VOTE 2010: Fired Up and Ready to Go...Again! (with Photos!)

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Friday June 04, 2010 · 5:22 PM PDT

2010/06/04 · 17:22

Maybe you haven't heard, but the 2010 midterms work begins in earnest this weekend.

Organizing for America has designated this weekend as the official kickoff for the upcoming elections, and volunteers have organized over 1,200 events around the country with more than 17,000 signing up to pariticpate.

We New Yorkers like to think we're always ahead of the curve, so we began our activities earlier in the week with a phonebanking party on Tuesday and a huge kickoff celebration last night that included special guests Senator Chuck Schumer, Rep. Tim Bishop, Rep. Caroline Maloney and OFA Executive Director Mitch Stewart.

Tomorrow the real work starts. We are holding voter registration events all across the city. If you're in NYC and are free, come out and join us!

Read on to see how our kickoff week has gone so far.

casperr

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Friday April 16, 2010 · 5:20 PM PDT

2010/04/16 · 17:20

You're not going to want to miss this!

Not only will there be lots of great NYC kossacks there, but we also have a couple of people visiting from out of town. Our friend captainlaser will be there as well as the infamous reporter and blogger Al Giordano (The Field, Narconews) will be joining us!

Details follow.

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because I have nothing better to do

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to see captainlaser and Al Giordano

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if someone will buy me a drink

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hoping to see a real world pie fight

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because casperr's coming!

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not. (but wish I could)

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NYC Mega-phonebank for Health Care (w/photos and action links!)

casperr

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Saturday March 20, 2010 · 5:57 PM PDT

2010/03/20 · 17:57

I mentioned the other day that we really ramped up our phonebanking efforts in the past few couple of weeks in New York.

Today we held a Mega-phonebank in a bar in Times Square. The enthusiasm and energy of the volunteers was incredible. It felt like election eve all over again.

Follow me below the fold my photodiary (including photos of some Kossacks who came) and action links.

Sign courtesy of mindoca

casperr

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Tuesday March 16, 2010 · 5:05 PM PDT

2010/03/16 · 17:05

Health care reform has been a long, often frustrating effort, and many people have put their hearts and souls into getting a good bill through Congress.

I'm proud to say that New York volunteers have worked as hard as anyone. We've held rallies and marches, organized legislative visits, run health care "Teach-ins" to educate people about the bill(s), collected pledges and postcard messages, and held hundreds of phonebanks.

And in these final two weeks we turned it up a notch.

Join us in the final stretch. Let's Get It Done!

casperr

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Thursday February 25, 2010 · 10:49 AM PST

2010/02/25 · 10:49

People who have been in touch with legislative offices in the past 24 hours are hearing that our Reps and Senators are anxious to see what kind of calls they get from today's summit.

What that means is that we need to KEEP CALLING!

casperr

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Saturday February 20, 2010 · 5:50 PM PST

2010/02/20 · 17:50

It was 43 degrees and sunny, almost spring-like in New York today -- a perfect day to hit the streets and send a message to our those we elected to represent us in Washington:

We voted for change and we expect you to deliver. GET HEALTH REFORM DONE!

casperr

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Monday February 15, 2010 · 5:35 PM PST

2010/02/15 · 17:35

Thank you for coming to DailyKos to try to rally Democrats to keep pushing for reform. It's always a risk posting here, especially for elected officials and candidates who might receive a less-than-welcome reception.

Unfortunately, the response to your post showed some of the worst of the DailyKos community. Not only were people extremely rude to you, but some also chose to get into silly pissing matches with each other on things that have nothing to do with you and in which you have no interest.

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Sunday January 10, 2010 · 3:44 PM PST

2010/01/10 · 15:44

He'd want us to work like hell to make sure Martha Coakley wins his Senate seat on January 19th.

It's time to hit the phones!

casperr

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Sunday November 22, 2009 · 3:50 PM PST

2009/11/22 · 15:50

The New York grassroots ROCKED the phones again this weekend. Nearly 60 OFA volunteers gave up their Saturday afternoon (and a beautiful day it was) to make health care calls at a Times Square bar. When the tallies were complete, we had made over 2,500 calls.

But this diary isn't so much about what we accomplished yesterday as it is about our amazing volunteers. Indulge me as I talk about these very special people who work below the radar and deserve our recognition and our thanks.

casperr

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 5:30 PM PST

2009/11/16 · 17:30

The NY grassroots are getting ready for the next big hurdle in the health care reform battle -- the Senate.

And we're very excited about our first task. We are going to call Connecticut residents and urge them to call Senator Lieberman.

As you're all aware, Lieberman has voiced that he not only opposes the Senate bill, but would filibuster it in its current form.

We think that is simply unacceptable. And we know that our Connecticut neighbors feel the same way, so will be calling to remind them to call Lieberman and demand that he not block reform.