I was out canvassing in my home town of Medford, Massachusetts this afternoon, pounding the pavements on behalf of Ed Markey. My partner Jerry was a Haitian guy out on his first time canvassing, and he said he'd learned a lot by the end of the day.
It sure is amazing how many different kinds of people there are. Most of the voters we reached were solidly in our camp. Unsurprisingly; Markey's our Rep already and he's done well by his constituents. His local office is a short walk from my house, and the people there are terrific.
Two sets of voters stood out in my memory.
First were the wonderful folks who came to their doors and stuck around to talk to us about politics and their lives.