»Our 8 California canvasses have lots of stories to tell.

Democratic stronghold California is the location of 8 GCI offices. All of the California offices have interesting stories to tell, but here are two highlights from San Diego and San Francisco…

The San Diego GCI office was made famous at the end of June 2004 when the office was highlighted in City Beat (“The Army at Your Doorstep”). Featured staff members included Isaac Goldstein, Michelle Howard, Tommy Jarvis, Dave Penndorph, and Lindsay Romack. One individual, Kevin McCormick, was followed on his first day of training, canvassing, and finally closing time. Kevin’s experiences before the Beat Bush campaign are unique. In 2003, he served on the USS Shiloh in the Persian Gulf while whole-heartedly supporting the Bush administration. How things have changed! Check out the article at: http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=2209

The San Francisco office has a great team, and it’s not just GCI that thinks so! Stephanie Green of Palo Alto canvassed Woodside in mid-July. During the day, she met a long-time Republican who had already given up on President Bush because he has misled the country. However, he told Stephanie that he had not really thought about his change of heart in terms of “Beat Bush.” After being canvassed by Stephanie, he decided to take action and call the office. He said that Stephanie was "an unbelievable asset" for our organization, and he wanted to get advice on finding a volunteer organization for “Republicans against Bush.”

The 8 GCI offices in California have combined to contact three-quarters of a million people since the start of our campaign.