I'm shocked to find out how many McCain supporters are in Denver, some of which are unlikely suspects.

We arrived in Denver at 4am in the morning, got some rest and now we are heading downtown to see all that is going on.  Keep checking back at the site, we will sure to have plenty of stories to tell and plenty of pictures to post.  Have a good Monday!

Today we headed north of beautiful San Diego to Riverside, California.  Riverside is home to Congressman Ken Calvert, the representative of California’s 44^th Congressional district.  While Congressman Calvert won in 2006 with 60% of the vote, the campaign is not taking anything for granted and is geared up for a tough fight.  We were happy to help the campaign distribute yard signs in the Riverside area. 

If you’ve read my blogs or my bio you’ll see that I’m a hunter.  The other day I met someone that also shares my passion.

Last night, Kerry and I accidentally found ourselves in a conversation with a Democrat who insisted on questioning whether or not we knew enough to back up our beliefs.  His exact words after asking us how old we were:  "You can't know you're Republicans, there's so much to life you don't know about, you haven't even seen the whole country."  . . .

Working these past two months has shown me that even though campaigns approach things differently, they all have one thing in common: the volunteers that keep their campaigns running and the focus on grassroots campaigning.

So I'm a big fan of scary movies.  Zombies, vampires, natural disasters, anything that will make me jump I'll usually watch.  There's one particular genre of movies that perhaps wasn't the best for me to have seen before this trip.  I'm talking about the road trip = 2 hours of horror kind of movies.

Yesterday, we had quite the scenic drive (11 hours total, 9 of which were in the same Texas congressional district) but we finally made it to Las Cruces, New Mexico.  Today we are in the Doña Ana County GOP office making phone calls for John McCain and the local candidates running for Senate and Congress:  Steve Pearce and Ed Tinsley.  I'll admit that calling people with these surveys gets a little monotonous and frustrating, especially when you call someone who feels the need to share a few choice words with you, but I think all of us are feeling more positively about it today.

One of the coolest parts of working for a candidate running for an open seat, or challenging a incumbent Democrat is that we typically get to meet the candidate and spend a little time with him or her.  Yesterday, we got to spend more than just a few moments with Texas 22^nd Congressional district candidate Pete Olson; we spent almost the whole day with him.  While going door-to-door in Pearland yesterday, I had privilege of being teamed up with Pete, and was able to talk to him for a couple of hours.  I wanted to share some of my experiences because after talking to Pete, I see why Republicans are so excited at the prospect of working alongside him.