Monday, November 06, 2006

10,105 phone calls made Sunday.

That amazing number is from the small town of Woodland in Yolo County. Today we are over 6,600 hoping to get to 7,500 calls made by local Republican volunteers. This is what grass roots, pointy end of the stick politics is about. We are sure the Governor will be re-elected, these calls are to get the base out to support the down ticket races. Yolo County is a small, agriculturally based county with three small towns and a university that make up most of it's population. At just over 185,000 people, the local Republicans have made an estimated 100,000 calls this election cycle.

Who are these Republicans you ask? Everyone. High schoolers, seniors, men, women, grandmothers and even a few skateboarders. Watching some of these people keep three phones going at one time is amazing. I can only handle one call at time, but I make up for it by being slow. These folks also walked precinct after precinct dropping off voter information. I would like to be walking tomorrow getting out the vote, but I have to work.

Win, loose or draw, come tomorrow, these people, your neighbors and friends, will have made a difference for California.

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