Saturday, November 01, 2008

Obama mama and crew

The kids and I and Mike's friend Gabe spent this afternoon canvassing again in Indiana:



To paraphrase an oldie but goodie, I've looked at New Albany from both sides now. When we went up last weekend, we were assigned to a Section 8 housing project; today we were in a neighborhood that included some high-priced real estate with an amazing view of the river. We found that one thing the very rich and the very poor have in common is that by and large they're not home on Saturday afternoon. We did make contact with some people though and got favorable responses. All the "targets" were previously identified as Obama supporters, so our role was simply to encourage people to make sure that their support manifests itself in an actual vote.

Last weekend we were able to park at a community center and hit all of our houses on foot. Today's list was much more spread out, which is tricky when you're in unfamiliar territory. Mike wound up driving so that I could navigate. When we got to a destination, he would park as best he could and wait with the car while Gabe and Annabelle and I went up to the door to do our spiel. He is getting much more confident with his driving, and I am getting much more confident as his passenger.

On our way back to the headquarters, we saw this restaurant, and I just had to get a picture for my sister Jenny ("Ninny" to Mike and Annabelle):

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