Today all of the team from the 9th Congressional District were the hosts and sponsors of a big Obama rally at the Broadway Armory. The event was well attended and that is a good thing. Although I don't often agree with him, Robert Novak (the madman hitting bikers in his Vette) wrote an article I think we need to take heed of.
He makes a point that while it is early and we all know that national polls don't win presidential elections Democrats should be concerned because after a very significant trip that went incredibly well the polls didn't change. His point is that it didn't make an impact on undecided voters and everyone thought that it would. He is not alone in this theory either. It is clear to everyone that the trip really made the base feel good and was great TV, but Novak believes that there is a very large population of white voters that remain undecided and this trip does not seem to have had any impact on them. These undecideds are the voters Obama needs to be reaching and the voters who will decide the winner.
He further suggests that since Obama has not been able to cross the 50% line in the polls that it is still a race McCain can win. As I said, I don't agree with Novak often, but this time he has a point I can agree with. I am concerned and I hope those of you so anxious to see a Democrat in the White House are not assuming that things are over. We have a lot of work to do!
That is why I am urging anyone who has an interest in this race to sign up and take a trip to Iowa on a weekend soon. Every other Saturday, which is when we will be going, really doesn't leave a lot of time left before Election Day. We were told today by the National Field Director for Obama that if Barack is to win, winning Iowa is essential. If you would like to sign up and go to Iowa please contact us at democrats@49thward.com. Spending a Saturday registering people to vote and encouraging them to make sure they support Obama on Election Day is time well spent changing the future of our country.
Iowa is a state often decided by only a handful of votes. With your help we can not only take Illinois into the win column but we can bring Iowa with us and insure that the next time Barack travels the world it will be on Air Force 1.
The plan is to make the trip and arrive in the far eastern edge of Iowa by 11:00 am, be trained and work for 4 hours, be fed a home cooked meal by some might fine Iowa Democrats and set off for home by 3:30. It is the kind of work that vote by vote wins the state for Obama rather than letting it slip into the hands of McCain.
Please make some time and join us.
