Canvassing Around the Chiefs

Since it was Sunday, they didn't want us to show up to canvass until noon. I took the opportunity to sleep. Hard.

I showed up and got two different precincts. It was a crappy bunch. No one was home. I visited about 20 houses from 12-3:30pm and had maybe 3 people answer the door. (When I told this to my dad on the phone, he said, "Well, you can't blame people for not being home." And I responded, "Of course not, but that doesn't mean it doesn't suck slogging around in the snow like a mailman, just dropping off flyers on people's doors.")

I took a break to watch the Chiefs go for their 9th straight loss against the Jets, one of the few teams in football with fewer wins than them. They succeeded, but it took overtime. At least, they'll pick between 3 and 5 in the draft. Darn, I hope it's 3.

I headed back out after the game and hit the same houses. Much better luck. Even better, most of them were at least considering Edwards, if not decided on him. If they were still deciding, it tends to be him or Obama.

After I finished, I made my way over to Edwards' HQ. This time the place was packed with staff and volunteers. A real nice crew. They had me tally my results, which I hadn't done before, and I just hung out. As you can imagine, it's a fun, smart crew. Tonight is New Years, and I'm gonna hang out with them. I had been invited to the Des Moines party with the big wigs, but it makes more sense to further my relationships with this crew.

By the way, several members of the crew mentioned that Edwards speech at the December DNC meeting was the moment they decided to support him. Here's a link to several specific clips: http://www.johnedwards.com/dnc-meeting/index.html

And here's the pre-selected highlights: