Florida is in play!!!! Rasmussen poll has us tied!!!!

[Orlandodem]

We were up by 1 about 2 or 3 weeks ago and now it's tied after the RNC!!!! We can do this!!!

In the past 12 hours I have had one phone call to my home by an Obama staffer, 2 Obama commercials have been on tv and 1 on the radio. He is fighting for this state!!!

Any DUers from solid blue states care to move to Florida - RIGHT NOW???

I made my first donation to a political campaign and I've been voting since 1990!! Come on Floridians go out and flip some voters!!!

48-48%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/florida/election_2008_florida_presidential_election

[Quixote1818]

1. Palin's church wanting to save all the Jews in Florida won't help them

nt

[Coexist]

2. make calls, knock on doors!

Florida is ours, we just need to take it.

[IndyOp]

3. Wow - Thanks for letting us know about FLA! This is great news! (n/t)

[DemzRock]

4. We can only win Florida if the votes are counted, which I doubt. Possible but who knows. nt/

[flamingdem]

5. Florida organizers, phone bankers, canvassers .. I luv you! Please keep up the good work!

My family is a part of the Florida effort and I'm so proud of them and my nephew especially who is organizing college students to vote (for Obama!).

[chascarrillo]

6. Conducted Sunday, Sep 7th. Yeah, it's AWWWN!

[Dawgs]

7. Good!! I always add 3 points to every Rasmussen poll.

They have proven to be the one of the worst in this cycle.

[populistdriven]

8. between Friday and Sat i put in 36 hours here - we are fighting to the end

I wish I could afford to quit my job and i'd work 80+ hours a week on this

[Cha]

10. Thank you, bushmeat! Did you see FLDem's..

masterpiece report? "Blisters for Obama":)

FLDem5 (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-07-08 08:48 AM
Original message

"Blisters for Obama"
Once again, complete strangers and new friends knocked at my door. Happy to have them, they were welcomed into my messy home. Clipboards full of Voter Registration Forms, voting information, scripts and canvassing lists were passed around along with pens and instructions and… we were off.

My red neighborhood in my red county was hit by awesome Obama supporters. I knew there were some Democrats and Independents sprinkled throughout, but the hardcore republicans were always the loud, obnoxious ones who made their opinions known unnecessarily in situations where it was in bad taste, so I was most familiar with who they were. Personally, I was hoping that I could get a 60/40 split at best, with Obama being represented by the smaller number – and honestly, that would’ve made me hopeful.

Its hot here in Florida this time of the year. The kind of sticky heat that makes you sweat while standing still. Personally, I envied urban canvassers; hitting 50 doors in one building must be sweet. We had to trudge up and down the suburban sprawl to hit the Independents and unaffiliated voters housed here and there on long, windy streets with no shade.

The first couple hours passed painfully; I had not worn socks and developed blisters quickly. I traded my sneakers for flip-flops when I went back home for more names, and headed back out.

As the sun went down we sat at my table and helped total the results for our local Obama staffer. My split was a joke. Suffice it to say, over beer and pizza, the pain of my blisters disappeared. Replaced with the kind of optimism you can only get from great numbers. Guys, we are taking the Bay Area, and with it, the state of Florida. I can feel that now. Change is coming, and I’ve got a great seat on the Hope Express!

Join us if you can. Please hit barackobama.com and get involved. It is worth it in ways I will never be able to describe. Its our country and we can take it back – we will take it back. One phone call, one door knock, one donation, one entered statistic, one blister, one person at a time.

YES WE CAN!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6971377

[Coexist]

13. ::: aw, shucks, zidzi! ::::

thanks, though.

[Cha]

15. You betcha! I never get

tired of reading that.."Blisters for Obama":bounce: They should make an ad on what Obama Supporters actually do for the campaign:toast: :patriot:

[DCBob]

9. This is great news! FL is big!

A FL win could be all we need to win this dang thing!!

[tandem5]

11. Florida and Ohio's voting systems are so corrupt we have to win

by 10 points just so it will show up as a 2 point win. If those states go Obama great, but the focus should be to hold Michigan and fight hard for Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado. If we learn anything from the last 8 years it should be that election fraud is just another component of American politics.

[Errrica]

12. Woo hoo Florida!

I'm in Florida, and I've seen a lot of pro-Obama stuff. I think it's going to be close...

[DCBob]

14. More than close -- from what I have been hearing it looks FL is going blue.

If so McCain is toast.

[TheKentuckian]

18. It's fiendishly hard for John W. McSame to win

without Florida. I mean, nearly impossible.

Keep up the good fight Sunshine State!!!!

[Errrica]

20. Word.

I would love to see that happen, and I sure hope it does.
That would pretty much seal it.

[mzmolly]

16. Wow!

That's excellent. I guess the "McCain bounce" wasn't felt in FL?

[Coexist]

21. we've had quite enough of underqualified overly made up females in this state

[Hard Leftt]

22. Katherine Harris

Say what you want about her, but she has the body of a 25 year old. I would take my left wing frustration on her all night long. THAT would convert her!

[Marsala]

24. That is indeed a very flattering photo of her

Unlike the one we all remember from 2000.

[mzmolly]

28. OMG!

I did not realize that I had PTSD from election 2000. :hide:

[Life Long Dem]

17. You know it!

I saw a few states narrowing over the last couple weeks. Ohio, PA, CO.

:woohoo:

[ClarkUSA]

19. Love your enthusiasm and may it spread a million-fold!

Go and get 'em, Tiger! We're holding down the fort in PA and OH. :toast:

[Chan790]

23. I'd move to FL if you can find me a job and a place to live.

Seriously. New England is home...but it's fucking cold and I have never cast a non-primary presidential vote that mattered in my life.

[Waiting For Everyman]

25. Just keep saying "Jews for Jesus" and "FDR" in Florida.

Jewish voters, and the WW2 generation. Those oldsters need to be reminded who got them through the War and Depression.

[Jennicut]

26. I think Palin is not helping in Florida. Older, jewish voters do not like her.

I am not surpised by this, actually. Older voters liked Hillary and then McCain but when he chose Palin it did not sit well with a lot of them because she is a fundie. Yeah, FL is a corrupt state but we might take it anyways. We should still try hard for it, it might be easier to get then in Ohio where Fundies have more influence.

[Frank Booth]

27. If we take Florida, there's no reason to worry about Colorado, Virginia, New Mexico, etc.

This is great news.

[SayitAintSo]

29. Jews for Jesus did it...Thank you Jeesus.....!!!!!