Monday, February 8, 2016

Bernin The New Hampshire Primary
  Hit the road from Windsor CT  about 8:30 am on Monday Feb 8
 We're on a 3 day 2 nite Primary adventure to put in some good work on the campaign trail to do what we can for a big NH win for Bernie.
  Fellow Bernster AL Simon is joining in on this trip..our mission - to start out - was to get to Brentwood NH to do some time on the doors, visiting voters and making sure they get out to vote for Bernie.
Last night, I signed up for 3 Bernie events just in case my Iowa cold wiped me out from door knocking
While on the road..I got a text from Bernie staff asking If I could help volunteer for the events..the usual crew was all out working on GOTV and event volunteers were hard to find today.
 So we headed to Manchester NH instead of Brentwood and went into the toasty, empty Palace theater..Got assigned to help with media...


My apologies to the GOTV crowd..but it was 20 degree and now snowing...and they really needed event help
So we stayed..
AL screened media and was assigned to be a media bouncer for unruly media types.

A month ago Bernie media staff managed the 20 or 30 media folk that were covering him...easily
Now they have 300 media and the same staff...all of a sudden they are paying attention...that's good..its a YOUGE job.
  I guarded media seats...guided folks to make their appropriate spots..help cameras get set and plugged into.power and the audio feeds.
  Did what I could to manage the hoards.
I was busy..AL was bouncing..
Jake Tapper from CNN was there.. I talked with Joe Scarborough the morning Joe guy
And now that Bernie has got secret service coverage there's a lot of complexity in who can go where, so I did a lot of guiding...
This revolution is now heavily televised...
I'm

Bernie came on..after an absolute ton of event prep and incredible logistics management... and wowed the excited crowd with his usual cranky raspy inspiration.

  Bernie was extra raspy..seems like he caught the same cold I have...but Bernie seems to still be more energized...

Great speech...electric crowd...made for TV

The event was over ..and we were recruited to to.media volunteering in Derry...off we went to another event...







Monday, February 1, 2016

DAY 4.
THE REVOLUTION IS......ON TV

Too wiped out to canvass today...so im making calls...we're all still in GOTC mode here at Bernie World HQ- Des Moines.

Then I look up from a call and a wave...a tsunami ...of media folk rolls in and sets up.. so I figure something is going on...

A few minutes later folks are all gathering in the center of the room...me too ...then Bernie arrives to wild HQ cheering...

And gives the mid day message...to us and the media and the voters.....we win with good turnout and if our 15000 volunteers in Iowa work at it...and ny supporters Get Out To Caucus....we can win.

Basically to everyone here and all over Iowa...let's make this happen.... let's get this revolution in gear...

More cheers...

Some of us are just oblivious to the hubub
Here.. but while the candidate stopped by and said hi to the troops. I got abother chance to give a greeting ( no bizness card)
.I said to him "at this rate well be looking for you in Connecticut..."
 He said, very confidently " Yes.  Well be in Connecticut"

Then he went out the door to the next stop on the Bernie bus


Hear that - CT Team and Road Berners!
The better we do in NH, MA, and other Northeast States we can Bern the road to....the better the chance CT will become a player in the outcome.

Who's going with me to New Hampshire next week?






TIMING IS EVERYTHING

The grand early plan was to head to Java Joe's and visit with Mika BryziMorning Joe on the MSNBC live shot...

Adrenelin and a brewing cold are smacking my sleep...hard...
So I sloogget out of bed...thinking I had time to get down town by 9am when the show ended.

..got here at 8:15...the crowds were gone and the stars were gone
Oops... 9am est....8am central...
But I waved and got off one shot....and said a cheery good morning to a less than friendly Andrea Mitchell.... before I was summarily removed from the not so green room....no visit this time....
Bad timing so far ...just for this morning...
Win a few lose a few...but the win that counts starts after 7pm central time.

Quinny says Bernie up by 3... World HQ staff are sincerely pumped...they get all the raw canvass numbers....

Excitement...
      .more adrenalin.....
         ..........this is YOUGE

Update..

 still hanging at Joes...
Ben Carson and his entourage just arrived for an interview ...MSNBC live