WooHoo!

I'm sorry that I haven't been blogging as regularly as I had hoped. The days here are longer and more intense than I had imagined, so by the time I get done at night I'm ready for a beer and some sleep.

Last Thursday, Joe Biden came to St. Joe and gave a rousing speech that ended up all over the news. My claim to fame is that I totally know some of the people who were sitting up behind him. :) Yeah, it's a stretch. My other claim to fame from my time here is that I canvassed an 89 year old woman who lives in the former home of Aunt Jemima, of the syrup. I am that cool.

The Biden event was a blast. We found out about it on Monday afternoon, had it confirmed on Tuesday, received tickets on Tuesday night and then handed out tickets on Wednesday at noon. There was a line around the block to get the tickets from our office and we turned away hundreds of disappointed people. There are generally two responses to our lack of tickets/signs/bumper stickers/other schwag that we can't keep in stock: disappointment that the individual can't get anything but excitement that there is that much support, and disappointment, anger and accusations of being "unorganized and not worth voting for". I figure that if your willingness to vote for a candidate is based on whether or not you can get a sign, you aren't really deserving of a sign. We get in about 10 to 15 signs a day and they are usually gone within about half an hour.

This weekend we managed to contact several thousand people through phonebanking and canvassing. It was awesome. We have volunteers in every nook and cranny of our office making phone calls, doing data entry, delivering food, and generally offering encouragement. I have developed a rather intense addiction to diet Coke and I believe that I have consumed more pizza in the past week than in the past three months.

I know this post is a bit disjointed and I promise to do better. I'm off to make more phonebanking lists and get volunteers set up.