For all you know, the writer’s unnamed “spontaneous activists” consisted of three GOP hacks who weren’t happy with anything. Or, he could have made it up. That’s the danger of unnamed sources, especially when the person doing the talking has his broad brush out.
Oh, and logistics is more than just GOTV - effective communications requires a fair amount of work as well - and that starts with the candidate being prepared on a daily basis to face voters and the press. It appears Angle was not serious about such.
That can be the problem with echo-chamber activists like yourself running around bitching about articles like this - at the end of the day Tea Party activists have to realize it takes a lot more than just good ideas and energy to win elections.