The Ground Game

I have been impressed by the Obama "ground game" since they were everywhere the night of the 2008 Iowa Caucuses.  But you always wonder if their effectiveness is overstated in a general election.  You wonder, but they are.

Here's an excerpt from a discussion with an Obama campaign manager:

In describing the ground game, the official told of a conversation he had with a top field director on Monday. The GOP had tweeted that they had knocked on 75,000 doors in Ohio the day prior. Not to worry, the [Obama] director said, 'we knocked on 376,000.'

"Then the president came in, and this aide said, 'Tell him the door thing.' So he did. And the president responded, 'That's my team.'"