Saturday volunteering in Wisconsin.

So on Sat. I went to volunteer in Wisconsin again, in the same town just across the border where I was last time:

1) The county treasurer who previously had brought in homemade rolls and a crockpot of pulled pork for sandwiches around supper time brought in 2 breakfast casseroles made of eggs and potatoes and green peppers, one with cut-up ham in it and one without.  She even made two little computer print-out signs that she put on silver holders by each one, one saying "WITH HAM" and the other "VEGETARIAN".

She also said she was bringing in lasagna for Saturday's dinner.

2) Word is that locals with big "I STAND WITH WALKER" signs on their lawns are getting $100 to do that, through unofficial channels.  People who are canvassing Republicans and standing outside at intersections get $13/hour...  I guess the GOP groundgame is awful - they just give a list to paid canvassers with no real map or training, and tell them to go knock doors and remind people.

3) Obama's Chicago headquarters told everyone not to come in on Sat. and go to Wisconsin instead, and many people will come Election Day as well, people were saying.

4) In that part of Wisconsin, people call RNC chairperson "Reince Priebus" "Rat Penis".

5) At the county Dems office, I got to hear pep talks from both the Dem running for the open U.S. Senate seat and the Dem who will be challenging Paul Ryan for his seat.  The Dem who is challenging Paul Ryan even thanked people who had travelled to volunteer, and gestured to me, in his gracious speech at 9am to rev up the volunteers!  2 of the local Dems are also delegates to the DNC, and I got to meet them both.

6) For the 3pm canvassing shift, I got partnered with this high schooler with dyed blonde hair who was volunteering for a political campaign of her choice in order to get extra credit for her government class, which she wasn't doing so well in.  I introduced her as a 1st-time canvasser to the candidates for the U.S. House and Senate, and then when we went out, she totally had a blast talking with people and identifying voters...  The Democratic candidate for governor was in town the next day, and she texted her boyfriend and they were going to go to his appearance - and she was going to try to convince her boyfriend to canvas as well!  I made sure later to introduce her to the DNC delegates, and tell her that some people work at doing this stuff for a job, if she's thinking about her future.

7) For canvassing, we were not just targetting Democrats who were dependable voters, but also irregular voters (many of whom were independent).  I've never seen that done so late in the game...

I'm going up Election Day as well, to volunteer 9am until polls close at 8pm!!!!!!