Moving to Florida

I've been on the War Room for three days now. I have to admit, Bill Bloomfield was right--it is tough to keep up with these 20-22 year-old guys. But it's been rewarding too to know that I can do it. My output is right up there with anyone else who has only been in the Room for a few days, about 10 postings each day. The video is the most difficult because you want to make sure you get the clip to start right when the story you're referring to begins; this is a big time-saver for the higher-up's so that they don't waste a lot of time watching stuff other than what they really need.

Tonight I was asked by Bill if I could tear myself away from the fun that I was having as part of the War Room and go down to the Florida HQ to work with the group that handles the surrogates.

Surrogates, it was explained to me, are people who can draw a crowd and are there to to tell their audience why John McCain is the man to lead our country. This sounded interesting and...well, I agreed. After being in the War Room for 3 days, a very intense experience, I felt I could handle anything.

Naturally, I agreed to go. So I am leaving DC tomorrow to go home, change clothes, hug my wife and dogs, and get back out on the road Sunday AM.