Nice little anecdote to give some comfort in PA

[gabeana]

Tallying visits in Delaware County

Jonathan and I hope to post a lot of your email over the next few days, as the ground game overtakes the media campaign, with all the usual caveats about the self-selected (though amazingly diverse in terms of age, geography, race, and ideology) group that reads our blogs and emails us.

Here's one from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the key Philadelphia suburbs:

I am 60 year-old white Republican for my whole life. I am a Vietnam combat veteran who has never voted Democratic before. I will vote for Obama Tuesday.

I am tired of politics as usual and am willing to take chance a on him. I believe he is sincere and has a good heart. I also have been impressed with his steadfastness during the economic crisis. He may be one of the most intelligent people I have ever heard. I have told no one I am voting for him, instead evading the question. I believe there are many like me.

I have not had one McCain visitor at my house, but have had 15 separate visitors for Obama. I counted them with a pad on my refrigerator.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1108/Tallying_visits_in_Delaware_County.html#comments

[willing dwarf]

1. In my Western Mongtogery PA Township

everyone's keeping a pretty low profile. Not lots of signs for either candidate, though a few huge McCain signs.

I have the feeling people are keeping their votes to themselves. But what's heartening is driving East into the city. The closer you get to Philadelphia, the more Obama support you see. I think Philadelphia and its immediate suburbs are going to carry Obama to victory. The depth of the electorate in the Philadelphia area is huge.

[tigereye]

3. I think some folks in the more working class suburbs are hurting

and yard-signs are the last things on their minds. I've seen a lot of for-sale signs on houses....


in my somewhat progressive/Dem area, almost every other house has an Obama sign on it. But I have also seen Obama signs in my parent's Republican small town north of here.

[tigereye]

2. the undecideds I encountered while door-knocking were some folks over 75

most folks were very much in the Obama column.

[Window]

4. Comforting. Thanks for posting.

:kick:

[NJCher]

5. 15 visits!!

LOLOLOL!!

And not one for McCain.

Yeah, scorn those "community organizers," GOP.



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