A Cry in the Dark.

"Why should I come to Delaware County, Pennsylvania?"

1. The foliage is beautiful, and will be peaking in the next few weeks.
2. Phillies in the series = Delaware County goes insane. Don’t you want to be here for that?
3. There is almost always cake in this office.
4. The sandwiches in DelCo are particularly delicious.
5. You get to hang out with me. And, as you all know, I am very, very fun.

“But, Elizabeth, we’re so far ahead in the polls! You don’t need my help.”

Shut your mouth! That’s how we lose!

Just this morning, PA was flooded with really nasty, dirty, awful robo-calls from the McCain campaign. Terrrible, bad stuff. They're fighting us really hard here. It's the front lines. They want this state real bad, and they think they can win it.

There are 19 days left before the election. That’s roughly the same amount of time that was between the Iowa Caucus, which we won, and the New Hampshire Primary, which we thought we would win, but we lost.

Maybe because we were so sure we would win.

“But, Elizabeth, I can’t afford to come to Pennsylvania.”

You can get a ride, for free, with any number of groups that come from New York and other places by checking out my.barackobama.com. Or, you can buy a bus ticket to Philadelphia for $20. If you want to stay overnight, we can put you up with a volunteer, and there is always food here to eat.

If you let me know, I can help you figure out how to get here.

If there is absolutely no way you can possibly make it happen, ever, ever in a million years, than please make some phone calls from home. Go to the website, and call some people in Ohio and tell them to early vote.

Otherwise, call me, and I’ll help you get make it happen.

“But, Elizabeth, there must be plenty of volunteers IN Pennsylvania.”

Yes. There are. I see them every day. Some of them have been volunteering since the primaries.

First of all, they have been working tirelessly and need some back-up. Second of all, we just need more people than there are in Pennsylvania. And we need those people to come from New York, and Delaware, and New Jersey, and other places.

It’s part of the plan for how we win. We have to supplement the in-state volunteers with a certain number of out of state volunteers. And I am making hundreds of phone calls every day to get people to come here. You can make my life a lot easier, oh, and also, win the election for us, if you email me and tell me that you want to come here. eaudley@voteforchangepa.com

“But, Elizabeth, I'm very busy and I just don’t have the time.”

You should make the time.

And here’s why.

This is it, you guys. This is the last chance you have to be a part of this incredible moment in history. And if you don’t participate, you will be sorry.

If you come to Pennsylvania, or any other swing state, you will be so glad that you did. You will be able to look back, and know that you were a part of something that changed America, and the world, and history. And that’s not hyperbole. You will feel good, and important, and proud of yourself and your country.

If you don’t help, you are going to be sad on November 5th. You are going to wish that you had, no matter which way it goes. You are either going to feel incredibly terrible and guilty that there was more you could have done, but you didn’t, or you are going to feel very, very sad that you had the opportunity to be a part of something historic and amazing, and you chose not to.

Now listen. I spend all day chasing people down, and convincing people to volunteer. And everyone who does is glad they did. But it is awfully tiring to call, and call, and call, and beg and plead all day long.

So help me out. Please.

This is it. Come here. Bring friends. Tell everyone you know. Your country needs you.