Election Day: the Johnson County Obama campaign field organizer (back row, left) with his local volunteer team leaders – each with a specific supervisory assignment.

On Election day, after the polls had closed, the Johnson County Obama field organizer spoke to volunteers:

…getting into [garbled] organization, made it happen. XXXXXXX made it happen. Who wouldn’t talk to people on the phone. [laughter] XXXX, who wouldn’t talk to people, but they did. [laughter] But they said they wouldn’t, a million times they said they wouldn’t, because they said they couldn’t. And it was, and XXX, who was convinced he couldn’t operate in our universe, either. And we were all convinced that we were stuck with what we were doing whenever I got here. And y’all had your things and that’s how it was gonna be forever, and it wasn’t. ‘Cause you acted like you could get over it. We got it done. And you’re to be commended for sayin’, “You know that crap I used to do or that stuff I used to do, or the way I used to do things, and the stuff I used to expect? I don’t have to do that.” [voice: “What are we gonna do now?”] Sleep. We’re gonna sleep. Try that, too. [laughter] So, yeah, that’s it. Thanks to all of you for sayin’ the stuff that you’ve been doin’ you don’t have to do, and let’s do it differently. Let’s win this frickin’ thing. [voice: “Keep it going.”] Exactly. And we’ll talk about keeping it going too, because I have specific ideas for what you need to do with this thing. [laughter] For real. [voice: “Assignments.”] Yes, we’ll have assignments. And they will be graded. So, yeah. Thank you. [voice: “Thank you…”] [applause]

Election Day: the canvass staging area after the polls closed.

The Johnson County Obama field organizer (left), the Obama campaign deputy regional field director (right) and several volunteers who helped pack up, clean up, and shut down the office.

The computers, phones, cables, printers, and supplies were packed and shipped.

The office location was as bare as when the campaign first arrived. Though they left one very dangerous thing behind. A significant number of committed individuals who have a passion for campaigns and know how to organize.