Vote 2010 News: “Elections are comparisons”
With Labor Day marking the traditional beginning of fall campaign season, more and more folks are tuning in to this year's Provigil online No prescription competitive races. Tomorrow DNC Chairman Tim Kaine will speak in Philadelphia on the choice voters face at the polls this November and how OFA and grassroots Democrats can help make the difference in close races around the country. To preview his speech, the Philadelphia Inquirer highlighted OFA’s door-to-door push in the state's top-tier campaigns this year:
"Elections are comparisons," Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine said in an interview. The former Virginia governor plans to visit Philadelphia on Wednesday for an event launching the party's fall campaign, in a state that features seven competitive House contests and wide-open races for senator and governor.
Kaine argued that tea party activists have pulled the GOP too far to the right in some cases, with some Republican-nominated candidates in favor of privatizing Social Security, ruling unemployment benefits unconstitutional, and seeking to eliminate corporate taxes.
"There are some extreme candidates on the Republican side," Kaine said. "That gives us great opportunities, race by race."...
Organizing for America, the Obama campaign arm, has been running for more than three years, establishing personal connections that move turnout. Its volunteers have made multiple trips to the same houses in districts across the country, reminding Obama supporters of the importance of voting in 2010.
"We really believe in field politics," Kaine said.
On a recent Saturday, a group of Democratic canvassers, including Sixth District House candidate Manan Trivedi, knocked on Eric Gooden's door on Walnut Street in Ardmore.
Gooden, 24, voted for the first time in 2008, for Obama, and the campaigners told him his vote was needed now more than ever - for Trivedi and the party's candidates for senator and governor. Gooden took their offered literature and said he probably would go to the polls.
"I haven't really been paying attention," said Gooden, a restaurant worker. "I'm too busy to think about politics when I'm working every day."If the Democrats' plan works as designed, a volunteer is sure to be back to remind him.
When Chairman Kaine speaks tomorrow on November's elections, you can watch live online at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. RSVP here.