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6 Obama. 3 of the Obama folks wanted to get signs, bumper stickers, 4 of them wanted to donate and 3 asked about volunteering. Two of the last group said they had been pretty undecided until they caught more than the first 10 minutes of Palin.
Your math doesn't add up, which is really not surprising. I volunteered for a McCain phonebank here in chicagoland. I have writers cramp and my ears are ringing. Couldn't believe how busy it was.
I am in Southeast Virginia Beach, military haven, and my two times around the area( I only got to talk to about 45 total) we were seeing an even split for Obama and McCain and 7 for Ron Paul. 4 of the leaners were Obama, 2 McCain, and 6 deciding not to vote since Romney was not picked, 3 not voting because Hillary was not picked. Best news is that we registered 10 folks but it is not a party registration.
janeannwho, I had no idea you were in Va Beach. I've heard that based on polling, Obama is up 12-15% points here so far in the Hampton Roads region. I've only had Obama people knock on my door so they're definitely more active this year here with Obama and Nye pamphlets, I guess they feel pretty safe about Warner. No matter who it is though, Republican or Democrat volunteer, I just act disinterested and say I've not really thought about it. I volunteered one year on the local level, but even the close elections are decided by 50,000-100,000 votes on the state level it seems and I couldn't devote any time this year. Good luck though, it definitely can amount to a lot of work if you let it.
I spent a few hours knocking on doors in what I thought would be a fairly evenly divided (D and R) neighborhood. Income, average house price and type and number of cars argued for at close to a 50/50 split.
A bit of suprise, out of 60 doors, only 2 McCains, 2 "won't say", 4 undecided, 1 Ron Paul, 0 Bob Barr, 6 Obama. 3 of the Obama folks wanted to get signs, bumper stickers, 4 of them wanted to donate and 3 asked about volunteering. Two of the last group said they had been pretty undecided until they caught more than the first 10 minutes of Palin.
As one Viet Nam vet said; "that woman scares me more than Bush or McCain ever did, and McCain looks like one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel" (partially paraphrased).
One other item of note, 3 of the six Obama supporters said they had been for Hillary, but after some consideration they're "all in" for Obama.
So while you guys have been bleating on about Obama being (1) a Muslim, (2) a trojan horse for Al-Queada, (3) a community organizer, (4) inexperienced, because he was never the mayor of a "red neck, white bread, quiet little mountain town" (see South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut). Some of us have been out "moving the ball down the field".
Absolutely not, I was applauding him for promoting Obama's Socialist agenda.
Tell me Paully, do you understand socialism, or do you just like to use multi-syllable words?
Obama a Socialist? That statement would be like saying that McCain is a Nazi
Do you realize that socialism is the politico-economic theory of social organization advocating that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be regulated or owned by the community.
The Marxist theory is that socialism is the transitional stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles. Do you think that Obama would lead this country towards communism? Wait don't answer that, I don't want your head to explode.
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