This place has become an echo chamber of constant whining and the sky is falling. Every diary has become one of doom and fervent monday morning quaterbacking. Enough of this!
The republicans are up to their usual tricks. Our destiny is in our hands not theirs. If we want to win we have to go out and take it. This campaign is about us and us bringing in new supporters one person at a time. What should we be doing.
We need to take back control of our destiny. For everyone worrying and proclaiming doom I say let us get back to work. What we need to do:
1). Anyone in a swing or battleground state should be registering voters. This alone could be the key to victory in November. Deadlines for registrations in most states ends in the first week in October. We have basically one more month to add new voters. Let's get to it.
2).For people who live in safe blue states but can make a trip to a battleground state, do so. Get out there and canvas. It can be very tedious but it works. A person to person conversation has a higher probabilty of bring on a new supporter than an Ad on TV. The personal touch does work.
3). Phonebanking - Everyone regardless of what state you live in can do this. Use the tools on the Obama website and get working. If you see a poll in a battleground state that makes you uncomfortable because it seems too close instead of proclaiming the sky is falling, use the phonebanking tools and call people in that state. Take control rather than cede control to the nasty republicans and the bias media.
4). Early Voting - This could be key in winning many of the battleground states and provides us with a great oppurtunity. Let us help the campaign in all states but in the battleground states in particular to get as many people as possible to cast their votes early. Help the campaign get out the early vote. If you can, take as many people to the polls early to get in their vote for Obama/Biden.Set a target of how many people you plan to take to early vote and do it. If each of us help in this area just imagine the impact we could have on this election.
Let's get to work everyone. Whether we succeed or fail is up to us. Let us get to work. We did all the above and won the democratic primaries against all the odds. We can and will do so again.