So, yesterday I was supposed to be working for the Cocaine Industry (which is what Circuit City may be referred to as from here on out). For about 8 hours, but ladies and gentlemen it was election day.
And since I have been working on Patrick Murphy's campaign for the past few months.. I had to help out. So I called Nat, the head of the district for the campaign, and he told me if I wanted to help out, to come over to DelVal.
So I did. When I got there I was given a kit to go door-to-door to get people out to vote.
Possibly my least favorite thing ever, knocking on doors. Especially when it's 6 o'clock and they have 2 hours to do what I'm suggesting. But I did it, and went to about 150 homes in an hour and a half asking people to go out and vote, most of them said they'd already had, a few said they were on their way, especially when I mentioned that the race was almost DEAD even between Fitzpatrick and Murphy.
In this area, that's unfathomable almost. Our campaign had NO money, everything we gained was from volunteer work who helped get donations from enough people to outraise Congressman Fitzpatrick.
So after all that was done, Nat told me the victory party would be at the Sheraton in Oxford Valley, so I hustled out there, and arrived around 9:45.
The first returns we saw had Murphy up 56% to 44%. CHEERS ERUPTED! I couldn't believe it, but as the night went on, it would get a whole lot less cheerful.
Next returns: 51-49 for Murphy...
Then it happened, at about 11:30. 50-50. Murphy ahead by about 1,000 votes.
Unbelievable, it was all falling apart. Amazingly, however, Murphy held on to that 1,000 vote lead and kept it going until 1:00. With all precincts reporting, Murphy was up by over 1,000. We'd won. The Murphy chants ensued, it was absolute pandamonium. When would the man come out and talk to us about it?
Wouldn't be for a while yet. So the head of the Bucks County Democrat Society came out and filled time, then finally we got what we were waiting for.
Congressman Elect Murphy came out and spoke. He thanked everybody who deserved thanking, ranging from President Clinton to the volunteers on the campaign.
Then he mentioned three issues that he would work on while in Washington.
-Stem Cell Research
-Medicare Part D
-A new direction in Iraq.
The place was going nuts. When it was all said and done, I walked up to the stage and shook Patrick's hand once again, he thanked me for helping, and I thanked him for the opportunity to help such a cause.
And then I went home... it was a much different trip than the one to the Hotel. I felt like I could finally rest. The 8th district elected a Democratic Congressman. That just doesn't happen. But yesterday was different.
The whole time it felt like 2004, when I was watching my beloved Red Sox win the World Series finally. I had waited my whole life for that to happen, and I had waited 12 years for the Democrats to be in control of the House and Senate again. And yesterday, it happened. And I couldn't have been happier than I was, surrounded by people who wanted the same exact thing.
However, even after all of the hitting on newsladies, bullshitting about politics with people I'd never met, hearing the Democrats won the House and were going to win the Senate... seeing Rick Santorum's kids cry...
The best part of the night was still just shaking Patrick Murphy's hand, and realizing that this young guy, only 33 years old, just got his foot into the door that could one day lead to him being Senator.. maybe even President.
Amazing.
And now I have to go into the Cocaine Industry to pick up my schedule for next week.
Hopefully I go unnoticed.
Love,
Chris
Just goes to show ya That your efforts have all paid off! Way to go Chris!
» kkama67 on 2006-11-08 04:41:47
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