My wife and I just returned from a meeting at Waterford Democratic Headquarters, where Andrew Bray, Courtney’s field co-ordinator, went over the ground rules for phone and door to door canvassing. I confess to being there under somewhat false pretenses. I have hated the phone since I was small, and I can’t stand going door to door. I put out vibes that say: slam the door on me. No one actually has, but probably only out of pity. However, my wife rates as the genuine article, at least with the phones, so she gave me some cover. From the sound of things it looks like the phone polling is going well for Courtney, and they are open to doing polling for Obama as well.
It also sounds like we’ll have a fine turnout for the Courtney-Sullivan debate on October 7th. Should be fun.
Tony Basilica, from New London, delivered a fine rant in favor of Democrats pushing back against Republican sleaze. I’ve invited him to reduce it to writing and put it here. Who knows, maybe he will.
Meanwhile, I am proud to day that, at least at the moment, the Groton Headquarters puts both Waterford and New London to shame. We are up and running: phones, cable and internet, not to mention a full size cardboard Obama cutout. Yesterday a fellow came in and loaned us a high definition television for the duration. Waterford just got phones, hasn’t connected their internet, and doesn’t have any campaign lit. New London doesn’t have phones. Groton Rules!
We Groton Folks can celebrate our superiority, and the folks from Waterford and New London can see how it’s done, at our Headquarters Grand Opening on Sunday, September 14th, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. Headquarters is at 303 Route 12, next to the GEICO office. This is a fundraiser, sort of, with the suggested donation being $10.00.
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