My Last Blog!

I have some disturbing news....Pundit Points will now be discontinued. For all of my loyal fans I hope you can get through the next four years of Republican rule. I hope any of you moving on to Comp II survive. Good Luck to all!

Cards..

Tonight is Tuesday..which means cards with the Harshburgers (some friends of my roommate and mine). It feels so Suzie homemakers like to have a cards night with your friends. I must admit we usually have fun though. We played Euchre for an hour or so and ate pizza...I can't complain.

Work!

Work is going great! I have rasied over $500 in the last two days. It is looking like I will have to do some traveling though next semester. I might be moving to Denver to start up a new office in the Spring. I think I will probably be flying to Ohio or San Franscico for a month to help out with their offices. I suppose I should take an online semester for Spring.

Jan. 21

Yawn! Its early...It looks like I am probably going to be flying to Washington for the inaugration. There will be thousands of groups rallying outside the presidential inaugration. It should be a lot of fun!

Colorado Baby!

I am getting excited for my trip to Colorado. Only a couple weeks to go and I will be out of Florida..yeah! I am going to visit my Dad and do a little skiing. It looks like I will be racking up the frequent flyer miles with all these trips.

Work

I love my job!
It is so nice to look forward to going to work every day. I am on salary for 24,000 which is pretty good for an 18 year old. The only problem is that I am still working 50+ hours a week even though the election is over. Blah! I need sleep.

Politics Test...Uh oh..

I have always been very good at doing just enough to make the grade in school. I procrastinate on everything..I'm very good at it. Well, it really bit me in the butt this week as I got a 65 on my comparative politics test. I am very dissapointed, and this means I won't have straight A's on my report card. I hope I do well on the final, so I can at least get a B in the clas..

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is coming up soon...I must admit it is not a favorite holiday of mine. The family togetherness is never fun for my family and being a vegetarian I usually have a hard time finding stuff to eat at my Mom's house. However, I did something kind of cool this year..I adopted a turkey (well...not physically)...But, I sponsored one so he could survive the holdiay. Save a turkey, eat a piece of lettue!

Canvassing in the Dark

I wish it was still light out at 7 oclock. The cooler weather is nice, but I must admit it is tuff to canvass neighborhoods when it is always dark out! Sun...won't you please come back.

Clean Water Action

I am no longer working for Working America, the labor org. I am now at our sister organization, Clean Water Action. We are organizing and fundrasing for the environment. It is fun work, but I must admit my heart is with the labor issues. I might be switching back and forth as the need exsists.

My Peer Evaluations

I know there are many things I can do to make my evaluations better of my peer's essays. I have noticed that many things that I would like from my peers I have been lacking on my evaluations. Therefore, I am going to make sure I include lots of specific detail on structure, word changes, and grammar. I am also going to try and include more positive points about my peer's essays so they know what they are doing right.

Peer Evaluations

I have noticed that in several of the peer evaluations there is very little detail. Most of the help my peers have given me is on grammar. However, it would be nice if they would include more advice on the structure of the essay. I would like to know how I could make my focus statement better, etc.

More Post-Election

This is a response I received after posting my blog after the election. I think it will give you an idea how us democrats are feeling right now:

Kyle,
Yours is the only e-mail I will answer tonight. I too am in mourning. I no longer have the physical stamina to do the things that you and your young friends do so I guess it is time to see if the pen is truly mightier than the sword. I am busy composing a letter to the Editor that I will send to every newspaper in the area when I have it done. I am not sure exactly what I want to say, but I know I want to remind GW that he may indeed have won, but he very nearly lost. Possibly knowing that will make him take a good long look at the things he has done and the things he plans to do in the next four years and remember that he has been elected to serve ALL of the people, not just the 1/2 that cast their ballots for him. Right now, all I can think is "woe to the American people." Your Dad is right that the sun did indeed come up this morning. That should serve to remind us that the Democratic Phoenix will rise again too.

Judy

I dont know if it is going to be ok....

It is 5:13 p.m. on November 3, 2004. It's over.

I hated the commercials. I hated the phone calls, the signs, the mailings. I hated the polls. I hated the cold pizza and coffee diet. I hated the neighborhoods I had to campaign. I hated the long hours and the long nights. But, somehow all the things I hated the most in this election are the things I'll miss the most.

Last night we lost the Presidency, we lost seats in the House, we lost seats in the Senate, we lost local races and ballot initiatives across the country, we likely lost seats in the Supreme Court, and for one night we lost hope that a fundamental change could happen in this country.

I spent all morning and afternoon grieving and wondering if the country could survive four years of the most conservative legislation we may ever see in our lifetimes. I have made the first step in the process by making my way from the bed to the computer chair. Tonight I will make the next step by attending the Monthly Tampa Democratic Meetup.

Every single one of you called me today and I really appreciate it. My dad said it best, "The sun still rose this morning." Tomorrow we will start the fight again, we will have affordable health care, we will protect social security from companies like Enron, and we will have equal rights for every sex, race, nationality, or sexual orientation. And tomorrow I will start knocking on doors again pushing citizens to get involved and make a change for the better.

When Ohio was called for Bush in the wee hours of the morning I stood in disbelief. My boss came over and hugged me and commented on the results, "No matter how wrong it is, you have to know we are still right." Every single one of us that is fighting for progressive legislation knows that we are fighting for the right side and that is the only reason we need to keep going. The 2006 midterm elections are less that two years away. Let's get busy.

Election Day is Almost Here

It is hard to believe this is coming to an end. The polls, the commentary, the 65 hour work weeks, and the late night conversations of Caey screaming about the latest numbers in Hawaii. Nobody could have imagained the most watched election with over 1000 polls in the past month would still leave the race deadlocked. I have knocked on over 6,000 doors in the past months and I can tell you that we will have a clear winner on election night, and most importantly I will have my first day off on Sat. in over a month.
Casey, I could not pull up your excel sheet, but I can figure out which way you went on most of the states by your count. Anybody who has been on the ground day after day can tell you that Florida is going for Kerry this year (especially precincts 965 and 968 where I am camped out..lol). I was at a rally yesterday of 15,000 people at 11:00 on a Sunday night. People are energized and ready to vote blue this year (and many already have). You already know my electoral prediction....311...in less something were to happen in Colorado or Nevada. (Check out electoral-vote today..it finally looks like my prediction)

Senate..my final prediction 50-50..I think the DSCC is a little optimistic..but they have to be, it is their job. Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, and Florida, and SD are in the bag. I think some serious ground work in NC will squeak out a win tomorrow. I don't think it is going to happen in Ok (Carson has lost ground, Kentucky (despite the fact that the Rep. thinks we were attacked on Nov. 11), or SC (will lose by about 4 points). Finally LA which will indeed go to a runoff where the Democrat will win. It looks like Edwards will have a real job, breaking ties in the Senate.

By the way I think Kerry may win the popular vote by at least a full precentage point.