I’ve set up shop at the Obama headquarters here in Washington. We spent the morning going door to door, even the kiddos. We set them up in their little red wagon and drug them for something like 25 blocks. They’re back home with Andy and happy as can be in the backyard. I even heard they were going to take a field trip to Lowe’s. I’ve taken a stationary position at the Obama office. We’re making phone calls and talking to any folks who come into the office. Every person I meet gets me more and excited. The grassroots effort that is going into this campaign is absolutely unparalleled. I’ve spent the last two days walking around trying to help get the message out. Last night was Music in the Streets here in Washington, so several us took up clip boards and patrolled the crowd downtown looking for potential supporters and letting people know about early voting. NC has a fabulous program that allows folks to cast their votes early, so the weather or anything else on election day won’t be an issue. They can even register while they’re there, so it’s really one stop shopping.
The rally on Thursday was absolutely incredible. It was electric. Barack Obama is the most amazing speaker I have ever heard. The crowd was a thing of beauty unto itself, though. It was a pretty even mix of every color, creed and class you can imagine. There were even several female Muslim students. The most amazing part? No one was ugly. There wasn’t a foul word uttered.
I spent the day with the media crew. We set up spaces for all the press, risers for the photographers and spots for the video folks. You can’t even imagine all the work that goes into something that’s over in an hour and a half.
The volunteers got to stick around and be the backdrop for Senator Obama’s interview with Stephen Colbert. So, if you see one of the reruns of that interview……you won’t see me. My friends and I were seated at about crotch level, so we didn’t make it on camera.
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