Posted on 10/16/2006 11:20:06 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
"From Buckeye State Blog and DailyKos:
I am sad to report to this community the reality of the ground situation in a northwestern bellwether county, Wood County Ohio. Despite our enthusiasm for recent polls and excitement in general it appears the republican early voting effort is far superior to ours.
Absentee Ballots have been going out for one week, and the Republican early voting turnout machine has proven superior to our best efforts. To date nearly 3,500 absentee ballots have been mailed out. 40% of which have been mailed to Republicans, 40% to undeclared and only 20% to Democrats.
Republicans have mailed multiple absentee registrations to all of their registered voters and have followed up with multiple robo-calls and human calls to ensure that their voters have turned in their early voting applications. Additionally there is evidence that they have reached beyond their republican base, and have targeted independents in a number of important swing precincts in Wood County.
Wood County has gone twice for Clinton and twice for Bush. Bush won Wood County by 3% points over Kerry. Wood County is a suburban to rural county south of Toledo Ohio and is an indicator of how well candidates will perform in very close races. Obviously Sherrod Brown is in a very tight race.
I'm a little worried. Okay a lot worried.
This must be why Karl Rove and President Bush are so upbeat about the Republican prospects in November.
The Democrats are getting smoked by the Republicans on the get out the vote efforts.
To date nearly 3,500 absentee ballots have been mailed out.
I wonder............
Are they printed on the correct card stock this year?
Translated: Cheats! Cheats! They're voting!
Maybe the liberal trash should stop recruiting from the obit page and try to get living people to vote.
It should be:"All your Project 72's belong to us".
A strong ground game always helps.
As well as Kean Jr. in NJ (Even though he is a RINO).
GOTV, GOTV, GOTV
Unless pollsters have figured out how to accurately predict voter turnout, the polls are suspect. Everyone (even honest lefty observers) understand that the GOP has the infrastructure in place to get a massive turn-out, better than the the Dems.
They will be disappointed on the morning of November 8th, IMO.
YOU GO TONY!!!
It confirms what you've been saying about 'Rat turnout efforts (or the lack thereof).
Can someone give me a link to go to for info on the "GOP 72 Hours before election day" GOTV effort? I'm sure it has a name but I don't know what it's called.
I'm thinking it might be worth a plane ticket to MO or PA to work that 72 hours for Talent or Santorum.
Conservatives vote on Tuesday.
Liberals vote on Wednesday.
What's hard to remember about this?
The grassroots is out there working. The Dems have every reason to fear!
KEEP IT UP!!!
Democrats win polls, Republicans win elections!
Keep the pressure on.
Put more pressure on.
It's not over until the 8th.
If Dwine wins, there is no way we lose the senate. period.
Last night (Sunday), Drudge said on his radio show that Dems were moving $$$ from Sherrod Brown's campaign to others that were more winnable.
Hold on. The NY Times said the GOP is giving up on DeWeenie.
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