Post Election Day Mortum

So, the campaign is over, and sadly we lost the election. My county of Strafford, NH was the worst hit area by the Democrats. The Saturday before the election, there were two large liner busses that came up from Cape Code, Mass. with Obama supporters on it. They covered the streets of Rochester and throughout the county. I had about 18 volunteers in throughtout that Saturday, but I knew that I couldn't compete with that kind of a force. My numbers continued to grow on Sunday with 20 volunteers throughout the day, and the next few days, my numbers were growing and growing. I had somewhere around 40 volunteers on election day, but that was still no where near what the democrats had. I was praying so hard that the silent majority would come out and vote for us, but that did not happen. We only got 39% of the vote in Strafford County. The campaign had a conference call at 8:30pm to tell us that we had lost New Hampshire. What a crushing defeat for all of us. The part that also got to me was when my volunteers would come in and tell me that they had talked to the "volunteers" from next door, and that they didn't even care about Obama, but they did care about the $10.00 an hour they were being paid to campaign for Obama. All of this was very disheartening. It was also frustrating to hear from several of my poll checkers that the clerks were throwing away absentee ballotts of republican voters. At least 1 of my Poll Checkers, Tiffany Dabrieo, challenged the clerks, and she even got phone numbers of some of the people whose absentee ballots had been thrown away and she called the people to get them to come to the polls, and they did come down and vote. Thank you Tiffany!

The media won this election, by discrediting McCain and Palin the entire time. If they had just paid attention for one second at their good qualities, and the good policies they would have enacted in the executive branch, the election results would be very different, and I would be coming home with a President.

I want to thank the McCain Campaign for letting me have this wonderful experience to come up here and work for a the best team the Republican Party has ever seen. My office also experienced it's best day on election day, where we made close to 3,000 phone calls to our supporters, and knocked on over 500 doors. To my volunteers and my interns, I thank you for all of your hard work, and for coming in and working long hours to help us reach our goals. I will never forget the experience. I am looking forward to the Romney 2012 Campaign, where the Republicans finally take back the House, Senate and the Presidency!!! :)

(Picture above is me and my interns, Stephanie Williams, Jordan Prince, Laura Williams, Angelee Stamps)

(Second Picture, is the best McCain/Palin sign, in front of the Groen house. I stayed with the Groen's while in Rochester.)

Happy Halloween!

So for Halloween this year, I got the trick, and not the treat. I woke up with my throat on fire, my nose stuffed up, and a terrible cough that won't go away. The part that really makes me upset is the fact that I have been taking Vitamin C every day for the past month, and yet I still get sick. It's true that I'm working 16 hour days, eating terribly, and getting no exercise, but I thought I'd still be okay. Guess not!

The treat part of Halloween was that I sent out Trick or Treaters for McCain, and they all had a wonderful time! We hit over 600 doors yesterday, which is amazing for my little office, and we made over 600 phone calls. All in all, a terrific day!

So I had a volunteer that came in to make phone calls, and then his wife came to pick him up. He wanted to finish some calls so his wife was waiting for him. In the back part of the office, the bridal shop that is coming in was moving in their dresses into the store, and they had a bunch of kids with them all running around. I had bought a pumpkin earlier in the day and wanted to carve it to say McCain/Palin. So I asked the kids if they wanted to carve a pumpkin, which they totally wanted to, and so I had my volunteers wife, help them carve the pumpkin. This was awesome as it got the little kids out of their parents hair, and my volunteer was able to stay and make more phone calls. What a cool night. Here is the handi-work of the awesome McCain/Palin Pumpkin!

Yeah! Adam made 1,200 phone calls!

As part of our competition, Adam's office in Utah made 1,200 phone calls last Saturday, where my Rochester office made 600 phone calls. Kudos to Adam for winning this weeks competition. Let's see what happens next week! :)

Fundraisers and Palin Visit

So, many things have happened since I got transfered to Rochester. I attended a Fundraiser held by my Women for McCain Town Chair in Durham, NH. What a fun evening it was to get dressed up and talk about politics with other like minded individuals. I took two of my interns Laura LaPlante and Jordan Prince. They had so much fun, and we had a raffle. Those that donated $50.00 to the campaign got a ticket for a McCain Hat & Cap. We ended up raising $650.00. What a fun event it was. And the food was great too! Sorry no pictures, the camera accidently stayed in my care! :(

Also, this last Wed. we had Governor Palin visit our state at Dover High School, which is very close to my office in Rochester. It was an amazing event with over 1,500 people in attendance. My interns and I had a wonderful time, Palin was wonderful and truely energized the base! I think we have the support we need now to finish this election!!! :)

I am missing Virginia a great deal, especially when I hear the McCain is down in the polls there. I have to restrain myself from getting in Dutch and driving all the way home to help there. To all my friends in Virginia, please help McCain out there. We have to win this one, not only for McCain, but for our Country! The closest office to ya'll is in Crystal City. Let me know if you need directions, but show up there today and help out!

(1st picture, Stephanie Williams, Angelee Stamps, Jordan Prince, me and my interns at the Palin rally. 2nd Picture, Gov. Palin at Dover High School)

Transfer

So, I kinda feel like I'm on a mission. Last Monday I was asked to go open a new office in Rochester, NH. This is a city that is 40 min. away from Stratham, and is right on the border with Maine. It's nice to have a new office, but I'm in a county that is notoriously known for not being helpful, and people don't want to volunteer for anything. On top of that I have to constantly fight with the County Chair. It is her office, and because of that she giving me very little room to do my job, and my job is to recruit volunteers to get them into the office to make phone calls and go door to door for John McCain. She wants the office to be used for her local candidates, however I keep reminding her, that her local candidates haven't shown up yet in that office, and it is just me that is trying to bring people into the office. I know I can get through the challenges, but it will test all of my limits before this campaign comes to an end. We only have 37 more days. This race will be over before we know it. Now more than ever, I will be so happy to come back to my beloved Virginia. True, life is not easy there either, but I won't be under this constant pressure. Wish me luck. Up above is pictures of my new office. Enjoy!

Super Saturday!

So this last Saturday was Super Saturday! It was crazy! We had 23 people signed up to walk doors, and 10 signed up to make phone calls. In reality we had 13 people walk doors, and 12 people to make phone calls. It wasn't what we wanted, but it was still good. We had 600 doors knocked on, and 1,100 phone calls made. It was a good day for our office. At one point, I had 3 volunteers in the office making phone calls, and I was told that Congressman Jeb Bradley was going to drop in to say Hi! I was terrified, because I only had 3 volunteers in the office. I started making phone calls to get people in the office, and was met with no one at home. Luckily, and here is proof that God listens to prayers, I had 4 walk-ins within the next hour that I put on the phones, and I had some door walkers come back in, and so when the Congressman arrived I had about 10 people in the office. That helped me feel a lot better. It made the office look busy, and we had phone calls being made. I did take volunteers off the phones one at a time so that I could get photos of them with the Congressman. I even got a photo, and so I'm posting that with my blog post for today!

1,300 phone calls

Tuesday night was our best night here in the Stratham Victory Office. We had National Committeman Sean Mahoney, and Committeewoman Phyllis Woods come into our office and host an evening social. Because of them we had every single phone in our office in use, and we made over 1,300 phone calls! What an amazing night! It was out best day yet. I have been so happy about everything. We've had volunteers that keep coming in. We have one volunteer, Cal, who comes in for a few hours every day and makes phone calls. He argues with people on the phone, but he is so funny when he talks to us. He's an older guy that truly feels that he's on a mission for McCain. He's a great guy, and he really rallies our other volunteers.

Our office has been doing so well lately. Every day this week we haven't had less than 600 phone calls made for Voter ID calls. Last night we almost had 1,000 calls made. It was great! The McCain/Palin signs aren't in yet, but we did get bumper stickers. Now I didn't even put a Mitt Romney bumper sticker on my car, but I swallowed my pride and put a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on my car. It looks good!

Adam's office opens in Provo today, so our contest has truly begun. At the end of each week, whoever has the most phone calls made from each office gets bragging rights right here on my blog, so watch for that. I plan on winning each week, but we'll see!

That's all from the Campaign Trail for now. Take Care!

Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2001, has been for me, as I'm sure it is for others, a day that I will never forget. I was in College, and I was working in the mornings on campus. I was supposed to be to work by 6:45am Mon.-Fri. However that morning, I had slept in, and I woke up at 7am. I immediately called work to tell them I was on my way, and they told me to get there quickly. As soon as I walked in, everyone was staring at the TV in our bosses office as we watched the second plane crash into the World Trade Tower. I sunk down on my bosses floor as I watched all of this happening, and I just cried. I didn't know who in the world could do something so terrible. The rest of the day was a blur to me. Over that next month however, I was so excited to see the great patriotism that existed in the area. Everyone had an American Flag flying from their home, and everyone was a little kinder and more helpful to their neighbors and friends. I was very proud to be from such a great nation that worshiped God, and allowed us the freedom to do so.

This Sept. 11th, the campaign staff was given the day off, because McCain had pledged not to campaign on such a day as of rememberance as this. So I chose to spend my day in York, Maine. I went to the beach, and to the Lighthouse at Cape Neddick called the "Nubble Light". This was a grand experience, and I truly enjoyed myself. Then I came back to New Hampshire, and I attended the American Legion's Memorial service in Hampton, NH. It was a wonderful service with the Governor, and then several Veterans from each branch of the military spoke. The American Legion in Hampton has put together a granite plaque that names all of the soldiers that have died in Iraq or Afghanastan from New Hampshire since the war began, and they add new soldier every Sept. 11th. What a wonderful way to memorialize those who lost their lives defending our great nation!

30,000 phone calls

So yesterday was the best day on the campaign so far! We had a constant stream of phone callers, all day long, and our office made 900 phone calls! Our office has never made that many calls. But along the entire New England area, we made 30,000+ phone calls to registered voters. It was a terrific night. I look at that, and I become very grateful that I decided to be part of such a wonderful campaign. Palen has rocked the voters, and they are coming out of the woodwork to get her elected! Once again we have better VP picks than we do Presidential picks! The one good thing I can say about McCain is that he has at least remained consistent, and he has a record of working across the aisle. Something Obama definetly doesn't have.

Movement on the Trail

Wow! What an amazing first week! We had a Women's Social night Wednesday to celebrat Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the convention, and we had 16 people phone banking. It was an amazing event. We even had a professional photographer come to the office and take photos. I still haven't gotten the photos back yet, but and as soon as I get them, I will post them. Yesteday was our Super Saturday, and we had people in the office phone banking, and people out walking doors all day! Our amazing volunteers walked in all that crazy rain we had yesterday. Today I am excited that I get to go to church! Can you believe that I am excited to got to church?! But after that I get to train 3 new interns for the campaign! I am very excited to have 3 new interns, and we have 1 more that will come in this week. This campaign is really shaping up well, and I am excited to be part of the process. We have also had tons of foot traffic into our office this week all excited about Sarah Palin! They all want McCain/Palin stickers and signs, which we don't have yet, but we will soon. (the answer is now, 3 more weeks!) ;) I am so happy about the success we've been having. It is quite amazing, and I credit it all to Sarah Palin. Without her we would not be having this much success. I cannot even begin to count how many Democrats have been in our office because of Sarah Palin! It is amazing to see!

Here is a link to Sarah Palin's Speech! It was amazing! I am so happy to have her as our next Vice President of the United States!