Conshohocken, PA …… Romney – Ryan Headquarters

I have been making phone calls for the Romney Ryan Campaign during the last week and this week at the Victory Center in Conshohocken, PA, a Philadelphia suburb. Today was especially exciting as there was a lot of excitement at the RR HQ as the morning wore on.

Lots of chatter as calls were being made. Volunteers and staff were excited as they would come in and greet each other. In the background the constant sounds of phones ringing, callers offering greetings to voters, questions being asked of voters and voters being encouraged to encourage their family, friends and relatives to vote for Romney and Ryan.

More volunteers kept coming in to make calls and pick up signs to be placed throughout the area. And then more excitement when it was announced that early in the afternoon a group would visit the RR Victory Center. The group would include Chad Lewis, former Philadelphia Eagle, Actor Jon Voigt, former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich, former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman and former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani.

The anticipation kept building.

When the group arrived there was increasing applause as more and more of those already in the center realized the group had arrived. Each member of the group took a few minutes to speak. Some spoke a little longer than others.  

·         Chad Lewis offered an introduction and a welcome

·         Jon Voigt, a former Democrat who now is supporting Romney, encouraged us, talked about the importance of the election  and quoted some appropriate lines from Camelot

·         Bob Ehrlich, talked about the enthusiasm of Pennsylvania Republicans,  and how important it is to turn out voters

·         Norm Coleman, who I liked best, spoke about the enthusiasm of Republican voters. He reminded us how the Democrats will try to steal seats just as his seat was stolen by Al Franken. He was uplifting and encouraging.

·         Rudy Giuliani, spoke about Obama’s failure as President, including his mismanagement of the economy, his lack of regard and respect for Israel and his inability to decide and to take action vis a vis the recent situation in Libya where 4 Americans were killed without the US taking any action and the weak excuses he made for that lack of action. And to top it off Obama’s failure to follow through on getting aid to New York City after Hurricane Sandy.

Their remarks were encouraging and motivating. They all touted why it is important to get people out to vote for Romney and Ryan and they expressed appreciation to us, the volunteers, for the work we were doing.

 It was a great experience and one I hope to participate in again. But it’s not over yet. There are more calls to make on Election Day and then voting.

Make sure you vote on Election Day. This is an important election for the US and if we have four more years that are a repeat of the past four years the US will be facing the same kinds of problems that Europe has and you will have less control over your life and the government will be passing more laws and issuing more regulations that will control you and limit your choices.