The 50,000 Precinct Strategy
I spent many hours canvassing in this election, primarily in Montgomery County, MD. The plan in our precincts, among the bluest of the blue in Maryland, was to visit each drop-off voter's residence...
View ArticleDeploying to Iraq
I visited my home town this weekend on a family matter and happened to be there when the local National Guard unit was deploying for Iraq.
View ArticleCanvassing in Virginia
It's the beginning of November and the weather is beautiful, so it's time to canvass for Democrats! I got an e-mail from the Democratic Governors' Association and volunteered to go to Kentucky to...
View ArticleThe Day Martin Luther King was assassinated
In April, 1968, I was 16 years old and living in a small town in Maryland that did not have a significant black population. I think the town was about 80-90% white. That said, it was Maryland....
View ArticleCanvassing my neighborhood.
March 29 was canvass day for the Maryland Democratic Party and I signed on to help. I was mailed a list of the houses on my street to canvass. Of about 15 houses on my street, all but two or three...
View ArticleCSNY: Deja Vu
In 2006, when my disgust with the Bush administration knew no bounds and during the runup to the elections, Neil Young came out with his Living With War CD. As he has done so many times before, he put...
View ArticleThe Benefits of the Hillary "Question."
One unintended benefit of all the buzz about whether Hillary Clinton will support Obama and how strong that support will be is that it heightens interest in the convention overall. If many in the...
View ArticleWhat kind of parents are they?
I have been puzzled by the lack of comment almost anywhere about the use of the Palin's 4-month old baby as a prop and the announcement - worldwide, that their 17 year-old daughter is pregnant. What...
View ArticleRalph Stanley Endorses Barack Obama
There are few who know hard times like Bluegrass music legend Ralph Stanley. He grew up in the hills and coal fields of Southwest Virginia. To quote the movie, Coal Miner's Daughter, a man's choices...
View ArticleCanvassing in Northern Virginia
I live in Maryland, which is probably as safe an Obama state as one can find, outside of Illinois. The Obama team in Maryland has been busy since the Maryland primary and is sending scores of...
View ArticleNeighbor-to-neighbor
I signed up for this a while ago and printed out my list. I really didn't have time to canvass the street until this weekend. This was after a day of canvassing in Virginia yesterday.
View ArticleRegistering Voters in MD
The Montgomery County Democratic Party has organized some voter registration at subway stops in Maryland. I live very close to one, so I have been spending a couple of hours a few nights a week...
View ArticleFinal Day of Voter Registration in MD
I had a final rush of registrations at my little table at the Silver Spring, MD Metro station as we reached the last day to register to vote in MD, October 14. Almost everyone was grateful that I was...
View ArticleMy son voted for president for the first time today
My 21 year old son, who goes to college in California and is registered to vote there, voted for president for the first time today. He was very excited and called to tell me.
View ArticleCanvassing in the "real" Virginia
According to the McCain campaign, there are two Virginias, Northern Virginia and the "real" Virginia. I was canvassing last weekend in Petersburg, Virginia, south of Richmond. I guess that's the...
View ArticleA Quick Note from Virginia
I am a 5 day volunteer for Obama in Virginia. I am working in Henrico County, outside of Richmond. It's been a little chaotic, but I am feeling good. There is a lot of support for Obama here, too
View ArticleKratovil increases his lead in MD's 1st District race
The first round of absentee ballots have been counted in the tight race in Maryland's 1st Congressional District. The campaign manager has announced that Kratovil is ahead by 1,998 votes. The...
View ArticleThe Journalist who really understands the auto industry
I have heard and read thousands of words about the auto industry bailout. I have been appalled at the lack of knowledge of just about everyone who is commenting on this situation. There is much blame...
View ArticleI saw my first Obamacade
I work in downtown Washington, DC, so the occasional Presidential and other big wig motorcade is fairly common. As I was walking to the subway to go home, I saw my first Obama motorcade. I was proud,...
View ArticleEasing into the Inauguration
I have been not been very caught up with the inaugural, in spite of my joy at the end of the Bush administration and all the work I did for Obama during the campaign. Maybe it's just age and cynicism...
View ArticleInauguration Day: Not enough security lanes
I was lucky enough to volunteer at the Inaugural Parade, giving me a great view of the parade once it started. There has been a lot of coverage on the ticketholders who did not get to see the...
View ArticleReflections on the Daschle matter
The withdrawal of Tom Daschle as the nominee for Secretary of HHS saddens me, but there is a lesson here and I think it is a painful one for the president. Irrespective of Daschle's qualifications for...
View ArticleMSNBC is polling on Obama's performance
MSNBC has a poll up to grade Obama's performance. The grading is on a scale from A through F. He is getting an "F" by many, so we need supporters to weigh in.
View Article"Debating" Healthcare at Univ of MD Rally
I attended the Obama health care rally at the University of Maryland last Thursday. There was a handful of students demonstrating against health care outside the rally. I thought I would engage of a...
View ArticleNaming the Great Recession
I think we should give the Great Recession a name that identifies the perpetrators of the recession
View ArticleJohn Boehner was nice enough to send me a letter
"Dear Fellow Republican, You are one of a carefully selected group of Republican leaders nationwide receiving the enclosed CENSUS DOCUMENT containing your 2009 Census of American's Republican...
View ArticleAnother example of how government can't innovate
I noticed an obituary in the Washington Post today for Richard Whitcomb. The title of his obituary was "His Discovery Forever Changed Jet Design. The picture that accompanied the obit had the caption...
View ArticleWhy aren't more people noting the DeMint is holding up the confirmation of...
With the latest attempted terrorist incident and the resulting noise, I have heard little comment that new TSA head has not been confirmed and that SC Senator DeMint has blocked his nomination.
View ArticleMy GOTV in MD
I am someone who is predisposed to action, so I channel my anger and frustration with the current political situation into financial contributions for candidates I like and by GOTV.
View ArticleGoodbye Google?
Google's sponsorship of the Republican debate with Fox News is just another example of media and other organizations supporting this partisan activity. What do we do to express our displeasure with...
View ArticleCongressman Andy Harris (MD-1) Gets an earful.
Maryland’s only Republican member of Congress had a very vocal crowd at his recent town hall in Wye Mills, MD. Harris, in addition to being a medical doctor, is also known for his impatience to get...
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Postal governors to write to in order to complain about what is happening the USPS:Greetings - am forwarding this info re: actions we can take - Here are the email addresses of the USPS Board of...
View ArticleAnother Republican asking for Russian help during election bid
Another Republican asking for Russian help in his election bid: www.providencejournal.com/...
View ArticleWorking the polls works
In the last couple of weeks I spent a fair amount of time campaigning for an attorney general candidate in Maryland, Katie Curran O’Malley. A little back ground. She is the daughter of former...
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