Year: 2008

We’re hearing turnout in GOP districts is phenomenal.  This is very good news.  It’s practically standing room only for get out the vote.  We’re overwhelmed with people wanting to make phone calls.

Yesterday, our Victory Office made 22500 calls, which accounts for 10% of the total volume in Pennsylvania.  So far today, Bitter and I have called 350 households.  We’re going to head back and make some more phone calls shortly.

I had submitted the following question to the person who contacted me claiming to represent McClintock’s campaign:

1. How do you think conservative values can be promoted in a heavily Democratic state like California? Do you think that conservatives will ever to be able to regain a significant role in California State Politics?
2. Do you think that Proposition 11 will help break the gridlock of partisan dominance enjoyed by the Democratic Party, or will it just replace the old system with another un-accountable, un-elected body of uber-officeholders like The Coastal Commission and the California Air Resources Board?
3. One issue that is important to my readers is the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.  If you’re elected to Congress, it will likely be alongside many new Democrats, who may not be as sympathetic to the right.  What steps would you take to ensure that, even under significant Democratic control, our rights under the Second Amendment suffer as little damage as possible.
4. Do you think there’s any hope for restoring lost Second Amendment rights to Californians? As someone who has been a leader in fighting for that, have you seen any developments that can give gun owners in California some hope that perhaps things will get better?
5. If elected to Congress, what kind of Supreme Court justices would you want to see nominated to the high court?  Are there any circumstances where you would vote ‘no’ on a nominee for the Supreme Court?

So far, no word back.  If you live in Tom’s district, please, make sure you get out and support him.  He’s a great supporter of the Second Amendemnt.  I wish I could have posted an interview, but in a busy campaign, sometimes things fall through the cracks.

The polls in Pennsylvania have opened.  Go vote.  Wear your NRA or other shooty clothing to the polls!  It always makes me feel better when I see other NRA members vote.  This one is for all the marbles!

We just got in from putting out the last of the Tom Corbett and Tom Manion signs we had left over.  We placed them at key on and off ramps that people will be taking as they head to or return from work, so the names will be fresh in their heads as they head into the voting booths.  We are ready for tomorrow.  Tomorrow morning we head to the Bucks County Victory Office in order to make calls to remind people to get out to vote.  I will probably also offer to help drive people who need a ride to the polls.  Here’s hoping we turn Pennsylvania red tomorrow!

Bitter and I canvassed two large neighborhoods today, and ran into a couple of Obama Canvassers, who were driving their SUV around the neighborhood rather than walking it.  It’s conservation you can believe in.

Once we got back, it was a bit late to head out to canvass another neighborhood, so we decided to sit down and call the remaining neighborhoods.  All in all, we probably covered about 600 households today either on foot or via telephone.  After that, when we went out to get some food, we parked next to a couple of Democrat canvasers, who made foul gestures to our vehicle on the way out of the restaurant.  It was pleasing to see.

Tomorrow is the big day.  We’ll find out whether this whole enterprise will pay off with a victory.

UPDATE: I really like the slogans they put in the phone bank booths:

We’re off to walk some precincts here in Bucks County on behalf of our NRA endorsed candidates.  I took today off work to help out.  The Obama Campaign is bringing people in from out of state.  I actually live with the people I’ll be canvassing.