Seattle Times staff reporter Jim Brunner and yours truly went out with get-out-the-vote volunteers. They're unlike anything seen in BtC's brief time watching politics. Story here.
There may be an oversaturation, in fact. One woman, who wouldn't identify herself, told Republicans to go away, she'd had enough.
BtC spent yesterday afternoon with Molly Kidwell, a smart and down-to-earth, 21-year-old campaign manager for Republican James Whitfield, who's taking on Democrat Ross Hunter for a state House seat in the 48th, a true swing district.
She seemed to realize that the base is taken care of and so went after so-called "soft Republicans," using effectively soft literature that sold Whitfield well. During two hours together, I heard no canned talking points, no attacks on Hunter, or anyone, for that matter. What a relief!
There's not much else to say, at this point.
Be sure to check in tomorrow. We'll post early. Then, BtC's colleague Lisa Heyamoto and BtC will be posting from polling stations, a barbecue joint, a barber shop, a palm reader, a martini bar and a bunch of other random places to help you kill time before results start coming in from the East Coast and then from Washington state.
With any luck, this will all be over late tomorrow night, and we can go back to our lives. It's been fun. Hope it's been for you as well, loyal reader(s).
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