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Susan, a veteran volunteer and resident of Annandale, Virginia, grabs a walk packet, script, and lit for both the 11th District congressional race and OFA’s Vote 2010. After giving advice to rookie volunteers, she heads straight for her car. She knows what she’s doing—in the past few years, she’s become an experienced canvasser. Today she’s headed to the Signal Hill neighborhood in Burke, Virginia, to tell the neighbors about the importance of re-electing Gerry Connolly, a strong ally of the President, this November.

Susan, a second-grade teacher, describes herself as having been only an occasional phone banker during recent presidential election years—that is, until Barack Obama entered the national political scene. In 2008 she became heavily involved in canvassing, phone banking, and event volunteering on behalf of Obama’s candidacy.

“I read [his book] The Audacity of Hope, and he just Buy cheap Accutane Online has such a different viewpoint,” she says of the President.

Susan was chosen to be a delegate for Obama at the 2008 local and state conventions—and experience that left her “hooked.” After Obama was sworn in, she continued her work of supporting his agenda. After surgery on a broken kneecap, for example, Susan—crutches and all—made it a priority to visit Washington, D.C., area Metro train stations with a petition to pass health care.

Kneecap healed, this weekend she is able to walk the winding streets of Signal Hill in support of Congressman Gerry Connolly. For a Saturday afternoon, a surprising amount of folks are home and ready to be engaged in a conversation about the November elections—and about the 11th District election in particular, the only race that will be on the ballot in this district.

Susan speaks to many voters who haven’t made up their minds about which candidate to support. In a region that has seen many special elections over the past few years, others weren’t even aware that there was another important election coming up.

After several hours of canvassing, Susan has hit all the doors on her walk sheet. She feels good about the work she’s done and comments that it’s amazing to think that citizens around the country were knocking on thousands of doors at the same time—making sure November 2 is on the minds of American voters.