Once More Into The Breech

I got a call from Kathie Shelley, who used to be "the" Democratic lawyer in Susquehanna County. She'd received a call from a lawyer in Philadelphia working for the Obama campaign and trying to put together lead attorneys in each of Pennsylvania's counties. This is preparing for the November election, and as Kathie has retired, she wanted to give him my name. Sure, no problem, I said.

So once again I'll be the lawyer on the spot for the Democrats on election day. That's fine; I've done it before. It will be interesting to see if there's more activity on election day here than there was in 2006. It will also be interesting to see if Barack Obama's historical candidacy will resonate in this still-quite-conservative county.

Of course, you would think there would be a Republican lawyer doing the same thing, just for the sake of parity. But you would be wrong, and really quite silly. This is Susquehanna County -- the Republicans don't need to worry that any of their sizable number will be messed about by election day antics. What they don't seem to understand is that among their sizable number are quite a few people who will vote for the Democratic candidate in some races. There are hard Republicans here, and soft ones. It will be interesting to see how the numbers break out when all the votes are counted.

And that's my job: to make sure that all the legitimate votes get counted. It's actually quite an honor.