just spent the afternoon phone banking for Wendy Davis

[arely staircase]

Purpose is to drum up interest in her candidacy, get voters to the polls for Tuesday's primary and fine tune our county database. Tomorrow I will be hitting the local soccer fields to register hispanic voters and get them into our County GOTV database. As precinct chair my goal is to double the number of raw votes the Democratic candidate got in my precinct in 2010. The Repubs will still win my precinct. But if my work pays off they will win with 55 percent instead of 72 percent. If that same ratio shift happens in every Texas precinct Wendy will win.

[LiberalAndProud]

1. Thank you.

[OKNancy]

2. good for you!

Wish I had someone to get excited about in my state.

[arely staircase]

46. then run, nancy, run nt

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. Yes, Thank You. Hope everyone in Texas does this. n/t

[In_The_Wind]

4. Great!

[TexasTowelie]

5. Taking back Texas one precinct at a time.

Thanks for your great work.

[arely staircase]

9. hunter s thompson once said

politics is the art of controling your environment. If I can get Wendy 45 percent in this red precinct in this reddest of counties and others do the same in theirs. This red state can become purple. We haven't had a precinct chair at all here in almost 20 years. I intend to take the position seriously and do what I can to control my environment.

[truedelphi]

57. Thank you for this OP, and for

Your working so hard on this.

[sheshe2]

6. Thank you arley!

Go Wendy Davis!

[panader0]

7. Good on you

[oldandhappy]

8. Thank you Thank you

We are working toward the same ends here in Duncan Hunter's district. One vote at a time.

[arely staircase]

10. retail politics

Door to door. Good luck.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

11. Thank you.

I've been sick so I've only done one phone bank. I'm feeling guilty. I'll be back out there soon.

[arely staircase]

13. you will

and get well soon.

[pinboy3niner]

12. Great work, and good luck!

[spanone]

14. that's how it gets done. thanks arely staircase!

[Texasgal]

15. Awesome!

I'll be joining you soon!

[arely staircase]

16. let's do it nt

[Cha]

17. Thank you, arely!

[arely staircase]

30. cha

Thank you.

[ismnotwasm]

18. Awesome!

Go Wendyz!

[lavenderdiva]

19. As a voter in Harris county, my husband and I will be voting for Wendy on Tuesday

and looking forward to her as our next Governor!

[arely staircase]

20. she will carry Harris

She just needs to win it big. With an organization there to get people to the polls and prevent voter suppression.

[ReRe]

21. You win the DUer of the Day Award!

Don't cut yourself short, though. You're doing great! Now keep on going. Do you wear your pink tennis shoes? I don't live in Texas, but I got mine last weekend and I can't tell you how much attention they attract. At least 4 people commented on them when I went to the Dr yesterday and I told them why I'm wearing them!
To support Wendy Davis in the Texas Governor's race!

[arely staircase]

23. no pink shoes just a database, some registration cards an telephone and a dream

[okaawhatever]

22. Awesome. Thanks for your efforts. nt

[CTyankee]

24. were you cold calling? Calling a list of Dems?

It makes a difference.

[arely staircase]

25. state party database

Which we updated as we called.

http://www.txdemocrats.org/act/van

[CTyankee]

28. oh, great. I ask because I called for Dan Malloy for governor of CT and he was

a mayor of the city of Stamford. He won, but it was close, dammit.

I had called also for Ned Lamont for Senator to replace Lieberman. That didn't make it but that was because the people (Dems) didn't know the whole story on Lieberman. But that was 2006...

[ConservativeDemocrat]

26. Good on you!

That's what I like to see. Real action.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[arely staircase]

27. yeah. its fun to do stuff in the real world. nt

[ConservativeDemocrat]

32. Absolutely!

Knocking doors is the best way to increase support, but phone-banking comes in a decent second. (Even though the phone response rate is much lower, you can make more.)

I hope you go back. I'd love to see Texas turn purpley-blue.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[arely staircase]

34. yeah we were really cleaning up the database for things like block walking later nt

[ananda]

29. Thank you!

Well done.

[zentrum]

31. Please tell us..

...the kind sof responses you're getting! Do people understand and care about the issues she represents? What are women saying to you?

Thanks so much for what you're doing.

[arely staircase]

33. like most phone banks

Lots of non answers. With the database updates we eliminated a lot of bad numbers. Actually got about 50 people on the phone personally. Mostly nice thank yous a handfull of already voted for her another half dozen will vote for her on tuesday only two go to hells. Remember the point of this phone bank was really to update our database for November GOtV.

[yeoman6987]

44. I am sorry about the two "go to hells"

I really wish people overall would just be courteous. It is such a shame. How hard would it have been for them to say, "Thank you for calling but I am voting Republican." I mean really…..Republicans can be the rudest people on Earth and yet they feel superior for some reason.

[zentrum]

59. You're terrific! Thank you!

[Jackpine Radical]

35. Good on ya, Arely.

And what a great candidate to be working for. To be honest, in that respect, a lot of us Cheeseheads envy you.

[arely staircase]

38. hey your governor sucks but your people inspire me beyond belief

I am an AFL-CIO member who thinks cheeseheads rock. Y'all have set the standard for people power in America. Yeah I know you fell a bit short. But that was a battle not the war.

[DFW]

36. From one Texan to another

Thank you!!

I'm station overseas, but I contribute regularly and my housemates back home in Dallas hold fundraisers for Wendy and do other stuff.

[arely staircase]

37. awesome nt

[bkanderson76]

39. Not From Texas but Thank You for Your Work and Dedication...Kudos

[Jamaal510]

40. Good luck

defeating Oops ll.

[ffr]

41. It has started! That's awesome and so are you!

FIRED UP!

READY TO GO!

[arely staircase]

45. yeah. I am sick and tired of it

Our biggest city has a lesbian mayor who had to go to another state to get married. We have a GOP candi date for gove who as attorney general has vowed to fight for marriage bigotry. We have an ever expanding latino population that the GOP wants to make it hard for them to vote. YA BASTA.

[Generic Brad]

42. Thank you for fighting the good fight

In every red state there are people like you who know it does not have to always be that way. I applaud your courage and hope. You are truly an inspiration to the rest of us in this country.

[arely staircase]

43. thank you

we are all in this together.

[ibegurpard]

47. good luck to you!

I have many friends in Texas that I would love to see come out from under the yoke of extremist right-wing oppression.

[freshwest]

48. Thank you, arely!

[Enthusiast]

49. What does Wendy think about financial malfeasance and "free" trade?

I'm just thinking about if she would win the governor race and then, down the road, become a candidate for president. I'm not for anyone that believes corporate financial malfeasance is just fine, just good business practices.

[ProSense]

50. I don't think

"What does Wendy think about financial malfeasance and "free" trade?

I'm just thinking about if she would win the governor race and then, down the road, become a candidate for president. I'm not for anyone that believes corporate financial malfeasance is just fine, just good business practices."

...Texans care. They're likely not sitting around wondering about that in relation to some hypothetical run for the Presidency.

Howard Dean on supporting Dems "who may disagree with us on a fundamental issue"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024588564

[Enthusiast]

51. I'm not even going to read that.

Democrats that disagree with Democrats on fundamental issues are called Republicans. Apparently this is something you cannot understand.

I don't care what kind of verbal gymnastics you use to justify this, it simply will not float. My guess is you are mischaracterizing Dean's position. And it is no surprise.

[SunSeeker]

52. Thank you for your service in support of Wendy...and your country.

[stevenleser]

53. I have a bet with another Liberal Pundit that she wins. Bet is a dinner at an expensive restaurant

Go Wendy Davis!!!!

[Skittles]

54. I voted Wednesday

YEE HAW

[TBF]

55. Excellent!!

[CTyankee]

56. what are you hearing from the folks you are calling?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

58. Happily k&r