Why I love canvassing

I love standing on the doorstep and telling people I'm running for judge. I'm still so proud of that, just the opportunity to run still thrills me. I'm delighted when I get good questions, curious about how everybody else lives, and generally surprised at how well received I've been received everywhere I've gone. I'm walking door to door in all sorts of neighborhoods, and although I am often (I think appropriately) observed with some curiousity, no one has questioned whether I should be allowed to go door to door asking complete strangers to vote for me. In Chris Matthews' Hardball he points out that he saw women in Washington create opportunities for themselves by persistently asking. So I'm asking people to vote for me.