CT-Sen HQ: Exclusive Photos & Standard Asks, For the Green

A twist on my front-paged post over at DailyKos. A few exclusive images from the campaign trail for the green to enjoy before anyone else. They’re at the bottom of the entry!

All spin completely aside, I’d be lying if I said anyone has the faintest idea of what will happen next Tuesday. There is no reliable likely voter model, so you can throw all polls out the window. That’s part of the reason you see such a big difference between the Q-Poll, Rasmussen, and internal polling by each campaign.

The only thing we have control over is our GOTV operation. And for the next eight days, it all comes down to one thing…

Votes.
Fortunately, Senator Lieberman’s campaign has made it easy to predict their next move. You simply take what they accuse Ned of, and assume that is part of their campaign strategy. For their latest jedi/rovian mind trick, they are the ones literally attempting to purchase this election now.

Since July 20, Senator Lieberman has collected nearly $100,000 a day, contributed by those who profit from war, high gas prices and expensive prescription drugs. That’s who is paying for their latest tactic: hiring 4,000 staffers (at $60 a day) who will pour into CT from out-of-state, spearheading their field operation.

Do the math… you can afford a lot of things when you’re campaign has raised $10 million dollars so far.

The New Haven Register article this morning was telling. Sean Smith (Joe’s campaign manager) indicated they only have 200 staff and volunteers signed up with the campaign. That’s pretty poor when you compare it to the thousands from within CT alone who have signed up to help on our website.

Contribute</u&gt
That field operation costs money, and we are turning to you one last time to not only fund, but staff our effort. Between you and I, I would have never guess just how damn expensive running such a massive ground operation actually is. And remember, Ned will personally match all contributions made online between now and August 8.

Getitng Involved in the Field Campaign</u&gt
If you are in Connecticut, please call up one of our many field offices to get involved. There are daily canvasses and phone banks going on from now until next Tuesday evening. If you call ahead, the office will prepare meaningful work for your arrival.

From Nearby CT</u&gt
If you are from out of the area, start to consider coming down to the CT this weekend and staying through the election. I am working along with FDLer “Christina” to compile a handy web-page that includes local hotel listings and upcoming events taking place in the area of field offices throughout the state.

Family, Friends and Neighbors</u&gt
Finally, the “Family, Friends and Neighbor” campaign. So far, thousands of postcards have been sent — it has been a very effective tool in furthering our focus on person-to-person communication. But we can push it even further.

We need people to forward the tool to their own family, friends and neighbors — even if you personally don’t know anyone in Connecticut. Maybe they do? Maybe they’ll forward it to friends that know people here? Bottom line, the use of these two tools is critical to the campaign’s success.

1.) Send a Postcard to family, friends or neighbors inside CT (link)

2.) Invite your personal networks to use the family, friends and neighbor tool. (link)

Local Field Offices</u&gt

1st Congressional District
Tina Harrington – 860 523 9238 operations@nedlamont.com

Hartford Office
1339 Albany Avenue
Hartford, CT 06112

West Hartford Office
901 Farmington Ave
West Hartford, CT 06119

2nd Congresional District
Katie Martin – 860 456 1316 fyntail@yahoo.com

New London Office
154 Hempstead St
New London, CT 06320

Willimantic Office
713 Main St
Willimantic, CT 06226

3rd Congressional District
Eddie Vale – 203 772 2405 eddie.vale@gmail.com

New Haven Office
205 Church St., Suite 501
New Haven, CT 06510

4th Congressional District
Ryan McLeod – 203 979 6094rmcleod@nedlamont.com