Oh the drama of poll watching. I used to spend every day waiting for 10am (I'm in CA) to look at the latest Gallup daily numbers.
10 more days to go... and I'm beggining to think we might be able to pull this off.
Isn't this heartwarming:
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Check out that curve on the end... it keeps going up and up and up. That little red bounce for McCain at the end is the DEAD CAT BOUNCE.
I'm not complacent though... made 109 calls to NevAda yesterday (found ~20 Obama supporters who plan to vote early or who have already voted early). Got 1 hangup when I mentioned I was a volunteer for Obama, and one that said that they were not voting for Obama. The rest weren't home.
I'm not going to get TOO excited about those stats because I may have been calling all DEMS as it wasn't listed on my sheet.
I plan to volunteer soon when I can... it's hard with a full time job and a 9 month old. My wife would kill me if I volunteered on weekends.
Maybe I can promise to take the baby every weekend after the election? :)
That Polster curve is exciting though. As is this conference call by Obama staff posted on TPM. (Obama Campaign: Early Voting Stats Put Us In Strong Position To Win
And he's leading by 1 point in Georgia? My fantasy is that he can break 400 EVs.
But I'd be happy with him squeaking a win... scratch that - I don't want a recount repeat of 2000 - which is possible with all the GOP screaming of ACORN.
10 days and counting. Fingers crossed.
UPDATE AND CALL FOR ACTION:
As I've noted below in the comments... I'm a phone bank volunteer in CA which my wife has been supportive of (we have a 9 month old).
I floated the idea of doing the Drive for Change to NV the four days before the election and got a look back that every husband would know:
"You are going to leave me for four days with our 9 month old son without any help? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!
Let's just say that float didn't go over well.... she's supportive of me phonebanking (it helps that the CA Obama HQ is a block away from my APT - but going to NV would be too much)
So here's my call to action:
Are there any other CA-OBAMA peeps out there that will PLEDGE to do what I cannot? Will you do the Drive for Change to NV in my place?
Who will answer the call? Any single and/or childless Obama CA supporters out there?