36 days.....

Check this scary vid out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzuIHjQYW2c

After knocking on nearly 300 doors personally this weekend I am happy and tired right now. Boy, this city needs change and fingers crossed I think folks will make the right decision come Nov 4th. This former industrial powerhouse is in need of a massive overhaul. It WILL be a start electing Barack Obama as the next President.

Great win for the Browns today and Wednesday keep holding there own in the Championship.

cb

It's the econony, stupid.....

Greetings!

From Campaign Obama! The polls in the buckeye state of Ohio remain neck and neck. If anyone has anytime to spare over the next 44 days then please come here to help out!!

CB

Howya Joe!

Greetings from Buckeye country!!

Well it's Monday morning here in the Cleve and the city is recovering after last night's storm. It was the tail end of Hurrican Ike and knocked out the power in quite a few spots. It was quite the drive home last night.

The last few days have been action packed from getting absolutely soaked canvassing to meeting the next Vice President. I managed to get a sweet gig driving member's of Joe Biden's staff to a Townhall meeting in Parma, OH. It was like an episode of the Westwing with me driving with Secret service along highways that were closed off for us!I managed to get to meet the Senator and gracefully said "Howya Joe" when I shook his hand! My supervisor quietly told me five minutes later that I should start off with "Good afternoon Senator Biden"! Joe though is Irish-American so he knows the deal! He even told me a bad Irish joke! I have a pic with him and am just waiting for it to sent. So stay tuned!

We manged to fit in a Cleveland Indians game on Saturday and a few beers downtown. It was a good end to a wet day going door to door.

It's another week and the machine keeps rolling. 49 days to go. Get the countdown clock at http://www.barackobama.com/flash/countdown.swf

Another good article on the challenges faced here in Ohio - http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/15/ohio/

If anyone has any time between now and November drop everything and come to Ohio. We need as much support as possible. Contact me and I will sort you out.

Rock on

Boylerz

Return to the Cleve

The trip back to the Northwest went extremely well as we managed to

1) Obtain my Green Card. I now need to find a stars n' stripes and supersize it as Ariana recommended

2) Do some painting at our new place in West Seattle and try get settled in

3) Purchase a tax free camera in Oregon

4) Have a little birthday celebration for Nora!

5) Get our thank you cards for the wedding complete. Hang in there folks they are on the way!

I got back to Cleveland this morn and went straight back into the thick of it. I met a cool Dutch guy who is volunteering his time for the campaign. Europeans need change as much as Americans

Here is a snapshot of the polls in Ohio - http://www.pollster.com/polls/oh/08-oh-pres-ge-mvo.php

This election looks more and more like it will be settled right here in Ohio due to the electorial college - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College

Oh ye the pic of me and Max Kennedy taken at the Portland Obama office last April. Max is Bobby Kennedy's son.

Tired going to bed.

CB.

Evening all,

Just thought I would throw up one of Nora and I's favourite pics from the wedding.

First week down for me on the campaign. All I can say is the groundwork is there from canvassing to house parties. This campaign is one hell of a well oiled machine. I am very glad to be part of it.

I am heading back to Seattle for the weekend tommorow. Looking forward to spending quality time with Nora and staying at our new pad.

Heres to a 2-0 victory for Ireland over Georgia tommorow. Was going to say something about Georgia but will keep politics out of sport.

Enjoy the weekend people

cb

Settling into O'bama land

Well folks,

Life in O'bama land is now in full swing with constant canvassing, phone banking, data entry and mass mailings to name but a few of the recent activities. It's a whole new type of beast here in the Midwest to what I was use to in the Pacific Northwest (or the liberal Northwest) with a near 50/50 Democrat/Republican split . I shall be hitting up the Irish bars in the next few days to discuss the next leader of the free world over a pint of stout with some Irish-Americans!

Anyways folks who watched John McCain's speech tonight at the RNC saw a compassionate man who "hates wars". Hmmmm...... Also you could see a lots of idiots in the arena shouting "USA, USA, USA". I wonder how many of these fools have passports and know anything about the outside world? 10%? McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin only recently acquired her first passport and went to Canada. Nice. That's real foreign policy experience. No wait, as Cindy McCain said "Sarah has foreign policy experience cause Alaska is very close to Russia". Pathetic. Rant over.

Will be back in Seattle this weekend for a whirlwind visit. Hope to see as many folks as possible before I flee to the Cleve again.

Back tomorrow

cb

From Seattle to Cleveland via the bible belt and the DNC....

Greetings all!

Well it's been all go since Nora and I tied the knot this summer Married life has been treating us excellently! I managed a quick trip to Chicago to hang out with some members of the elite North Leinster Brigade! Next up was my road trip to Cleveland, Ohio to talk sense into some American voters in this November's Presidential election -

I left Seattle at 11am August 22nd on a 9hr drive to Missoula, Montana. It is a neat little college town with a great brewery called the Iron Horse. Next day I hit up Butte, a town which was once called Ireland's fifth province because of it has a ton of Irish back in day working at it many copper mines. I also saw the State Capital, Helena, which has a statue of it's former mayor Thomas Meagher who was born in Waterford and a was a Army General for the Irish Brigade in the American Civil War. I then checked out Bozeman which is also a cool college town and lay my head to rest in Billings that night.

On Sunday I drove to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. I travelled through exciting Wyoming (not) along the way. I stayed with my good friend Beth while I was there and attended lots of events including the Obama speech at Invesco field. Can you believe they let an Irishman in?! It was quite the week and one I shall never forget.

It was then onto Lawrence, Kansas on Friday August 29th. Kansas is a dreadful state apart from Lawrence! Next up was St Louis, Missouri to hang out with Ariana's family which was great craic! Those Ghasedis are a wild bunch! PS Frozen custard is the way to go people!

I left for Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday on another 9hr drive through Indiana and have been here since staying at the Kelley homestead! I started working on the Obama campaign on Monday and have been located in Lakewood which is on the west side of Cleveland where the Irish are located! It's been all go so far with plenty of meeting people, canvassing, phone banking etc. All good!

It has been an exciting journey (3,000 miles) so far and my plan is to update this blog as often as possible!

Feel free to leave comments people!!

CB

PS I shall be returning to Seattle in November to finally settle down with my new wife!