Shawn Dixon January 3rd, 2008

Lots happening here in the final hours before the caucus and I’m typing this while making phone calls to likely caucus-goers so please excuse major grammar errors, sentences that make no sense, etc. But, I just wanted to give an update because it’s been an incredibly exciting week. I’m going to give it to you in bullet form.

Yesterday at 2:30 AM: Woke up and drove an hour to help work a 5 A.M. pancake breakfast event with John Edwards. The breakfast was in Centerville, Iowa at the home of a local couple. It was a huge success – I would guess there were over 50 local supporters. Also, while we were there, the Senator did an interview with Good Morning America. It was really interesting to see how that all worked. Being a part of the event and seeing the Senator going full steam ahead through the night made all the canvassing and the calls over the past few days really feel worthwhile.

7:00 AM. After the event in Centerville, we drove back to the Ottumwa office that I’m working out of for another event with the Senator. The Edwards bus actually beat me back to the Ottumwa office so I arrived at the event towards the tail end. Big crowd in Ottumwa too.

Later in the day we went back to canvassing with a little extra boost of energy from the morning events. There is a lot of energy around the campaign.

Caucus Day: I’m going to an actual caucus tonight. Caucuses are open to the public and media and observers are welcome. I’ve learned a lot about the system over the past four days and I’ve been surprised at what an interesting and somewhat complex process it is.

This is likely my last post until the caucus actually happens. I’ve had a great time and I’m really excited about seeing how everything plays out. Good luck to everyone and your candidate of choice.

PS: Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! It means a lot. It was an amazing birthday and the Edwards’s staff and volunteers even bought me a cake. Couldn’t think of a better way to spend the day.

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