http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com/techpres/phone_banking Comments for "phone banking" en http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com/blog/entry/32152/banking_on_the_phones_obama_vs_mccain#comment-2678 <p>Phone calls and door to door are effective ONLY if they come from actual neighbors.</p> <p>Not NYC folks calling into NC on the eve of general election.</p> <p>Calling makes the volunteers feel good about themselves, the results are hard to quantify.</p> <p>Plus, where is the option to opt out of these calls and knocks?</p> <p>I wrote about this in my op-ed in the Washington Post:</p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202658.html" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202658.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR200809...</a></p> <p>--<br /> Cheers,</p> <p>Shaun Dakin – CEO &amp; Founder<br /> The National Political Do Not Contact Registry<br /> -- A non-partisan, non-profit program by Citizens for Civil Discourse<br /> Register Your Phone Number Now for Free: <a href="http://www.StopPoliticalCalls.org/" title="http://www.StopPoliticalCalls.org/">http://www.StopPoliticalCalls.org/</a></p> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:48:00 -0400 shimanepdf comment 2678 at http://techpresident.personaldemocracy.com