A Word of Thanks from the Senator

As I was arriving into one of the Obama campaign offices tonight to phone bank, everyone was crowded into the 'data entry room' listening to a mobile phone on loudspeaker. After whispering to a colleague, I found out it was Jon Carson, the Obama campaign's National Field Director, on the line. He was on a conference call to all field offices across the country, simultaneously talking to thousands of volunteers. He was thanking us for all our hard work and giving us some encouraging figures from some of the key battleground states.

In the state of Nevada alone, the campaign registered over 111,000 voters. At present, 13% more registered Democrats have early voted there than registered Republicans. At the same stage in 2004, this figure was just 4%. Also, across all the swing states, the campaign has made contact with over 13.3 million voters either face to face or over the phone over the past couple of weeks. these figures are just phenomenal.

After a couple of minutes of these astounding figures, while the Obama campaign plane was landing in Springfield, Missouri, Senator Obama eventually came on the line. In a heart-rendering speech, he thanked all of the volunteers' efforts and asked us to give it our all between now and Tuesday. To hear what the Senator had to say, click here.