Democracy's foot soldiers (Florida

[Florida_Geek]

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/01/Decision2004/Democracy_s_foot_sold.shtml

I think it's the most important election of my lifetime,'' says Dhuha Hanna, 55, left, who rode the bus to vote Friday in Tampa with Hiba Abdul-Rahim, 21, right.

The Presidential Campaign
Democracy's foot soldiers

Throngs of get-out-the-vote activists have widely divergent backgrounds and beliefs, but similar intensity.

By ADAM C. SMITH, Times Political Editor
Published November 1, 2004

A sight that should make any supporter of President Bush queasy: more than 40 vans aligned off Cypress Street in Tampa. These are the Hillsborough County vehicles for America Coming Together, the Democratic group that by Tuesday will have at least 10,000 canvassers spread across Florida mobilizing voters.

Likewise, a queasy sight for Democrats: 300 volunteers lining up at a sterile office complex near Clearwater, eager to start knocking on doors on behalf of the Bush-Cheney campaign. They were part of the first wave of 102,000 Republican ground troops expecting to knock on more than 1-million Florida doors between last Thursday and Election Day.

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