maybe didn't quite express, in spite of disappointing results here and there, what last night meant to me personally. i can't stop crying and i can't stop smiling.

I have not had time, really, to process what happened last night. It was more or less over very quickly -- when Pennsylvania came in, shockingly, at 8:12 for Obama, you knew that was nothing but bad news for McCain. I don't remember exactly when they called Ohio, but you already knew, from the looks of defeat on the faces of Republican strategists ( Read more... )

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24 hours to go. I thought long and hard about the best way to spend my time tomorrow. I did GOTV in 2002, 2004, and 2006 and had a splendid time. But I've been hearing persistent rumors about vote-suppression in Philadelphia, misdirecting phone calls, literature dumped in African-American neighborhoods. Republicans know they can only win if they ( Read more... )

I went out canvassing today, my first time hitting the streets since 2006 and the Quest To Unseat Santorum. In 2002, 2004, and 2006, I was working with my now-defunct union, and got sent to some of Philly's worst areas - Germantown, Kensington, and so on. I was not always terribly well-received in these areas, and particularly in 2004, the support ( Read more... )

cuz I have a lot of time on my hands, I updated my previous post ( Read more... )

My endorsement of Obama (shocking, I know) is here

Updated with actual link!

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So let me just give some quick-hit thoughts on the state of the race. As my debate-watching crew was digesting the proceedings last night, I remarked that I already knew what the insta-polls would say - McCain’s nastiness was not going to play well with undecideds. And that was definitely the case. I say this as someone who often writes what we ( Read more... )

"Not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team, but when you get thatnice celebration coming in the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done."
=Matt Stairs