You wrote, “Well, Our side has citizens showing up - the Dem side is nothing but paid professionals.”
Exactly. Here on the Big Island, every time we had a sign waving for our Repub. Governor (Linda Lingle) we could see the union goons drive by while talking on their cell phones. Sure enough a few minutes later a few showed up at the same time from the union hall. People in our group were able to identify these goons and those who came out from the hall... Hilo is not that big a city.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/etc/1303066561.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/npo/1307220962.html
http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/citizen-outreach-staff