Change is in the air. My personal observation.

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13. I appreciate what you do

I phone a lot for work and hate it so I prefer to door knock and love it and generally work at 4 times the other door knockers rate.

This year may change to phones.

During the last 3 campaigns I have done about 200 hours for Senate/house campaigns and none of them bothered with a thank you note afterwards which I found strange because I was getting requests for money and hours before the election.

So in case you have the same experience I would like to personally thank you for picking up the phone, punching the numbers and putting yourself out there. Not only do you put in the time, but you are good at it. You are so good at it that even in the cases where you get a staunch Republican your inherent kindness and character comes through and may germinate at a later date and you won't be able to know all the good you do.

But the greatest call you make (and here you can tell I have knocked on thousands of doors) is where you call and talk to a spouse (usually a woman) who is a Democrat or Indpendent living with an irrational right winger. Your call gives that person a moment of sanity a lifeline to the real world. At that moment you are providing a valuable mental health service, a virtual hug for someone trapped in a Trump/hate filled domicile. You deserve a cookie, beer, or romantic lucky night with your SO, or all 3.

So thank you, thank you, thank you.