---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Jacobs To: Announce List
Greetings all- *YES WE DID! *364 electoral votes, 94 above the necessary 270 to win in what is considered to be an electoral landslide, with no fewer than nine formerly red states turning blue in this election: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, with Missouri still in the balance. It was, indeed, a serious redrawing of the electoral map. With the exception of Iowa, we phone banked into every one of the battleground states, with a large concentration of our calling going into Nevada back in September, into New Mexico for several weeks in October and finally into North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri and the rest during the last days of GOTV. It was a phenomenal effort on the part of a huge number of volunteers across the country. Our office certainly did its part, *making close to a quarter of a million calls in the last four days of GOTV, while our Northern California region did over a half million calls during that same period!* Pretty incredible numbers. One of many indelibly inscribed memories I will retain for a long time is that of our office being filled to capacity with phone bankers, with another long row of seated volunteers calling both out in front of our strip mall, as well as in the back alley behind our office, sometimes in the rain. In addition, invisible to most, we had no less than five satellite locations filled to capacity at times, including Happy Donuts next door, the second floor of Celia's Restaurant down the street and several residences in the neighborhood generously donated by local supporters. Pretty incredible stuff! Our office played an instrumental part, through both its massive phone bank operation and its steady stream of travel teams which saturated both Nevada and later Colorado, in turning those states blue as we won New Mexico by nearly 15 percentage points, Nevada by more than 12 and Colorado by more than 8, decisive victories in all three for a total of 19 electoral votes! A huge thank you and congratulatory salute to all of you who can now proudly say that you participated in this historic grass roots campaign, making you rightful owners of a piece of our democracy. Most volunteers in our campaign with whom I have talked are still in a state of euphoria, and are also suffering some withdrawal symptoms after almost two years of this protracted battle both in the primaries and in the general election cycle. (For a little comic relief, check out this humorous video by clicking on the link, and then on the arrow in the narrow box on the left-hand side of the screen: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_win_causes_obsessive?utm_source=EMTF_Onion) <http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_win_causes_obsessive?utm_source=EMTF_Onion>I think we need to take time to absorb and to appreciate what has transpired before beginning to consider next steps. It has been suggested that we have some sort of culminating gathering outside in one of our local parks, to celebrate our hard-fought victory. Stay tuned for further developments on this idea. Meanwhile, enjoy this version of "Here Comes the Sun," popularized many years ago by the incomparable Richie Havens, as we celebrate the retaking of our democracy and the dawning of a new day: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7apfm_here-comes-the-sun-indivo_music Over and out, John Jacobs Phone Bank Coordinator with Rakhi S. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
