Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Monday, October 27, 2008 11:13:55 AM
I don't know how many people we affected by our trip but according to
the Nevada Republicans, their get out the vote effort last weekend
reached about 30,000 homes. Nearly everyone on the bus committed to
being back next weekend. I realized why the Democrats and Obama in
particular have us at such a disadvantage. We have lives, jobs, homes,
children, etc. Generally his supporters are often young college
students who obviously have lots of free time away from ethnic studies
classes to campaign. Further, I had the best time. It was like a
Republican Woodstock for me. All these people aboard were committed
and were never active in campaigns previously but like me see so much
on the line in this election. I brought my DVD player for the ride up
and never took it out of the case. I had so many great conversations
with people throughout the trip including the people we met door to
door, volunteers at the headquarters and Rafael a cab driver originally
from Cuba who knew more about what is going on than probably the
average academic and surely people committed to only hope and change.
Despite my huge blisters on both feet, I hope to return next weekend.
Too much is at stake but I slept like a baby last night and the night
before. Probably much from the fatigue of walking in the heat but also
from the realization that I am doing all I can and the rest is the
voters and ultimately God's hands.