Brooke Berman's Blog, page 6
November 4, 2008
more election firsts
"It's the first time my father and I will vote the same way...Obama."
"...time I've ever felt passionate enough about a candidate to actively campaign ... I went to PA a couple of weeks ago to [make calls as part of a:] phone bank and canvas, and have been phone-banking from home ever since."
and i'll add, personally, it's the first time that i've been so aware of wanting to watch the election returns with other people -- in a room full of 'em.
it's the middle of the night, i'm jet-lagged, and ...
"...time I've ever felt passionate enough about a candidate to actively campaign ... I went to PA a couple of weeks ago to [make calls as part of a:] phone bank and canvas, and have been phone-banking from home ever since."
and i'll add, personally, it's the first time that i've been so aware of wanting to watch the election returns with other people -- in a room full of 'em.
it's the middle of the night, i'm jet-lagged, and ...
October 30, 2008
The first election in which ....
Have you noticed?
Change has already taken hold. I don't know about you, but I see it everywhere. My friends and colleagues - from New York City to Ypsilanti, Michigan, to LA - are more engaged, activated. They're are hosting fundraising parties, volunteering at phone banks on the weekends, flying themselves to Florida (thank you, Sarah Silverman) to drive older voters to the early voting sites (SIDEBAR: Ida Lucas in Farmington Hills, MI, my stellar 89 year old oft-mentioned grandmother is...
Change has already taken hold. I don't know about you, but I see it everywhere. My friends and colleagues - from New York City to Ypsilanti, Michigan, to LA - are more engaged, activated. They're are hosting fundraising parties, volunteering at phone banks on the weekends, flying themselves to Florida (thank you, Sarah Silverman) to drive older voters to the early voting sites (SIDEBAR: Ida Lucas in Farmington Hills, MI, my stellar 89 year old oft-mentioned grandmother is...
