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January 27, 2004E-DaySince I have been shamed by not one, but (count 'em) two of the ladies in my blogging life yesterday, it is well past time for me to bring the gentle readers an update. Today marks my one month anniversary here in the Granite State and I can say it will certainly be an experience I will never forget. It just figures that it would be my luck to finally work a New Hampshire primary the year that Old Man Winter brought his cold winds stronger than he has in decades. I have a whole new understanding of what cold weather is. It's 1 a.m. here and we have just finished celebrating winning the first two precincts in the first primary vote in the nation. Two very small towns in New Hampshire with only a few dozen voters open their polls at midnight on the day of the primary, cast their ballots, count them and announce the results. Typically, the winner of those towns is featured on the front page of the daily papers the next day. The Candidate won handily at one location, Dixville Notch, and earned a plurality at Hart's Location. To celebrate, we played the campaign staff's unofficial theme song and danced in the office. Yes, I was surrounded by four of the college girls. Yes, there are a few pictures. No, I am not posting them. Yes, you could find them with a little effort. Why is that song our unofficial theme song? Well, just watch this quick clip from the Rock The Vote video contest. Other interesting items from today would include going on two New Hampshire talk radio shows to represent Veterans for The Candidate and then following up with a North Dakota radio talk show on the same subject. The heartwarming moment of the day involves genuine, authentic, Southern sweet tea. You see there's a wonderful woman whom I made the acquaintance of here in Manchester, New Hampshire. She hails from Oklahoma and owns a restaurant on the main downtown street here, Elm. The restaurant, Nicky D's, is the one place to find real sweet tea in this state. When we first met and discussed our Southern roots at a local pub, the conversation naturally turned to sweet tea. After hearing my pitiful plight of having a sweet tea withdrawal, this fine lady left the pub, walked to her restaurant a few blocks away in sub zero temperatures, and returned with a take out cup of sweet tea. I put my beer aside and indulged in what may have been the best tasting sweet tea of my twenty eight years. I ran into her at one of our events last week and she promised me she would bring me two gallons of sweet tea on the day before the election. True to her word, she came by this afternoon and delivered two plastic one gallon jugs with "Adam's Sweet Tea" handwritten on the sides. I must have walked around the headquarters for fifteen minutes showing off my incredible good fortune. In all seriousness, I believe three people took pictures of me posing with my prized sweet tea. I told some of the Arkansas folks who had came up with that it was a sign of good fortune and good karma. Sure enough, within an hour I was emailed reports of John Kerry saying that he wasn't so sure of the importance of Southern votes for a Democrat presidential candidate. And now the good folks of those small rural towns in northern New Hampshire have rewarded us with wins at the first two polls in New Hampshire. (some of my fellow Southern bloggers most likely received in email with that information via a campaign contact. Yes, I asked them to send it to you. Do with it as you will.) I'll make the following prediction about tomorrow's results. The polls are saying a number of things right now and not all of them are positive for our candidate. But, I know our field operation is the best any Southerner has assembled in the Granite State, there are a large number of undecided voters who are leaning towards us and two other candidates. We all saw what happened in Iowa; when the caucusers went in there, they turned at the last minute to the more electable candidates. Our Candidate owns the electability card, we have a ground game that is as good as or better than the other candidates, and we will surprise some of the pundits tomorrow. Watch for it. Those who know my number and would like to blog about the results with an interview(s) with staffers from the New Hampshire team, feel free to call tomorrow night when the returns come in. Tonight, I'll be catching a few hours a sleep here at the office prior to rising for pre-dawn Election Day visibility operations. Sleep is precious in this business, but time is ever more precious. As our campaign chairman said today, the "last few days, every three hours is like another day." By that standard, I figure we have 18 hours which means we have six more days until we're literally finished. My section of the campaign team will be serving as a rapid reaction team to fill any gaps in coverage we discover tomorrow, take voters who need a ride to the polling places, and generally, be ready to respond in an instant to any of the campaign's needs. As for the campaign love stories that you are all dying to hear about--the Single Southern Guy courting ladies and votes and all that, well, stay tuned. Tales will be told.
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Mmmm...sweet tea!!! There's a southern-style BBQ place here in Manhattan that serves it. Posted by: lotus at January 27, 2004 10:49 AM*sigh* What--you didn't like me announcing your nakedness? Posted by: Key at January 27, 2004 01:14 PMThere's a Cajun place here in So Cal that has some pretty good sweet tea! Posted by: Miss Bliss at January 27, 2004 01:56 PMWhere will you be sent next? Posted by: Ms Anna at January 28, 2004 12:18 AMMan.... see what happens when you neglect your blog? You get spammed! Bad Adam! :P Posted by: Ryan Waddell at January 30, 2004 08:11 AMI recently flew out to AL from CA to meet someone who'd become a friend,I knew from the net for over two years. She took me out to a place called the waffle house, right after I got off the plane. I asked for tea, and some spendra or sweetnlow. You think I would have asked for poop in a can. Ah sweet tea, those people love that stuff. Me, I'll stick to my Chai or starbucks lattes. Posted by: Michele at February 1, 2004 02:16 PMummmm, how exactly does a conservative person lobby for a liberal candidate... guess your heart isn't in it. Posted by: h at February 3, 2004 08:07 AMPost a comment
 
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