YES WE DID!!!!!
I had to take a day off to recover from election celebration. All I can say is that I am very pleased that Obama is our president elect. I just hope Bush doesn’t annihilate the entire planet in his remaining days.
We have a long road ahead of us with a lot of messes to clean up. Everyone who was so involved in this election needs to stay involved with our government. All of these people who won their positions on Tuesday work for us and it is our job to not let them forget this fact. Get acquainted with your local representatives in the House and Senate. Let them know that you will be keeping an eye on them.
Election Day!!!
What a long journey it has been to finally arrive at this day. The news stories from around the world are filled with anticipation and held breath as the United States heads to the polls. I have butterflies flitting about in my stomach – please let us not screw this one up!
My one regret is that I can’t be in my hometown of Chicago tonight. The celebration is going to be amazing.
I am about to hit the streets again and find those people who haven’t voted yet and drag them bodily to the polls. Get out and vote!!!!!
OBAMA ‘08
Volunteering for the Campaign for Change: Day 3
OK – I’m whooped. The Obama staff sent me out to canvass the neighborhoods this afternoon. My job was to knock on the doors of known Obama supporters and make sure they got their butts to the polls. The most important thing at this stage of the game is to make sure that people know where to go and what to do with their mail-in ballots. I did get to see a lot of Obama/Biden signs and nobody slammed a door in my face.
Volunteering for the Campaign for Change: Day 2
I went and tackled some more phone calls today. I must have called well over 200 people today. Unfortunately, most were either not home or had caller ID because I didn’t get to speak with very many people.
There are quite a lot of volunteers that keep showing up at the Obama headquarters which is really exciting. What I found most interesting is the number of young people who are involved. For most of them it is their first time voting.
Volunteering for the Campaign For Change
Today was my first day of volunteering for Barack Obama’s campaign. I spent four hours at the local Obama campaign headquarters and called a bunch of random folks who were on a call list. I probably called 150-200 people, most of whom weren’t home. Of the ones who I did get to speak a few were Obama supporters who had already voted and some who hadn’t. I estimate that I was able to help six people who hadn’t voted yet, were first time voters and not sure exactly what they were supposed to do. That’s six votes for Obama.
The script that is given to you is fairly simply:
Hello my name is Tery and I’m a volunteer for the Obama campaign. May I ask you whom you are supporting for president?
And then depending on their answer, you can continue with other questions and information. The reactions to that first question, however, can be quite interesting. I got a couple of hang-ups, one “leave us the hell alone”, a couple “none of your business”, and a few folks who weren’t sure what to say. One guy told me that he voted for the “right guy”. It’s probably safe to assume that they are all McCain supporters. The Obama supporters that I spoke with were all happy to talk to me and generally all sounded excited about the election.
I will be hitting those phones again tomorrow looking for a few more votes.
2010 F1 Schedule
Date Location Mar. 14 
Sakhir - Bahrain Mar. 28 
Melbourne - Australia Apr. 04 
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia Apr. 18 
Shanghai - China May 09 
Barcelona - Spain May 16 
Monaco May 30 
Istanbul - Turkey Jun. 13 
Montreal - Canada Jun. 27 Valencia - Spain Jul. 11 
Silverstone - Great Britain Jul. 25 
Hockenheim - Germany Aug. 01 
Budapest - Hungary Aug. 29 
Spa-Francorchamps - Belgium Sep. 12 
Monza - Italy Sep. 26 
Singapore Oct. 10 
Suzuka - Japan Oct. 24 
South Korea Nov. 07 
Sao Paulo - Brazil Nov. 14 
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates -
