Those who've followed The Political Dogfight know I am a Preacher/Teacher/Consultant for Practical Politics, not a proponent of theoretical analysis of political theory. Both have their place...until it's time for votes to be counted! Then Practical Politics must take precedence over theory and wishful thinking. With that background in mind here's a post that is about the OH-2 Race and it is the FACE of Practical Politics for this season.
Bob Brigham reports that the Hackett Campaign needs two things immediately:
A: Volunteers: if you can jump a plane, train or drive a car to the district Get Out The Vote (GOTV) is going to be crucial!
B: Keep those small contributions coming to Hackett which are processed securely through ActBlue and are immediately useful to the Campaign. As of 11:55 AM Pacific the Net Roots just broke through $371,000 to take this seat away from the Republicans.
This is, for those of you interested in Practical Politics,a Last Man Standing fight. We keep car-pooling voters into voting lines until the last second. We keep calling voters reminding them to vote until the last second. We keep the commercials on the air during election day.
We take NOTHING for granted. AND WE NEVER GIVE UP!
Sun Tzu,author of The Art of War, would say, "We are on Killing Ground." Paul Hackett knows that term better than most and it's reality. It's up to us to support him.
I'm in California and can't make it into the District. I was going to leave last weeek because I've got experience at that kind of dirty, miserable Last Man Standing Campaign where the staff doesn't sleep for three days in a row. Then some personal stuff happened and I can't leave.
If you can't go personally...find someone who can. At least make one more donation. $5. Whatever.
We are polling within the margins on this one. And the RNCC is running REAL SCARED. That's a good thing.
This is Practical Politics. It may not suit your idealistic image of what a political campaign is supposed to look like...but supposed to look like never got a voter to pull the lever for your guy.
I'm sorry if that sounds harsh for so many of you came in on the tide of idealism of 2004. And I applaud you. I just want to wear out your shoe leather,your knuckles and drive you in to sleep deprivation at the same time.
Have faith...OH-2 could be ours!