I worked in the Pennsylvania part of the 72 Hour Push. I was in Montgomery County on Germantown Pike. I volunteered for Rick Santorum, but also worked for Jim Gerlach as well. As my time out there went by, I became more and more emotionally invested in Jim's victory. Handing out his materials and making phone calls and personal visits for Jim made me believe he could buck the tide. Like most of us, the first news I heard was that he had lost. I was like a kick in the guts. When I woke and found he had turned it around and then extended his lead I decided he was someone whose campaign could teach others how to win. The last article I read in a small local newspaper told of his having put out 6300 absentee ballots to liberal lois 6000. I thought that was good news and it turned to be. Our GOP GOTV gets out more absentee ballots and we get a bigger percentage of them back. The final numbers showed Jim gained with absentee voters and extended his final lead by another 1000 votes. Thanks for working so hard Jim. It made my efforts worth it.
Thank you for your hard work!!! Unfortunately, my husband was away that weekend and I was not able to do anything but make some phone calls to help Fitzpatrick. I am soooo disappointed he lost, but I am pretty PO'd that he did because he just ran a terrible campaign against a nobody that he should have beaten handily. I'm going to adopt Jim Gerlach as "my" congressman now.