Obama Campaign Sends Out Emergency Call to Supporters in Minnesota
Marc Ambinder published an e-mail at his blogger at the Atlantic of an avid reader in Minnesota, who supports Barack Obama. He donated money to the Obama campaign and voted for the Senator from Illinois.
Earlier today, the reader wrote, he received a robocall from the Obama campaign saying that “our initial data shows this election is significantly closer than the polls predicted. We are putting out an urgent call for volunteers… We are organized groups to knock on doors at five P.M., or earlier if you can, for our final GOTV operation.”
This e-mail came at a moment when other reports did indeed indicate that McCain could indeed threaten Obama in this state.
Another Obama supporter, one who worked for an Obama phoneback in New York, calling to voters in VA and PA, told Ambinder he also received an e-mail, asking all Obama supporters to help out in these two important states (and others) because “our data indicates that the results will be very close in many states.”
“I can’t emphasize enough how urgent this message is,” the e-mail went on to say.
Do we see something happening most pundits did not expect? Are these reports all indicative of a (very) close race, more so than most expected? We’ll have to wait and see.
Whatever the case: If you’re an Obama supporter, don’t be complacent. It could be close. If you’re a McCain supporter, don’t give up; your vote might matter more than you thought. McCain could actually make a comeback.
And if you’re a third party voter: go out, and vote, to let the others know that if they do their best a bit more, they may earn your vote next time.
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