At 9a, we had two dozen volunteers in Governor Romney's Quad Cities headquarters. The coffee was hot, the Krispy Kremes were fresh. By 11a, we had placed 2000 calls to likely caucus goers. Mike Huckabee's Scott County Chairman (an Iowa state senator) stopped by before noon to visit his fellow Scott Co. GOP leaders (who were leading the local Romney effort). He remarked that the Huckabee camp was not doing anything in Scott County today, and he wondered where we found so many people. He was very impressed with the disciplined campaign operation.
The local news came by at noon to cover our activities. Around 3p, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert came by to motivate the Romney Team. He was in the Quad Cities to deliver remarks on Governor Romney's behalf at an important GOP caucus gathering.
At the end of the day, we had placed 3,700 calls from Scott County on Mr. Romney's behalf. The local Huckabee camp had not placed any. By the end of the day, I had connected with another 15 undecided voters who would caucus on behalf of Governor Romney. As I made calls at 4:00-5:00p, I was surprised what a large percentage of respondents still identified themselves as undecided. The figure fell short of my original goal of 50, but there were hundreds of us working for these votes one at a time. I was thrilled to be a part of such an excellent ground game.
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