I had heard that the Republicans were getting better at registration and Get-Out-The-Vote efforts in 2004 than they have been in previous elections. Just last week a friend of mine donated his office and phones and recruited 15 volunteers to make calls to register new voters on a weekday evening. Those 15 people were just a few of the three hundred or so callers involved in the project. And that was just in one county here in Ohio.
I've read accounts from people who are taking part in these activities in Wisconsin and Minnesota for example, and they are confident that GOP efforts will be noticeable this November. Here's some recognition of the lessons that Republicans have learned this time around.
(Note the gratuitous slap at Florida's "Congresswoman Elizabeth Harris" (sic) by the Boston Globe writer. Nice. Memo to Boston Globe: When you mock female Republican members of Congress for their selection of clothing, try getting their names right. It makes for a better laugh for your readers. By the way, that mental image you conjure: actual Republicans "working on phone banks, knocking on doors", you know, actually working to help elect their preferred candidate, in their good clothes...funny stuff.)
UPDATE 9/6: In Ohio, Kerry is finding he may not have support where he thinks he does.
Posted by dan at September 6, 2004 10:45 PM