I live in a small town in Northern Lower Michigan. I just got home from a very satisfying/inspiring day phone-banking and canvassing for Obama. There was amazing energy at our local storefront campaign headquarters: eight phones going; dozens of folks stopping by to say hi and pick up yard signs, etc.; homemade cookies and a crockpot full of sloppy-joes that someone dropped off; a seventeen year-old local high-school senior manning the phone to state headquarters, organizing data and phone lists like a pro....
Off to bed soon, but I want to share a canvassing story. I knocked on the door of a small public housing apartment in Houghton Lake this afternoon. A tiny, pale woman guardedly answered the door, but smiled when I identified myself. She said she definitely wanted to vote for Obama. As I was checking off the yes box she began to pour out her story. Her heart had been damaged by a viral infection so she was living on $660 per month plus a little extra made babysitting for a single mom who lived across the hall. She really wanted to vote but was worried about the physical challenge of standing in a long line and didn't know what she was going to do with the baby.
I'm taking some time from work and going back tomorrow with a borrowed infant car seat and taking her to vote early, hoping she won't have to stand so long.
Every vote counts, and this time millions will be counted that never had a chance before. For all of you out there who are helping, thanks. For those who haven't yet, there's a link at the top of the KOS homepage. All you have to do is enter your zip code. It's not too late to make difference.