Highland County Helps Win Ohio !!!!!!

The journey is over. The journey has just begun. Thank you Ohio. Thank You America. You have made the Right Choice. We have come so far. We have worked so hard. Highland County, you made a difference !!! After months in Hillsboro and Greenfield and a year for some of you (thanks so much to Bruce Mulkey, Carolyn Baer and Sarah Siepelt), our time has come. Our moment has arrived. President Barack Obama, what a wonderful time indeed.

I still remember my first couple calls from Bruce Mulkey (Field Organizer for the Democratic Party), when for so long I had wondered if I could make a difference. First I said maybe, then I took the plunge and decided to lend a hand. It was the Fab Five in Highland County, with myself and Jade Faul, Tim Amburgey, Kevin Bruce and Lisa Keys. Ready to make a difference. Soon we had a whole cast of Phone Bankers and Canvassers from Mary Turner-Brown to Chad Gossett. Making a Difference, each in their own way... Rick Covington joined us to lead canvassing in Hillsboro for our Get Out The Vote effort, as we began reaching out all the way to Greenfield, where we found folks like John Shonkwiler and my Superstar canvasser... Bruce Lombardo (thanks sooo much Bruce for all you did), who drove from Bainbridge and worked without fail. We even got the Mayor of Greenfield, John Baal, involved and sent him out to Canvass for Sen. Obama !!!!


We saw Bruce Springsteen in Columbus, and Carole King in Hillsboro... we listened to Governer Strickland and Sherrod Brown, and some of us (way to go, Daniel) even shook hands with our President, Barack Obama in Portsmouth !!!! Thanks sooo much to Megan for giving us the opportunity, as well as Bruce Mulkey and Carolyn Baer for their un-wavering dedication (Carolyn even had us calling folks in Nevada when the race was almost won).

I'll never forget what Bruce Mulkey said to me at the very beginning... "I want to wake up on November 5th, knowing that I've done everthing that I possibly could". I'll never forget those words of inspiration. And now the journey begins... to heal America, to face the trials of the real world and decide to do what is right. Thank you Highland County, thank you America... thank you Barack Obama. There comes a time when each of us is ready to be tested, ready to do that which we are asked... even by the Lord himself. Our Time is Here. Our moment has arrived. Let's get started !!!!