the neighberhood even though was short left me with a good exprience.
The people I talked to wanted to talk more about issues and hear why I voted and volunteered. To me that was why it was important I get my LIST of people who could be there. I told a lot who were planning to caucus for Obama that yes I would be one of the Captains of the area. I also mentioned that if there are any issues look for me and I'll help any way I can. I explained as well we do have a hotline number so I can get direct responses for whatever the problem.
I'm hoping I get to walk more today because I may come up short on my team unless I get people there to help. I have the possibility of two people, but they wanted 4 of us as a team. How I plan to go about tomorrow.
Yes I want Obama to win, but I care more about fairness then anything. I will try to get someone to watch the polls to make sure the doors aren't closed early if I am able to get a few more people. Although I would like to be chair of the area I do think one of the people I talked to yesterday would be real good if he wanted to.
BTW this is the thing Yes we want each position, but we were told to do it fair and democratic by voting. We were also told not use force. Our best judgements are to be used when things happen, but we are to be fair about everything.
You see that is the difference we were trained in how things are suppose to go even given a script. We were also told how the math works. I'm very nervous about tomorrow not because of lack of knowledge, but because I always get this way before big things. I wasn't able to make a lot of phone calls because of my cell phone plan which has hurt me in some cases. I wish I could have done more. I still will never fill like this is enough.
Today I'm worried about the weather though it still is cloudly and still looks like could have rain. I have to becareful when I go out today because like said do not have a vechile. Plus it is suppose to be colder then it has been before. I'm going to try to do what I can though.