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I got a call the other day from a volunteer at one of the local Obama-Biden offices here in Philly. I had donated a little bit of money that I could spare to the cause and I guess they were following up to see if I could help out some more. After some talking, I agreed to come down to the office to help out up to the election less than a fortnight away. I took a short walk up to the 9/Arch CC East / Chinatown office and checked in.

There was phonebanking and canvassing to do. Two things that I said I wouldn't do. Why? Because I don't understand the mindset of the undecided voter and I refuse to talk to them. I honestly think that people who are aware of some basic facts about both candidates and still cannot make a decision are idiots. I'd rather a person tell me they're voting for McCain because he's white and Barack's black than somebody tell me that they're undecided and understand where each candidate stands on the issues. So, back to the work. I came armed with my laptop and they set me up to do some data entry. I was taking care of the data phonebankers were obtaining through their tireless calling all day and putting it into the system so that the database was up to date (and hopefully people don't get repeat calls and volunteers aren't wasting their time among other things).

It was a nice 2 hours I spent at the office on Friday. I met some good people who had come down from NY to help out in SEPA where the 21 electoral votes of PA are still not fully in favor of one candidate – Obama's up about 9 points right now. I'll be back at the office next week. This particular office is open 9a – 9p all week and can use volunteers doing various things all the time. Check out the PA section of the Obama website to learn a little bit about what's going on around the state. There are offices in Center City at 1500 Sansom, 9/Arch and 15/Christian. I'm gonna assume they're all 9a – 9p. Show up and there will be stuff for you to do.

Some more photos from the office here.

And peep this post on the NM Obama blog about my friend Austin and his lady Liz. They're still working hard after driving cross country from Chicago to help out in the very important Red to Blue state of NM. They're based in Albuquerque and will be hanging out VIP styles with the Big O on Saturday.

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