I called into MN yesterday and frankly it wouldn’t surprise me. I was supposed to call WI but when the person I work with remembered that Norman, OK, and Adrian Perterson of the Vikings were closely connected, I was switched ot MN.
About 90% of the phone calls mentioned Adrian Peterson being from Norman and the University of Oklahoma. The wanted to talk football and then would end with we are voting for McCain the Palins — they love Todd Palin up there.
Have made calls for years and this is the first time I can say I have enjoyed a lot of the people I have talked with. This campaign is different this time — even with some Dems I have talked with, they don’t like Obama. In fact, quite a few I talked to from across the board would never vote for someone out of the ‘crooked’ Daley machine of Chicago.
One guy told me last night if the Bears coach is for Obama, I am for McCain and at the time didn’t know Smith had said anything about Obama so he proceeded to read me what Smith had to say and then he blasted the Bears as he was a Vikings fan. It was hilarious. Then I come on here and discover the thread and cannot quit laughing. I didn’t laugh a lot in 2000 or 2004 and wanted to crawl in a hole in 2006 but this time it is different on phone calls.
NJ doesn’t surprise me after the primary. People have told me it was going to McCain but then I am always hearing that about NJ. There is one difference, McCain/Palin was able to mobilize those groups for Rudy that were all over NJ according to several women I used to work with.
The PA numbers seem high but with the number of disenfranchised Dems in the state of PA anything could happen. Two different groups of Dems for McCain are headed into PA this weekend. One group from NY and the other going to McCain/Arnold in Columbus and driving into PA tonight to he the Western side tomorrow so they will be on both sides of the State of PA.
Would like to be close in CA because the overall numbers of voters would be way down for Obama after the Heartland gets done with him from the Dakotas to Texas!
Thanks for the update and your excellent service.
I just have to say I have LOVED all your posts about your phone calls for McCain/Palin. It has been so fascinating, and just very interesting insight as far as what you’re hearing in different places. I love stumbling onto your posts in threads and keep trying to track down more I’ve missed using your name. :-)