The blues, in a good way

Dan, who runs the campaign office here, has a great policy: Sure, you can pay for a sign or a sticker (stickers are in short supply); but better, you should earn it. Make 200 calls, and you get a yard sign.

I rocketed past that last week, and we have only so many linear feet of frontage, so I have to content myself with one little sign that I've earned a dozen times over. I'm thrilled that it's not just the plumbago context that brings so many thumbs-ups from the constant stream of traffic on our street.

The ground-war scripts change every day -- today, it was to urge supporters to vote early, by mail or at the Supervisor of Elections' office -- but the message is unwavering: This is the time for change, and you can be the change.

Please do vote early. If you do, I can take you off my call list, sit back, and eat the cookies I took into the office.

Three weeks and counting.