Murphy brought in people from outside the district, through Moveon.org and the Philly colleges. Not sure he will get that kind of help next time. I have only been here two years, but I have seen little of the vaunted Bucks County Republican organization. When I went to HQ one day to get a yard sign, the place was a zoo and they had no signs. Fitzpatrick's office was upstairs in an unmarked office. What were they thinking? You should always have your campaign office on a busy street with signs all over it and busy people running around and making phone calls. I knew right then that Mike was in trouble. I offered to help and the kid at the desk had to grab a piece of scratch paper to write my name on. There was no volunteer coordinator, nothing. I did get a call a few days later, but no followup. I got on the email list and maybe got 3 emails the entire campaign. This campaign was really bad. I have to think that a well run campaign can knock off Murphy next time.
It sucks that there was a bad campaign. But this gives me hope that we might take the district back in '08. Clearly, a full effort wasn't made this time. Thanks for sharing the info.