Quick update on Ohio, from someone who knows...

[brooklynite]

...Just had a follow-up call from my contact in the Ohio Democratic Party. 1800 people out canvassing in bad weather. Voting models looking good; No problems with early voting and Obama is AHEAD of 2008 early voting performance. They expect to bank enough votes to deal with anything that might happen on election day.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That's great news!

Somehow, I am not surprised.

[Phx_Dem]

2. Thanks for the update! Keep 'em coming.

[Buddaman]

3. Thats terrific news....

appreciate those great numbers OHIO!!!!

[Ninga]

4. From where I sit, just east of Cleveland, I am glad to hear your news. N/t

[woolldog]

5. How bad is the weather gonna be on election day?

What's the forecast?

[Maximumnegro]

41. Uh, that's 9 days away. Are you serious?

[FlaGranny]

47. Sure, he's/she's serious

power lines may be down all over the northeast - not much voting will take place without power - and parts of Ohio might be affected.

[Firebirds01]

49. Western Ohio

is the big swing part. It lies beyond the Appalachian Mountain range and should have no problems.


Eastern Ohio (cleveland et al) is Obama's biggest base part of the state. It could experience problems but I dont imagine it wont be anything the region isnt prepared for. They are very used to lake effect snowfalls, so extreme weather is manageable.

[Blanks]

57. This is where Ryan's expertise comes in.

During the VP debate; I got the impression a nine day forecast would be a piece of cake for him.

Remember how he explained winter in Afghanistan? The man is a weather predicting genius.

Awe-inspiring really.

[ffr]

6. Do they need help?

Anyone interesting in helping out there can do so at:

Organizing for America

[BlueDemKev]

7. Awesome, awesome, AWESOME!!!

[jumptheshadow]

8. You are a font of good information (nt)

[Botany]

9. We are kicking ass and taking names ..... huge ground game!

And we will have hundreds of trained and ready poll watchers inside the polls and many many more
outside of the polls too ....... good people like me.



I am the guy in this pix ..... please have a teabagger try to pull some shit @ where I
will be working.

<Regional Voter Protection Training

Thank you again for joining the Ohio Promote the Vote (OPTV) and Organizing for America (OFA) Election Protection Team as an Election Day Poll Observer! A successful Election Day on November 6th depends on the work that will be done by intelligent and dedicated volunteers like you.>

[louis-t]

12. JEALOUS JEALOUS JEALOUS>>>

[lobodons]

14. Sure looks like Stephanie Miller to me!!

Hey, even Stephanie is GOTV'in in Ohio!!

[Botany]

16. that picture is from 2005

It was my touch that turned her gay.

[Indpndnt]

35. ....

[Ms. Toad]

21. I've been observing since the day early voting opened

I spent most of the day yesterday at the BOE I'm assigned to observing opening the mailed in absentee ballots, getting them ready to be scanned, and scanning the first 1000 or so. The Republican observers left at 9:00 AM (they started at 8:00 AM), and10:30. Wimps.

I'll be there all day Sat and Sun next weekend during the only weekend voting and I'm the troubleshooter/fill in observer on Election day. (Observers are credentialed at a single polling place; those assigned to the BOE are permitted to go to any polling place in the county.)

[Botany]

30. Thank you!

My long day starts @ 4:30 AM and ends @ 9:00 PM

I watched them cheat in 2004 and promised myself that crap
wouldn't happen again.

[Ms. Toad]

32. If that's on election day -

mine on that day will be at least that long!

Thank you, as well!

[Grown2Hate]

36. You fucking ROCK, sir! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your hard work.

Is there an address I can send some pizzas to on Election Day (or really any day prior)? Let me know and it will happen. Also, re: the Stephanie Miller pic... SO jealous.

[Botany]

46. no but if you can send some $ to Ron Barber

n/t

[a la izquierda]

28. Howdy from Licking county!

[mzmolly]

29. Go Botany!

[dolphinsrule]

40. thank you

Many thanks for your time and work in helping to get our man re-elected.
Don't let anyone f**k w/you.
We so need the age group of 18-30 to vote in this election and just everyone to come out strong.
I live in Calif. and only wish I could be working there the next 9 days.
I want to see Hannity, Coulter, Rove, Dick Morris and all the other righty shits pull their hair out on election night and be punished for all their scum lies.

[ermasdaughter]

43. YOU ROCK!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[Coyotl]

45. Right on! Good to see a face connected to a veteran DU'er.

Do you ever link up with Joe Knapp in Columbus? He was here on DU in the 2004 Ohio aftermath and did great work on Cuyahoga demographics and spreadsheets.

[Firebirds01]

50. Howdy from Clark County

Keep up the good work. You live in my fav part of the state.

[CuriousAboutPolls]

52. Thank you

Thank you sir for the work you are doing. I am in solidly blue Illinois....we owe a lot to you for your service.

[CindyinIndy]

10. Thanks for the update!

Kind of a "Nervous Nellie". Watching MSM just makes it worse. DU is my only refuge.

[renate]

11. great news!

I am SO looking forward to that moment on election night when Ohio is called for Obama!

[underpants]

13. I saw that it was snowing a bit in the Browns game --GOOD FOR THEM

Canvassed in VA today- 200 people this weekend.

Next weekend is going to be a blast!!!!

[Ms. Toad]

24. I'd be surprised -

It is nasty here - but not quite that bad. I just came in from a 3 hour bike ride in 43 degrees & rain here (just south of Cleveland), and I was in Cleveland this AM - it wasn't significantly different there than here.

[RBInMaine]

15. ROCK ON OHIO!! MAKE IT HAPPEN !! WORK LIKE HOLY HELL RIGHT THROUGH NOV. 6th !!

[skeewee08]

17. Thanks for the update brooklynite:

Ohio will go BLUE in 2008!!!!!

[marble falls]

18. Woo-Hooooo!

[bulloney]

19. But, but Mitt got Meat Loaf's endorsement this week in Ohio!

[Ms. Toad]

20. A friend of ours from Georgia is staying with us through election day

working as part of the GOTV crew. He left yesterday morning at ~8 in the morning, returned around 7 PM. Same story today - and he's not yet back.

ETA - I'm in the NE Ohio area.

[blm]

25. Well then, cool it with the boom-boom and turn blue. ; )

Ghoulardi MUST have been a Dem, right?

[llmart]

27. LOL - That was a real blast from the past!

Born and raised in NE Ohio and can't wait to brag about it if Ohio goes for Obama.

[blm]

51. same here

What school?

[llmart]

53. Are you talking about high school?

I grew up in Lake County right on the lake.

[blm]

56. Holy Name

and Normandy

[Ms. Toad]

33. I was in Nebraska during the Ghoulardi era

- but my spouse was here then. I'll ask...

[Gargoyle22]

22. thank you keep 'em coming*

[LIBertea]

23. Thanks for the updates!!

Thank you all for the job you are doing in Ohio ...

polls are getting scarier by the minute, but i believe Obama will carry OH and win another term.

4MY!!

[David Zephyr]

26. K&R.

brooklynite, thank you for the heartening report. Go brooklynite!

[Jennicut]

31. Thank you for letting us know.

I have a good feeling about Ohio. Polls are looking good and the early voting is up.

[jimlup]

34. Let us know if you need help...

Michigan but I live only about 50 minutes from Toledo and many in my city will be coming down to help as needed.

[Mkap]

37. Good news

im in Lorain County in Northern ohio which is usually pro democrat with a Ford plant, and steel mills and i've been seeing an equal number of Romney yard signs and Obama signs

Im just hoping the silent majority is on our side for this election

[silvershadow]

38. I saw someone post yesterday those close to Cincy were welcome to help some down there.

Don't remember who, but should be easy enough to find if you are at all interested in helping out anyway! Just saying. Eases my mind. (I've made it no secret I won't exhale until it is over and the votes are counted, and maybe not even then). But anyway, someone did say that they were looking for walk teams or something.

[Dalai_1]

39. Great News!

[ermasdaughter]

42. I vote absentee in Ohio and that is such a relief!

That Secretary of State there Jon Husted, it's a huge cheerleader for voter suppression. He definitely cannot be trusted.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

44. thanks for letting know this great news n\t

[mountain grammy]

48. Thank you..

The real news is "They expect to bank enough votes to deal with anything that might happen on election day."

[Kurovski]

54. K&R

I don't usually rec anecdotal posts, except at election time! Veddy nice.

[neffernin]

55. Ground game in Ohio

I've heard stories that Team Obama has two to three times the ground game that Romney has; also heard that the democratic party never withdrew much of the infrastructure from the 2008 campaign. Is this true?

It seems no matter which way the demographic balances out in the closely contested state, if we can get 70-80% registered democrat turn-out vs 55-65% republican then its pretty much the election in the bag as Romney won't win without Ohio.

[sebastianj333]

58. Well this is all nice BUT....

what good is all this going to do if the Republicant's steal it from us?
We need to be ready for their shady tactics.

This ain't our 1st rodeo!