Lost in the in mist of campaign work!

2004 Bush/Cheney campaign was my baptism in fire of how the political machine worked. and for me I was lucky to meet first hand a young man by the name of Lane Raffray to show me how the gears of this political system that candidates gets elected works. He showed me the inner details of how phone banks are suppose to work and if used correctly can almost guarantee a victory. I would say his work was the reason that George Bush won Ohio back in 2004.

Since then I have worked different elections, the smaller the staff and larger the volunteer work force, (in other words less chiefs and more Indians)The better the results. But make no mistake the volunteers have to be focused on the main prize of the election but they have to be followers.

What really ticks me off is when your in a phone bank and you call a voter and they tell you they have been called ten times that day for the same candidate. Now while I believe strongly in the need for political phone calls, somewhere there is no communication with whats going on in the campaign. Sometimes this type of problem ticks off hard working volunteers. I understand that state and national elections need a large campaign force, but the right hand needs to know what the left hand is doing and that thinking seems to be missing in important conservative and Republican elections in Ohio.

In order to win 2010 the campaign manager needs to be just that! he needs to be the boss and hold the critics at bay, and if volunteers don't listen then show them the door! Thats how I was trained. However as of late I have heard people say we don't want to offend or push off volunteers. That is problem one, the next is when campaign manager mangers don't know an outside source in making robo calls for them and does not seem to be interested on what is being said and who is paying for them and how many times these calls are being done. If you are getting hit 5 or more times a day for the same candidate, that is over kill!

This past 2 months I had the privilege of working a small but important republican campaign for Glenn Eckhart in Allentown PA, He was running for re-election in Lehigh County Commissioner race. Glenn needed volunteers but he kept the operation small. He sent me a well organized phone list that was put together buy one of his supporters.
With a Magicjack Phone card and my PC I made over 900 calls for Glenn in to the Lehigh County area. Glenn won re-election by 1,582 votes. He kept the Campaign big but the operation small.I would like to see this type of thinking come to bigger campaigns. Glenn's campaign was out spent big time also.

My campaign work has hit a snag. I have been out of work for a year and it's not been easy to volunteer hours that is needed in some campaigns, because I have been very busy looking for a job. It is rough living with one pay check coming in. Me and my wife had to make several hard adjustments. My own computer crashed and died so I am either using a library computer or using someones computer to send resumes and blog But I refuse to sit back and let the liberals have there way. If we are going to take our country back it is going to take sacrifice and then some.

I know I have ticked off some local candidates and other causes because I am just not coming out to do the work. And that understandable! but if I can not do the job right and be able to finish what I started then I am not going to do it, plain and simple. When I find my job I will be back in full force but until then I will do the small stuff and do it right and win. And when I get the new computer me and my Magicjack will be on fire! I promise!