FROM QUESTIONER TO VOLUNTEER

Today's activities on the phone were highlighted by 3 callers, all of whom became volunteers.

The simplest was the construction worker from Las Vegas whose short-term job here has become long-term, so he needed help obtaining an absentee ballot from Henderson County, NV.  He loves Obama, particularly because his policies and the stimulus package are what's keeping him on the job.  Even though he's working 10-hour days he says that he'll find time to phone-bank at our SE Valley office.

The most complex was a call from a husband & wife who've returned to the Valley from SE Pennsylvania.  He's just sure that the rough time that he had re-registering here was because they marked D on the registration forms.  And they still hasn't received the official cards or the Early Ballots.  The letter from the Elections Office indicated "Active" and "Valid," but had no voter ID number.  They're off to their Town Clerk's office shortly, and, of course will help us Get Out The Vote.  Stay tuned on this one.

The frustrating-est conversation was with a lady who couldn't understand how or why Sheldon Adelson of Las Vegas would pump $34.2-Million into the Romney campaign --after bank-rolling the defunct Gengrich effort with $24-Million.

Neither of us could relate to giving away $58.2-Million.  So she's gonna join us on the phones to be sure that the owner of four Sands casinos doesn't buy the 2012 presidency.  (Yes.  Four: Las Vegas, Bethlehem, PA; Macau, and Singapore.)

As to the why, it has alot to do with the Democratic position that U.S. businesses ought to pay U.S. taxes on money that they earn overseas.