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October 27, 2004
Tomorrow's Back to Work
Oh fall break, where did you go? I wish I could bottle the Rock and bring it back here with me. It's the best thing in the world.
Now, back to business. I received the e-mail sent out to the Rock alias by someone with the Bush campaign in Iowa looking for people interested in volunteering for the 72 hour campaign. This is the very same campaign on which I will be working, only I will be in Minnesota.
Let me tell you how crucial the 72 hour program is. It will be the most important volunteer activity in which I will have participated in my four years as a College Republican. It is the Republicans' answer to the Democrats' get-out-the-vote efforts. When Democrats have won in the past, it has usually been because of their grassroots efforts. Recently, Republicans have caught on, and now they effectively target precincts and households. They then direct volunteers to call or ring the doorbells of targeted households to make sure they have been to the polls. In states where the polls are as close as they are in MN and IA, grassroots work in the final hours will make the difference in who our President will be for the next four years!
Shifts run from 9 AM - 1 PM, 1 PM - 4 PM, and 4 PM - 8PM on Saturday, Oct. 30 through Tuesday, Nov. 2. You can sign up for as few or as many as you are able. I signed up for all of the shifts. I think it's worth it. However, Bush is making one last stop in MN on Saturday, so we're taking a break to go see him.
Now, for my less-than-a-week-away prediction. For the first time in this election, I am hopeful that Bush is going to come out on top. He is ahead in recent polls in Ohio and Florida, and if he wins both of those, he wins it all. If he looses OH, he would need to take both Minnesota and Wisconsin. Although I see this scenario as unlikely, it is still well within the realm of reason. If he looses FL, he could pick up MN, WI, and IA and still win. I believe that IA is more likely to go Republican than MN or WI. In fact, I believe that IA will indeed go Republican.
Now that I have that under wraps, I can sleep again tonight.
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Quote of the Day:
"I'll never let go, Jack..." -Katie, upon hearing that Leonardo DeCaprio was paying a visit to our campus this evening to talk about John Kerry's environment-friendly policies. Evidently Leo spoke for a grand total of 5 minutes and then left without questions or handshakes. What a titanic moron.
Which reminds me, I got a call Monday telling me to reserve a room for 100 people from noon to 4:00 on Wednesday because the Bush twins were coming to campus. Unfortunately, I found out the next day that they couldn't come because Nader was visiting the night before. Evidently that's a little too close for comfort. It was a major disappointment, but I don't blame them. I wouldn't want to be that close to Nader either. Evidently he's so cheap that they were charging $5 to get in. I'm not kidding.
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Bonus Quote of the Day:
Two weeks away it feels like the world should've changed
But I'm home now
And things still look the same
I think I'll leave it to tomorrow till unpack
Try to forget for one more night
That I'm back in my flat on the road
Where the cars never stop going through the night
To real life where I can't watch sunset
I don't have time
I don't have time
......
Tomorrow's back to work and down to sanity
should run a bath and then clear up the mess I made before I left here
Try to remind myself that I was happy here
Before I knew that I could get on the plane and fly away
From the road where the cars never stop going through the night
To real life where I can't watch sunset
And take my time
Take up our time
-Sand in my Shoes, Dido
Posted by Megan at October 27, 2004 11:58 PM
Comments
My son is involved in the 72-hour thing in Milwaukee.
I think Bush is going to take Wisconsin.
Check out my blog. I have some links to Wisconsin stories chronicling how the GOP is finally fighting back against voter fraud and cheap Democratic tricks.
Posted by: Different Dan at October 28, 2004 11:36 AM
I maintain my (much) earlier prediction: landslide. Electoral and popular. Bush will be the first President since his dad in '88 to get 50%. Boo-ya!
Posted by: Pat at October 28, 2004 03:18 PM
I'm going to go public in agreeing with Pat. George W. Bush will win by a landslide. Why? Because the liberal media is trying to make this race look closer than it really is... and because it's not in the American citizen's blood to run from a fight. The American government was pushed into such a position during Veitnam, but don't think that represents the typical American. We love our freedom too much to lay down our guns. Bush will be re-elected as a show to worldwide terrorism that the giant will not roll over and die for anyone.
Posted by: Tim at October 28, 2004 03:41 PM
I think Bush will win unless there is widespread voter fraud, which I am very concerned about. I don't have any facts to back this up; just a gut feeling. I guess part of my concern has to do with the huge number of absentee ballots being requested. Are there really that many people who can't make it to the polls?
Posted by: Sue at October 28, 2004 09:33 PM
So "Leo" (and Bon Jovi...ha!) came to the Design College yesterday at ISU, and the first comment out of my friend's mouth was, "He's really skinny." I'm satisfied.
Posted by: Heather at October 29, 2004 09:59 AM