So I walked into the Stratham, New Hampshire Romney field office and everyone was just standing around. No one was working the phones. I look across the room and I see Senator John Thune (R-SD.) Standing ten feet away was Senator Kelly Ayotte. In the same room was Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA.)
I arrived a little bit late for handshakes and photos but I did get to see these three up-and-comers. It was good.
I made 123 phone calls and talked to 46 people. Even with the pre-selected Romney supporters, there were a lot of annoyed call recipients. I put in about a four hour day. I know some people talk on the phone for eight hours/day but I found the process tiring. Four hours of annoying people is long enough.
Showing posts with label Stratham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stratham. Show all posts
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
View From New Hampshire
Excuses. Excuses. Yeah I was going to be more active this election. But moving about killed me. We broke, misplaced and lost stuff during the move, including cash. We held off steam cleaning rugs and furniture damaged in storage or during the move because we thought we would eventually find the steam cleaner attachments. We did not find the attachments and we found out it was almost as cheap to buy a new steam cleaner as to order the replacement parts from Shark.
With most of our possessions in boxes and bins, we were hit by Hurricane Sandy. That was a storm, my friend. We don't have too many trees close to the house but this storm launched a branch like a spear that punctured to roof and ceiling. We also lost power for six hours.
Nothing compared to what the people in New York and New Jersey face but it did change my priorities. Today, I would finally find an hour to visit Romney headquarters and work the phones. I dialed a couple of dozen numbers and mostly I left messages on answering machines. I talked to exactly one person who informed me she was voting for Obama.
There were perhaps a dozen people in the office about half of whom were working the phones. I chatted briefly with a couple of people and they seemed nervous. Each conversation was like talking to myself. We are miffed at Obama's appeal, especially in the wake of his disatrous job performance. We are puzzled about our family members who practice deliberate, intentional, willful blindness and proudly announce that they NEVER watch Fox News or listen to talk radio. We are scared about the ramifications of the stupification of America. We are scared of what America will be after four years of the most corrupt administration in US history.
I hope to swing by the Stratham office again tomorrow. Win or lose, I will feel at peace that I tried to stem the tide of fascism. I will try.
With most of our possessions in boxes and bins, we were hit by Hurricane Sandy. That was a storm, my friend. We don't have too many trees close to the house but this storm launched a branch like a spear that punctured to roof and ceiling. We also lost power for six hours.
Nothing compared to what the people in New York and New Jersey face but it did change my priorities. Today, I would finally find an hour to visit Romney headquarters and work the phones. I dialed a couple of dozen numbers and mostly I left messages on answering machines. I talked to exactly one person who informed me she was voting for Obama.
There were perhaps a dozen people in the office about half of whom were working the phones. I chatted briefly with a couple of people and they seemed nervous. Each conversation was like talking to myself. We are miffed at Obama's appeal, especially in the wake of his disatrous job performance. We are puzzled about our family members who practice deliberate, intentional, willful blindness and proudly announce that they NEVER watch Fox News or listen to talk radio. We are scared about the ramifications of the stupification of America. We are scared of what America will be after four years of the most corrupt administration in US history.
I hope to swing by the Stratham office again tomorrow. Win or lose, I will feel at peace that I tried to stem the tide of fascism. I will try.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
No Sign Is A Bad Sign For Obama
I tweeted about this but the 140 character limit sometimes makes it difficult to express precisely what you mean. Anyway, this afternoon I was driving through the streets of Exeter to neighboring Stratham where I would ultimately perform grocery shopping. Yard signs are plentiful. A bountiful harvest this year.
I noticed a trend. There are a lot of Democratic yard signs, that is signs with their party's nominee on display. Conspicuosly absent from the arrangements is the presidential candidate. There are signs for The Dems' gubernatorial candidate, their congressional candidate, their state house candidates and their local candidates. I don't know if there is even one Obama yard sign anywhere in town.
I started counting yards that had Democratic signs but no Obama sign. I took a different route home from Market Basket so as to not count any yard twice. 31! Thirty one yards that contained at least one Dem sign but no Obama sign. I thought I had seen an Obama sign before I started my count but I am not certain about that.
Granted my survey was not even a little bit scientific. The Dem gubernatorial candidate lives in Exeter so one might expect to see quite a few Hassan signs standing by themselves. But 31-0? That is not coincidence.
I was not counting Romney yards but there were at least a dozen on the route I took. It was possibly two dozen. Exeter tends to be a Democratic town, largely dominated by Phillips Exeter Academy. But if yard signs could vote, Romney would win by a landslide and possibly pitch a shutout.
One has to suspect that the Dems' internal polling might show something a little different from CBS's prognosticators. Word is out: distance yourself from the pariah. Reading between the signs, one can surmise that the incumbent faces an uphill battle in the Granite State.
I noticed a trend. There are a lot of Democratic yard signs, that is signs with their party's nominee on display. Conspicuosly absent from the arrangements is the presidential candidate. There are signs for The Dems' gubernatorial candidate, their congressional candidate, their state house candidates and their local candidates. I don't know if there is even one Obama yard sign anywhere in town.
I started counting yards that had Democratic signs but no Obama sign. I took a different route home from Market Basket so as to not count any yard twice. 31! Thirty one yards that contained at least one Dem sign but no Obama sign. I thought I had seen an Obama sign before I started my count but I am not certain about that.
Granted my survey was not even a little bit scientific. The Dem gubernatorial candidate lives in Exeter so one might expect to see quite a few Hassan signs standing by themselves. But 31-0? That is not coincidence.
I was not counting Romney yards but there were at least a dozen on the route I took. It was possibly two dozen. Exeter tends to be a Democratic town, largely dominated by Phillips Exeter Academy. But if yard signs could vote, Romney would win by a landslide and possibly pitch a shutout.
One has to suspect that the Dems' internal polling might show something a little different from CBS's prognosticators. Word is out: distance yourself from the pariah. Reading between the signs, one can surmise that the incumbent faces an uphill battle in the Granite State.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)