Mike Culver of BGR working hard to flag a cab
A successful doorknock would not be complete without its share of challenges. The delegates of Doorknock 2009 have had their share! As many of you know, President Obama is trying to do what many presidents before him have attempted and failed to do – healthcare reform. And this is the week the competing bills are being marked up which threatens to “suck the air of the room” ( a popular DC expression for dominating the attention of lawmakers that I have adopted) and throwing the schedules of elected officials into chaos.
But today our delegates confronted a real and present threat that if faced by a lesser delegation, would have derailed our doorknock entirely. A Taxi strike! As anyone who has been to Washington and Capitol Hill knows, important congressional offices, think tanks, administrative staff, hotels, and restaraunts are strewn all over the City. Weighed down by briefing books, greentech reports, delegate brochures and stacks of business cards, our delegates did their best to overcome. Walking, we found, is a great way to see our nation’s capitol while getting some much needed exercise, gypsy cabs are quite as bad as everyone says they are and most of us are now well aquainted with the Metro system of our nation’s capitol. Yet another obstacle adapted to and overcome!
