WEBVTT 1 00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:41.020 Is this the Vellisaris residence? 2 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:44.520 Anastasios Vellisaris. 3 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:46.120 48. 4 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:48.280 5 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:50.000 6 00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:59.900 Would you like to have one? 7 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:00.620 Hi. 8 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:05.200 Hi Kelly. 9 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:08.200 I appreciate your support. 10 00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:11.600 February the 28th for the primary elections. 11 00:01:12.020 --> 00:01:13.280 Thank you very much. 12 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:15.600 Next Tuesday is election. 13 00:01:16.740 --> 00:01:17.880 Sure Robert. 14 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:18.880 Hello my name is Juan. 15 00:01:19.540 --> 00:01:21.920 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daly's campaign office. 16 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:22.360 Hi. 17 00:01:23.440 --> 00:01:25.240 Can I please speak with Governor Catherine? 18 00:01:26.460 --> 00:01:27.060 Hi Catherine. 19 00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:27.840 My name is Michael. 20 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:29.740 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daly's campaign. 21 00:01:30.440 --> 00:01:31.660 Can the Mayor comment on your support? 22 00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:35.380 Hello. 23 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:36.460 My name is Juan. 24 00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:38.960 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daly's campaign office. 25 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:40.860 Yes. 26 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:41.980 Hi man. 27 00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:43.260 Can you please give me a check Diane? 28 00:01:45.940 --> 00:01:45.940 29 00:01:48.460 --> 00:01:49.900 Do I have to tell you who's on board? 30 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:50.640 Yes. 31 00:01:52.460 --> 00:01:54.780 Okay there's like three pluses at one household. 32 00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:55.800 You count that as one? 33 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:57.320 Hi I'm Bob. 34 00:01:57.600 --> 00:01:59.440 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daly's campaign office. 35 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:00.820 Sorry to disturb. 36 00:02:01.720 --> 00:02:03.240 Mayor really appreciate it. 37 00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:06.000 So that means, and if there's a cut off for number the same? 38 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:06.400 Yeah. 39 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:07.560 They don't want to give you an answer. 40 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:09.280 I know. 41 00:02:09.640 --> 00:02:10.180 They hang up. 42 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:12.760 I just wonder if you would be... 43 00:02:12.760 --> 00:02:13.540 Who got here? 44 00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:20.440 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 45 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:21.240 46 00:02:22.380 --> 00:02:22.480 Okay. 47 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:23.860 Thank you. 48 00:02:24.940 --> 00:02:25.700 I'm sorry. 49 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:28.040 I'm sorry. 50 00:02:29.100 --> 00:02:29.740 John. 51 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:32.500 You didn't do this did you? 52 00:02:33.420 --> 00:02:34.060 No. 53 00:02:34.060 --> 00:02:35.060 I'm a true hero. 54 00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:37.580 Did I do that? 55 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:38.460 Are you serious? 56 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:42.660 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 57 00:02:42.660 --> 00:02:42.660 58 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:44.900 Number four. 59 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.620 Four, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 60 00:02:48.620 --> 00:02:48.620 61 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:50.420 Sorry. 62 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:56.120 I'm a volunteer with the Daly team. 63 00:02:59.700 --> 00:03:01.040 Just a profession. 64 00:03:01.940 --> 00:03:02.020 Just a profession. 65 00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:03.440 Just a profession. 66 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:03.960 Just a profession. 67 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.820 I am a student of the University of Tokyo. 68 00:03:07.820 --> 00:03:07.840 Okay. 69 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:09.500 Thank you. 70 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:11.580 You're welcome. 71 00:03:12.100 --> 00:03:12.100 72 00:03:12.100 --> 00:03:12.100 73 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:16.100 Thank you. 74 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:18.060 75 00:03:18.220 --> 00:03:19.460 This one works. 76 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:24.400 Thank you. 77 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:24.500 Thank you very much. 78 00:03:25.380 --> 00:03:25.380 79 00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.780 Thank you. 80 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.680 They are invited to us. 81 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:34.680 Thank you very much. 82 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:38.640 My name is Frank. 83 00:03:40.700 --> 00:03:41.620 My name is Frank. 84 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:45.080 I appreciate you for coming. 85 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:45.980 I just got your home. 86 00:03:46.320 --> 00:03:49.360 I'll see you in February. 87 00:03:50.320 --> 00:03:51.320 Mayor Daley's campaign. 88 00:03:51.980 --> 00:03:54.900 I'm sorry we missed you, but the mayor would really appreciate your vote in February. 89 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:56.360 28th Democratic primary. 90 00:03:56.820 --> 00:03:57.900 Thank you. 91 00:03:57.980 --> 00:03:59.520 Hello, I'm from the Longstead. 92 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:00.260 My name is David. 93 00:04:01.260 --> 00:04:02.180 Robert Wagner. 94 00:04:04.040 --> 00:04:05.400 Are you at St. Kitts? 95 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:07.880 He's married to Patula Clark. 96 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:08.400 Hello. 97 00:04:09.140 --> 00:04:10.460 My name is Sal. 98 00:04:11.980 --> 00:04:13.380 He had a Smith. 99 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:15.100 He goes, hello Mrs. Smith. 100 00:04:15.440 --> 00:04:16.300 Are you going to Washington? 101 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:17.660 Hello, my name is John Colliman. 102 00:04:17.900 --> 00:04:19.560 This is your for Mayor Daley's campaign. 103 00:04:20.820 --> 00:04:23.660 I'm sorry we missed you, but the mayor would really appreciate your vote in February. 104 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:25.220 My name is Sal. 105 00:04:25.220 --> 00:04:25.760 Hello, my name is John Colliman. 106 00:04:25.760 --> 00:04:26.800 This is your for Mayor Daley's campaign. 107 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:31.480 I'm sorry we missed you, but the mayor would really appreciate your vote in February. 108 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:32.160 Thank you very much. 109 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:36.120 I appreciate your vote. 110 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:36.840 Thank you. 111 00:04:36.940 --> 00:04:39.160 Yes, Mr. Rotunda, this is the 16th District Police Station. 112 00:04:39.440 --> 00:04:40.460 Sal's been locked up. 113 00:04:44.260 --> 00:04:45.300 Thank you for your support. 114 00:04:45.620 --> 00:04:45.620 115 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:47.040 Thank you. 116 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:49.280 No, it's just Sal's not locked up. 117 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:51.600 Sal's not locked up. 118 00:04:51.780 --> 00:04:51.780 119 00:04:58.060 --> 00:05:03.880 Hello, my name is Sal. 120 00:05:03.980 --> 00:05:06.260 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daley's campaign. 121 00:05:07.340 --> 00:05:14.080 Can the mayor count on your support at a Democrat primary, February the 28th? 122 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:21.760 Yes, I can have that. 123 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 124 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 125 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 126 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 127 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 128 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 129 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 130 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 131 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 132 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:21.760 133 00:05:21.760 --> 00:05:23.760 I have a window saying drop it off there. 134 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:24.720 Hi, Dave. 135 00:05:24.960 --> 00:05:25.580 Dave, my name is Rob. 136 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:28.480 And how many voters is in that building? 137 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:31.020 That sounds good. 138 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:33.460 And is he going out for the mayor too? 139 00:05:34.200 --> 00:05:35.180 He's going to the next meeting. 140 00:05:35.320 --> 00:05:37.520 Alright, we appreciate that very much. 141 00:05:37.940 --> 00:05:38.720 Thank you. 142 00:05:40.200 --> 00:05:41.380 Alright, thank you very much. 143 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:42.360 Have a good day. 144 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:48.960 Hello, my name is Sal. 145 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:51.740 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daley's campaign. 146 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:58.100 Can the mayor count on your support on December the 28th? 147 00:06:00.640 --> 00:06:01.280 Yes. 148 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:11.140 That sounds interesting. 149 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.300 Yes, would you care for a window sign? 150 00:06:14.980 --> 00:06:17.360 Okay, appreciate that very much. 151 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:18.940 Thank you very much. 152 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:23.100 Is that a plus or a minus? 153 00:06:25.400 --> 00:06:26.080 Plus. 154 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:28.880 That a lot of pluses? 155 00:06:29.320 --> 00:06:29.800 No. 156 00:06:30.280 --> 00:06:33.060 One, two, three, four, five, 157 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:35.540 two plus, one minus, 158 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.180 one, two, three, four, 159 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:39.840 and two, 160 00:06:39.860 --> 00:06:41.680 four, six, seven, 161 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.220 eight, nine, ten, eleven, not at home. 162 00:06:47.080 --> 00:06:49.040 And four machines. 163 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:50.200 Answer machines. 164 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:55.340 Got one more not at home, we'll see if they're there. 165 00:06:57.060 --> 00:06:58.940 Nine, three, five, 166 00:07:00.440 --> 00:07:01.100 four, four, 167 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:04.480 four, four, three, four. 168 00:07:09.940 --> 00:07:13.760 Yes, I was wondering if you and the family would support Mayor Daley. 169 00:07:14.760 --> 00:07:17.920 My name is Sal. I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daley's campaign. 170 00:07:18.620 --> 00:07:20.760 The mayor is looking for a little support 171 00:07:20.760 --> 00:07:22.760 on February 28th. 172 00:07:22.760 --> 00:07:23.900 Are you supporting the mayor? 173 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:26.860 You are. Would you care for a window sign? 174 00:07:29.440 --> 00:07:31.280 Oh, okay, that sounds good. 175 00:07:33.900 --> 00:07:35.080 That sounds good. 176 00:07:35.200 --> 00:07:36.040 You get out there and vote. 177 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:37.980 The mayor really appreciate that. 178 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:39.100 Thank you. 179 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.240 You got one more at home. 180 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:43.440 Okay. 181 00:07:44.460 --> 00:07:45.640 That's another plus. 182 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:49.460 All these in here you didn't get at home? 183 00:07:49.460 --> 00:07:51.160 Yeah, not at home. 184 00:07:52.440 --> 00:07:53.940 Okay, let me try once more. 185 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:57.140 Two, four, eight, 186 00:07:58.140 --> 00:07:59.100 zero, one, 187 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:00.280 nine, oh. 188 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:08.020 Yeah, hello. 189 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.900 Yeah, my name is Sal. I'm a volunteer for Daley's campaign. 190 00:08:12.580 --> 00:08:14.080 The mayor is looking for a little support. 191 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.320 Are you supporting the mayor on February 28th? 192 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:21.380 Sounds good. 193 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:23.640 I'm sorry I bothered you then. Thank you. 194 00:08:23.760 --> 00:08:25.020 That's all right. Bye. 195 00:08:27.260 --> 00:08:29.280 Well, at least they told me they were for the mayor. 196 00:08:30.440 --> 00:08:31.620 Let's call back. 197 00:08:34.680 --> 00:08:36.780 Most of these people are starting to come home now. 198 00:08:36.900 --> 00:08:38.220 See, earlier they weren't home. 199 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.000 Dorthy, you see, six, six, five. 200 00:08:46.520 --> 00:08:47.220 Oh, seven. 201 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:49.000 Oh, great. 202 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:54.200 Try the next one. 203 00:08:57.460 --> 00:08:58.000 Same here. 204 00:09:19.260 --> 00:09:20.020 Yes, sir. 205 00:09:20.020 --> 00:09:22.020 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daley's campaign. 206 00:09:22.020 --> 00:09:24.560 I'm going to need you to support him in this coming election. 207 00:09:25.880 --> 00:09:26.360 The mayor. 208 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.560 Yes, sir. I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daley. 209 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:35.360 My name is Frank. 210 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:37.720 I'm going to need you to support him in this coming election. 211 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:40.360 Okay, thank you. 212 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:40.900 Bye. 213 00:10:14.400 --> 00:10:17.200 I'm sorry. 214 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.980 I'm a volunteer for Mayor Daley. 215 00:10:21.160 --> 00:10:21.760 My name is Frank. 216 00:10:21.800 --> 00:10:24.500 I was wondering if you would support him in this coming election. 217 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:26.020 Thank you. 218 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:27.460 Thank you. 219 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:29.080 Thank you. 220 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:31.180 Bye. 221 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:38.200 Hello, I'm calling from Mayor Daley. 222 00:10:38.400 --> 00:10:39.360 My name is Frank. 223 00:10:39.380 --> 00:10:40.000 Re-election. 224 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:41.480 Yeah, hello. 225 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:45.680 Are you on February 28th with both? 226 00:10:45.680 --> 00:10:45.680 227 00:10:45.680 --> 00:10:46.960 The mayor is looking for both support. 228 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:47.880 Yes, you are. 229 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:52.800 I can't only support on February 20th for you? 230 00:10:54.760 --> 00:10:55.120 Okay. 231 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:59.280 Would you like a signing in your window? 232 00:11:02.520 --> 00:11:05.500 Would you like to volunteer on election day? 233 00:11:07.300 --> 00:11:08.180 Oh, he would. 234 00:11:10.020 --> 00:11:13.540 Would you need a ride to the polling place, if necessary? 235 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:18.140 Okay, great. 236 00:11:20.180 --> 00:11:21.680 Okay, hope to see you on February 28th. 237 00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:24.380 Bye-bye. 238 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:36.580 Fine. 239 00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:38.200 It's nice to hear from you again. 240 00:11:39.160 --> 00:11:43.400 Could you support the mayor on the next primary on February 28th? 241 00:11:43.400 --> 00:11:45.100 Okay, all right. 242 00:11:45.680 --> 00:11:47.700 And would you like us to send you a sign 243 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:49.540 for your window or your yard? 244 00:11:51.140 --> 00:11:51.500 Mm-hmm. 245 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:53.200 You have one already? Fine. 246 00:11:54.140 --> 00:11:56.680 How about getting down to the... 247 00:11:56.680 --> 00:11:58.080 for volunteering on election day? 248 00:11:58.160 --> 00:11:59.440 Would you care to help out that way? 249 00:12:01.040 --> 00:12:01.740 Oh, you can't. 250 00:12:01.760 --> 00:12:02.500 You're babysitting. 251 00:12:03.820 --> 00:12:04.260 Okay. 252 00:12:06.900 --> 00:12:07.320 Mm-hmm. 253 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.880 How about anybody in the family? 254 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.040 Do they need a ride to your polling place on election day? 255 00:12:13.940 --> 00:12:14.900 Oh, okay. 256 00:12:16.020 --> 00:12:16.320 Fine. 257 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:19.080 All right, thank you very much. Bye. 258 00:12:32.680 --> 00:12:34.360 We asked you questions, you need to concentrate. 259 00:12:35.040 --> 00:12:35.720 No, go ahead. 260 00:12:35.760 --> 00:12:37.980 You can ask any questions. 261 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:40.680 You're adding numbers up on the... 262 00:12:40.680 --> 00:12:41.220 Okay, you wait. 263 00:12:54.780 --> 00:13:07.720 There you go, completed. 264 00:13:10.680 --> 00:13:10.680 265 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.920 What are you guys doing? 266 00:13:15.300 --> 00:13:15.820 Telling out. 267 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.300 We're telling out. 268 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:21.420 What we're doing is all the phone banks results, 269 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.120 we're taking pluses, minuses, 270 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.540 we're all gonna break them down 271 00:13:25.020 --> 00:13:27.040 by all the volunteers that were here. 272 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:28.620 And then 273 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:30.700 it was all the work that was handed out 274 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:32.920 because we split up the precincts, certain areas. 275 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.280 And then after we telly out 276 00:13:35.280 --> 00:13:37.040 all the volunteers that were here, 277 00:13:37.160 --> 00:13:39.460 then what we're gonna do is we're gonna put it on a master sheet 278 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:41.420 for the evening and then we're gonna relay 279 00:13:41.420 --> 00:13:43.680 this information to the 280 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:45.480 daily campaign headquarters downtown. 281 00:13:46.160 --> 00:13:47.660 And that's gonna give them kind of a 282 00:13:47.660 --> 00:13:49.480 sort of idea how their pluses are going 283 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.900 and minuses and everything else. 284 00:13:52.180 --> 00:13:53.940 So what happened? What does on here tonight? 285 00:13:54.060 --> 00:13:55.580 Let's go back to the 286 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.200 bottom line. 287 00:13:56.640 --> 00:13:59.620 Basically, we're going to our 288 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:01.800 best and strongest democratic voters 289 00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:03.660 and we're trying to 290 00:14:03.660 --> 00:14:05.280 turn them into pluses. 291 00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:07.520 And when we go and say, can we count on 292 00:14:07.520 --> 00:14:09.740 your vote? And they give us a strong definite 293 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.480 yes. Those are the people 294 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.740 that are gonna come out next week Tuesday and vote for the mayor. 295 00:14:14.400 --> 00:14:15.580 So, and the end decides 296 00:14:16.760 --> 00:14:17.480 I think they're 297 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.200 good daily voters. They're just not gonna say that. 298 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.300 There's a lot of people that will never discuss 299 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.580 what they want to vote. But they're probably good 300 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:25.640 daily voters. And a minus 301 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:27.300 usually is a minus. 302 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:29.420 No doubt about it. I mean if they don't like you, 303 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:30.700 then I don't like you. 304 00:14:31.020 --> 00:14:32.920 So how do you use this list in elections, right? 305 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:35.360 Basically, if we take 306 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.500 we get all these good pluses, we could 307 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:39.640 have a precinct captain or a volunteer 308 00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:41.420 go out and get those 309 00:14:41.420 --> 00:14:43.480 true good pluses and bring those people to the 310 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:45.220 poll. And that 311 00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:47.480 usually decides an election. If you bring out all 312 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.440 your strong pluses, you're a 313 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.440 winner, really. Cause usually the strong 314 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.400 pluses, if you bother 315 00:14:53.400 --> 00:14:55.500 them at home at night and they're really cheerful 316 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:57.360 and happy and they say, yes, I want to come out 317 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.400 and vote for Rich Daley, you could go back to those people on 318 00:14:59.400 --> 00:15:00.860 election day and bring them out to a poll. 319 00:15:01.180 --> 00:15:03.440 And they'll usually vote your way. So 320 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:05.640 and from what the way things look tonight 321 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.060 here, 322 00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:09.180 his honor is doing very well. 323 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.980 He's doing very well tonight. 324 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:13.560 And this was, this turned out to be a 325 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:14.980 great phone bank because we got 326 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:17.480 we had a lot of volunteers that gave 327 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.620 up an evening to come out here and start making phone 328 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:21.500 calls. So we're doing very well 329 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:23.740 tonight. We need the basic 330 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.760 basic statement of what this is. 331 00:15:25.880 --> 00:15:27.100 We don't even know what this is. 332 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.240 Phone banking 333 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:31.240 This is a 334 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.980 phone banking is basically 335 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:34.280 another tool 336 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.120 that basically during an election, 337 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:39.180 what you could do is 338 00:15:39.180 --> 00:15:41.240 you could target an area of 339 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.280 the city, go in there with phone banking 340 00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:45.240 and get an idea of how a ward 341 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.140 is doing basically for the mayor. 342 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:49.640 And like I said, when you 343 00:15:49.640 --> 00:15:51.380 basically go off a 344 00:15:51.380 --> 00:15:53.100 script sheet and you ask them how 345 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:55.040 they feel about the mayor 346 00:15:55.040 --> 00:15:57.240 and they come out and say, yes, I'm coming out to 347 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:59.200 vote for the mayor on Tuesday. Basically 348 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.460 what happens is we'll give this information 349 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:03.060 to a volunteer or 350 00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:05.240 through an organization, a precinct captain 351 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:07.400 and he'll go and on his election 352 00:16:07.400 --> 00:16:09.200 day, he could either match that up with 353 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.200 what he's been doing in the precinct and say, yeah, 354 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.300 you guys call the good plus. He's going 355 00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:15.360 to go to that person on election day or the night 356 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.220 before and say, hey guys, you gave 357 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:19.200 me a plus before. You're going to be out tomorrow 358 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:21.540 and vote. And usually 359 00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:23.120 99 times out of a hundred, 360 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:25.480 that precinct captain, that volunteer who's been working 361 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.360 there has been doing an excellent job. 362 00:16:27.900 --> 00:16:29.820 That person's going to come out and vote on 363 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:31.380 Tuesday. And what it is, 364 00:16:31.760 --> 00:16:33.480 all those pluses add up into 365 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:35.540 a major turnout and by the time 366 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:37.700 you know it, seven o'clock 367 00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:39.680 when the polls close and CNN's 368 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:40.740 doing an exit poll, 369 00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:43.620 Mayor Daley's going to be probably ahead and 370 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:45.720 he's going to win. You want me to give you my prediction 371 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.340 on this election? 372 00:16:48.020 --> 00:16:49.800 Mayor Daley wins by 72% 373 00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:51.020 of the vote in the city of Chicago. 374 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:53.040 So this will be on next year. 375 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.660 So guys, 376 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:56.260 both of you, 377 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.660 in other parts of the country, 378 00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:00.540 I know it's maybe hard to believe, 379 00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:02.300 people don't do this. Exactly. 380 00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:04.340 So why do you guys need to do this in Chicago? 381 00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:06.240 Do you really need to do this? 382 00:17:14.540 --> 00:17:17.100 Cause in Chicago, I think that 383 00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:18.740 by getting people to come out 384 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:20.960 and vote, you can make positive changes. 385 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.940 I mean for the city. 386 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:23.860 And you know, 387 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.420 I don't know, 388 00:17:26.080 --> 00:17:28.120 I just feel that it's not 389 00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:30.000 that hard. And I figure, you know, if you got 390 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.180 spare time and you have a free 391 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.380 time, 392 00:17:34.300 --> 00:17:35.940 it beats sitting in front of a TV 393 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:37.800 when you get to meet, I've met 394 00:17:37.800 --> 00:17:39.980 thousands of great people doing this. 395 00:17:41.260 --> 00:17:42.100 And all the 396 00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:44.080 people that usually come to these are very dedicated 397 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:45.960 people. They sit, you could see, 398 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.980 I mean as you panned around here, these guys are 399 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:50.180 talking and they're trying to get the vote out. 400 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:52.780 And Mayor Daley's a great 401 00:17:52.780 --> 00:17:54.600 candidate and I think he's everything 402 00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:56.420 that basically since he's been elected has 403 00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:58.040 been very positive. I mean, 404 00:17:58.800 --> 00:18:00.180 the city I think is doing very 405 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:02.620 well compared to, you know, 406 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.360 what might have been if he wasn't elected. 407 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:06.320 I think he's a very positive 408 00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:07.540 Democrat for this city. 409 00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:14.680 Well in my opinion, Chicago probably 410 00:18:15.520 --> 00:18:16.400 always brings 411 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.980 out between 10 and 20 percent 412 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:21.140 more voters than any other part of the city. 413 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:23.140 Not the city, but the 414 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.460 country. 415 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:28.140 In my opinion, 416 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.940 what we're doing here, we bring 417 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:32.980 from 10 to 20 percent more 418 00:18:33.580 --> 00:18:35.040 voters out than any 419 00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:36.140 other part of the country. 420 00:18:37.820 --> 00:18:39.160 I remember back 421 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:41.160 in, I believe it was either 422 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.160 91 or 87 after 423 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:45.440 the mayor won here with around 424 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:47.100 64 percent of the vote. 425 00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:49.820 I went out on a little seminar 426 00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:51.400 out to my son in Southern 427 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:53.500 California and Mayor Bradley 428 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:55.380 had won with 83 percent of the 429 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:57.840 vote in L.A. 430 00:18:59.060 --> 00:19:01.260 23 percent of the voters came out in L.A. 431 00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:03.240 to vote. I believe it was 432 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.720 64 percent came out, 433 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.460 58 percent, I'm sorry, in Chicago. 434 00:19:08.020 --> 00:19:09.260 So this brings the voters 435 00:19:09.260 --> 00:19:11.780 out. Chicago is an old 436 00:19:12.780 --> 00:19:13.420 time 437 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:15.460 political organization. 438 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:17.780 Everybody else doesn't do this anymore. 439 00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:19.600 They just sit back and 440 00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:21.480 look at TV and whoever 441 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:23.620 they figure they're going to vote for, they vote for. 442 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.520 If they vote. 443 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.660 Like I figure right now, probably 444 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:29.300 we should get somewhere 445 00:19:29.300 --> 00:19:31.560 around 50 percent of the 446 00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:33.600 registered voters out to vote this 447 00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:35.680 time, which is tremendous in a primary. 448 00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:37.500 Most people don't like to vote in a 449 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:39.560 primary. A lot of people don't like to declare 450 00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:41.480 themselves. They just 451 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.420 feel we'd rather wait until April, but 452 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.120 in Chicago, 453 00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:47.460 for Democrats, primaries are 454 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:49.300 very important. This is one 455 00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:51.480 we move. I mean, if you're a good 456 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:53.680 Democrat, you've come through that system 457 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:55.500 of organization, a 458 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:57.340 good, solid precinct captain or a volunteer 459 00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:59.400 will go and get those people out and say, come on, let's go out 460 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:01.560 and vote Tuesday. We're going to 461 00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:03.560 show that the Mayor's got a lot of 462 00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:05.400 support. And it's always 463 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:07.300 been known in Chicago that a Mayor who 464 00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:08.920 wins a primary big 465 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:11.560 come April has never 466 00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.920 lost a general election. 467 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:15.420 Because all of those people that 468 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:17.880 came out in the primary, in the February 469 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.740 primary, they'll all 470 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:21.740 be out and they figure, you know what's 471 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:23.840 another thing? Everybody wants to vote for a winner. 472 00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:25.500 And they figure, wow, 473 00:20:25.520 --> 00:20:27.860 look at the numbers on Mayor Daley. Hey, let's go and throw them a vote 474 00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:29.640 anyway. And by the time you know it, I'm 475 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:31.700 not going to say there's going to be a great, tremendous turnout 476 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:33.500 in April, but there'll be 477 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:35.720 even more coming out and voting for the Mayor. 478 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.420 So what is it about Chicago? 479 00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:39.400 What is it about politics? Organization. 480 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:41.040 Chicago's always been organized. 481 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:43.700 How about what you're looking for? The last 482 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:45.480 strong political machine 483 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.500 in the United States is in the city 484 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.860 of Chicago. That's the whole 485 00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:51.380 thing. Other 486 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:53.400 places were just like Chicago 20 487 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.220 years ago, but they're not that way anymore. 488 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.480 Chicago still 489 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.400 is probably the 490 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.380 hub of the Democratic 491 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:03.720 Party as far as any of the big cities. 492 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.560 Everybody presumes 493 00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:07.460 the big cities are all 494 00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:09.760 or the urban population is all 495 00:21:09.760 --> 00:21:11.400 Democratic. That isn't true anymore. 496 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:13.520 You look at the big cities. 497 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.520 Most of the vote is in the suburbs. 498 00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.580 Chicago, I think it was three 499 00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:19.580 years ago when the suburban Cook 500 00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:21.520 County had a larger 501 00:21:21.520 --> 00:21:23.460 vote the first time ever 502 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:25.600 than the city had registered voters. 503 00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.460 And a lot of people 504 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:29.660 like that 505 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:31.760 thing. You're knocking on their 506 00:21:31.760 --> 00:21:33.500 door on a Saturday 507 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:35.780 or a Sunday, and you're 508 00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:37.780 giving them your name and you're saying, hey, 509 00:21:37.780 --> 00:21:39.120 I'm a volunteer. I'm out. 510 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.600 We have a great candidate here. 511 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.460 We have a good mayor. 512 00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:45.820 They love seeing you come to 513 00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:47.640 their door. It's like a personal thing. 514 00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:49.800 You're going up there and speaking 515 00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:51.860 to a person. They're amazed that 516 00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:53.900 hey, look at this person. He's giving up a 517 00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:55.780 weekend or a day, and he 518 00:21:55.780 --> 00:21:57.780 actually came to my house to talk to us about 519 00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:59.100 an election that's coming up. 520 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:01.760 I'll tell you, you 521 00:22:01.760 --> 00:22:03.760 don't see that in the suburbs around Chicago. 522 00:22:03.760 --> 00:22:06.160 I've been to certain areas, and I said, do you guys 523 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:08.060 have any organization out here? We haven't 524 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:09.920 seen anybody in years. We haven't seen 525 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.960 anybody since we left Chicago and moved to the 526 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.960 suburbs, which, like I said, 527 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:16.040 it's a personal thing. We actually knock 528 00:22:16.040 --> 00:22:18.260 on doors. Hi, my name's John. 529 00:22:19.020 --> 00:22:19.840 I'm a volunteer 530 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:21.900 for Mayor Daley. We could really 531 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:23.900 use your support Tuesday. And they 532 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.940 have the feeling, wow, this guy actually came to my 533 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.980 house and he wants me to come and 534 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:30.000 vote. We have a great 535 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.800 candidate. And I'll tell you something, 536 00:22:31.800 --> 00:22:33.800 we have a mayor here. We got a list of accomplishments. 537 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:36.000 I tell you the truth, there hasn't 538 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.760 been candidates that have a list of accomplishments 539 00:22:37.760 --> 00:22:39.240 like Mayor Daley in years. 540 00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.840 Really. Just hold it one second. 541 00:22:42.520 --> 00:22:43.820 Why don't we get Jordan? I'll go ahead. 542 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.780 I was going to ask you, you said this is the last 543 00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:47.360 machine. What does that mean? 544 00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:50.060 Well, what I mean, it's the last place where 545 00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:52.140 everybody is involved in 546 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.920 politics. 547 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.960 People expect somebody 548 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.740 to knock on the door and say, 549 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.040 why is A better than B? 550 00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.460 I mean, 551 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:05.520 they've been doing this for 552 00:23:05.520 --> 00:23:07.940 100 years here, and they used 553 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:09.180 to do it all over the country. 554 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.960 They don't do it anywhere else that I know 555 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:13.820 of, really, the way we do it in Chicago. 556 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.780 I think 557 00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:18.160 I mentioned earlier to 558 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.380 somebody here that 559 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:22.180 I have a friend of mine that 560 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.800 worked in Washington with 561 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.900 television, and now 562 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.880 he's with CNN. 563 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.680 And he says 564 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:31.880 the only thing he really misses about Chicago 565 00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.920 is the politics. 566 00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:37.820 We have the same problems as other big 567 00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:40.040 cities. We have our crime. 568 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:42.140 We have our gangs. 569 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.440 We have other things. 570 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.660 This mayor has been doing 571 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:47.780 more than anybody I've 572 00:23:47.780 --> 00:23:49.640 ever seen do. I mean, 573 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:51.840 just one little thing that I 574 00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:53.260 was involved in, 575 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.680 graffiti on Vidoc underpasses. 576 00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.740 Man, he has 577 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.680 them all painted. 578 00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:01.820 Paint them up. In the Latino 579 00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.560 areas of 580 00:24:04.560 --> 00:24:05.720 the city, they 581 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.680 have what they do in the old, 582 00:24:07.760 --> 00:24:09.920 in their mother countries, the burials. 583 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.720 They come in there. The city 584 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.620 has these Latino 585 00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:15.860 artists come in, and they do beautiful murals 586 00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:18.020 on the Vidocs. 587 00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.400 Go ahead. 588 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:21.860 The phone bank tonight, I mean, it has all these different languages. 589 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.700 Tell us about what was going on here 590 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:25.660 in terms of languages and how that relates to this 591 00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.080 coalition. 592 00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.500 Well, as everybody knows, Chicago's known 593 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:31.620 as the city of big shoulders, 594 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:33.220 but it's also known 595 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:35.580 as the melting pot of the United 596 00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:37.660 States. We probably have more 597 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.700 different 598 00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.660 races, 599 00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.760 different creeds, 600 00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:45.720 different nationalities, any 601 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.260 big city in the country. 602 00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:49.780 And we have people in 603 00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:51.940 here, like tonight on the phone banks. 604 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.920 Somebody's 605 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.080 calling, and the person may be a Latino, 606 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.860 and they're calling, and they say, oh, I have a 607 00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:59.460 Polish person here that speaks Polish. 608 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:01.900 And they just hold the phone up, and a Polish person will walk 609 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:04.320 over and pick it up and call. Or vice versa. 610 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.860 And this is the main reason that 611 00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:09.820 we have people like that. They just volunteer. 612 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.900 They want to come in. 613 00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.940 Why do people volunteer 614 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:15.040 at their time like this? 615 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:18.180 Well, you know, in a time of, you know, 616 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.660 they claim that there's a lot of voter 617 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:21.620 apathy. I don't know. 618 00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:23.500 What amazes me, we call from these sheets, 619 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.520 and we'll ask them, hey, 620 00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:27.460 would you like to volunteer, or would you like a sign? 621 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.500 And by the time you know it, 622 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:31.400 you'll look at some of these sheets, and you've got five 623 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:33.580 volunteers. And you know, the thing 624 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.360 is, 625 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:37.580 I think in Chicago, there's 626 00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:39.660 always been a spirit here that people want to get 627 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:41.520 involved in a positive 628 00:25:41.520 --> 00:25:43.560 thing. And I think what we got, 629 00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:45.680 we have a positive candidate. And Mayor Daley 630 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.440 brings out, like I said, 631 00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:49.460 we had Filipinos here tonight, we had 632 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:51.640 Chinese, we got Polish, we have Italian. 633 00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:53.660 There's 634 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:55.700 phone banks going on the South side, 635 00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:57.420 and the North side, with 636 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:59.640 all blacks. I mean, these are all people 637 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:01.860 working for Mayor Daley. They have a positive 638 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:03.480 candidate. He's a mayor for everybody. 639 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.340 I mean, he's not, I mean, 640 00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:07.420 in the past, I think 641 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:09.340 this mayor actually 642 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.680 has brought the city 643 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.680 closer together than any 644 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:15.660 other mayor before. A lot of other mayors 645 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:17.800 have isolated, and oh, he's just with the whites, 646 00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:20.240 and this guy's just with the blacks. This guy's a mayor 647 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.880 for everybody. I mean, he, 648 00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:24.100 and he's worked hard, really 649 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:26.100 hard to do it. And there's, 650 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:27.600 like I said, there's been, 651 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.680 in the last couple of days, there's been 652 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.700 a lot of black ministers, 653 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:34.080 and a lot of black politicians that are very 654 00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:35.940 powerful in Chicago, they're throwing 655 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.320 their support to Mayor Daley. 656 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.940 Let me ask you 657 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.800 something. We saw one thing tonight, we saw 658 00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:43.920 a phone bank, for this 659 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.740 part of the city. 660 00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.540 If we could look all across 661 00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:49.300 the city, and we can see what would go 662 00:26:49.300 --> 00:26:51.100 out of the day, and you talk about the 663 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:52.880 machine, what's the machine doing 664 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:55.120 to get the mayor re-elected? 665 00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.800 Right now? Oh, it's in high gear. 666 00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:59.140 I mean, if you could imagine all the activities that are going 667 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:01.140 on simultaneously. Thousands and 668 00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.820 thousands of volunteers are out. 669 00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:04.740 You have 670 00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:07.240 several phone 671 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.980 banks running. You 672 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:11.120 have people knocking on 673 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.740 doors. You have people 674 00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:14.480 hanging signs. 675 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:17.200 You have people having 676 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.760 coffees 677 00:27:18.760 --> 00:27:20.780 for the mayor. You have 678 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:23.020 people going, the mayor going 679 00:27:23.020 --> 00:27:25.040 to bingos, and meeting 680 00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:26.960 all the old people at the bingos. And I 681 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.860 don't mean that only old people go to bingo, 682 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.780 but it's the majority of them do. 683 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.400 I, 684 00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.560 looking at the city, 685 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.880 why and what are they doing? 686 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.780 They're involved. 687 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.780 They're raised that way since they were 688 00:27:41.030 --> 00:27:43.170 kids. We were 689 00:27:43.170 --> 00:27:45.170 raised in politics, all of 690 00:27:45.170 --> 00:27:47.030 us. You don't have 691 00:27:47.890 --> 00:27:48.190 that. 692 00:27:48.810 --> 00:27:51.150 I know that people that move into 693 00:27:51.150 --> 00:27:53.470 the city from other parts of the country, 694 00:27:53.970 --> 00:27:55.230 they can't wait to 695 00:27:55.230 --> 00:27:57.250 volunteer because they've never done this 696 00:27:57.250 --> 00:27:59.370 before. They think it's the greatest thing in the world. 697 00:28:00.490 --> 00:28:01.210 The young people 698 00:28:01.210 --> 00:28:03.170 come in. They think it's great. Sure. 699 00:28:03.350 --> 00:28:05.190 Hey, let's go. Because 700 00:28:05.190 --> 00:28:07.130 they were never brought up this way. 701 00:28:07.550 --> 00:28:09.010 So you don't think this is dying out? 702 00:28:09.010 --> 00:28:11.750 Because you said all these, you used to be in other cities, and now it's only Chicago. 703 00:28:12.350 --> 00:28:13.210 No, I think in Chicago 704 00:28:13.210 --> 00:28:15.510 it's a well-oiled machine. I say it's still 705 00:28:15.510 --> 00:28:16.770 going in Chicago. 706 00:28:17.390 --> 00:28:18.930 I say in other parts of the 707 00:28:18.930 --> 00:28:21.050 country, the 708 00:28:21.050 --> 00:28:23.030 phone bank, now let me, let's get to the 709 00:28:23.030 --> 00:28:25.130 phone bank, which we're really mainly interested 710 00:28:25.130 --> 00:28:27.310 in here. The phone bank is fairly 711 00:28:27.310 --> 00:28:29.190 new to Chicago. It's probably eight years 712 00:28:29.190 --> 00:28:31.110 old. Roughly 713 00:28:31.110 --> 00:28:33.150 last eight years. The phone 714 00:28:33.150 --> 00:28:35.110 bank is not new in southern 715 00:28:35.110 --> 00:28:36.990 California. They've been doing it for 20 716 00:28:36.990 --> 00:28:39.750 years. So you say, I said 717 00:28:39.750 --> 00:28:40.870 before, we're way ahead of 718 00:28:40.870 --> 00:28:43.350 it. It's a different type of politics 719 00:28:43.350 --> 00:28:44.030 out there. 720 00:28:45.670 --> 00:28:47.050 If somebody wants 721 00:28:47.050 --> 00:28:49.290 a sign there, if you're running 722 00:28:49.290 --> 00:28:51.210 for an office out in 723 00:28:51.210 --> 00:28:53.390 southern California, and I'm 724 00:28:53.390 --> 00:28:55.030 a friend of yours, I'll call 725 00:28:55.030 --> 00:28:57.090 your office up or I'll go to your office and say 726 00:28:57.090 --> 00:28:59.010 give me a sign. You won't have 727 00:28:59.010 --> 00:29:01.110 somebody calling me up or knocking on my door 728 00:29:01.110 --> 00:29:03.110 and say you want a sign because it's a different 729 00:29:03.110 --> 00:29:05.010 type of politics. But yet 730 00:29:05.010 --> 00:29:06.990 they cannot compare 731 00:29:06.990 --> 00:29:09.110 with the amount of voters we get 732 00:29:09.110 --> 00:29:10.730 out than they get out. 733 00:29:11.630 --> 00:29:13.110 And we're called the second 734 00:29:13.110 --> 00:29:15.390 city, actually we're the third city population 735 00:29:15.390 --> 00:29:17.490 wise now. But I 736 00:29:17.490 --> 00:29:19.090 would say that we probably get 737 00:29:19.090 --> 00:29:21.190 more voters out than either New 738 00:29:21.190 --> 00:29:22.270 York or L.A. 739 00:29:23.070 --> 00:29:24.210 on a given election.