“The largest field operation in the history of American politics.”

[Hamlette]

In Alaska, Obama has four field offices open (Juneau, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Palmer) to McCain’s none. In Montana, Obama had six offices to McCain’s none in July, with reports that McCain would open five offices by August 1.

In Virginia, Obama has a 20-6 field office edge, with as many as 60 expected to be open in the near future. Via the widely-linked Boston Globe piece from whence the opening quote comes, each of Florida and Pennsylvania Obama is expected to have a minimum of 200 paid organizers.

In Wisconsin, Obama has 15 offices open now, with 24 expected to be open by mid-August. The staffers are directly paid by Obama’s “Campaign for Change” organization. By contrast, Republicans have five party offices open that handle both McCain field work as well as the state leg. races, which somewhat dilutes the effort.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/organizing-update.html

other great stuff at the link including down ballot issues. Remember, we will be redrawing congressional districts in 2010 at the state level The more state legislatures we control then, the better chance we have of tipping the balance on US house seats.

Does anyone know if Kerry had an operation like this?