Ohio Election

The feeling on the ground here is amazing. There are more candidate signs on the streets than you could ever imagine. However, with all our optimisim and hard work we know that the race in CD-15 is deadly close. Our internal polls at the AFL-CIO have us up five points. However, neither Deborah Pryce (R) or Mary Jo Kilroy has publicly released a poll in over a month which means neither wants to share the news that this one will go down to the wire.

We are sending between 60-100 canvassers a day to canvass. We expect to send as many as 300 canvassers on election day. In addition we have a phone bank filled with volunteers up to 16 hours a day.

I have slept just a few hours since flying in on Thursday and I expect that to be less the next two nights. It is about 9:00 p.m. locally and we are awaiting our canvasser packs to arrive from D.C. They should arrive about midnight and then will need to be organized, priortized, and mapped. That process will take us about 8 hours. :(

The Democrats are poised to win up to 4 seats in Ohio with the possibility of an additional upset. The statewide races are looking amazing with Ted Strickland leading by 40-points in today's poll! Sherrod Brown is also leading by a sizeable amount and it looks like the Democrats will pick up every single statewide office in Ohio.

The polls close in 46 hours and I can't wait!