Cain Campaign Announces 800th Precinct Captain in Iowa - People Ready to 'Put a CEO in the White House.
Steve
Grubbs, the Iowa Chairman for the Herman Cain for President Campaign
announced today that the organizational effort in Iowa had reached a
significant milestone: 800 precinct captains across the state.
“Our
entire grassroots team continues their sprint to the caucuses. On
October 20th, the campaign started with 30 precinct captains and less
than a month later, has successfully reached 800 precinct captains
across the state,” said Steve Grubbs, Iowa campaign chair. “I want to
congratulate Larry Tuel and his Des Moines staff for their herculean
effort. People have wondered if four paid staffers could get the job
done of much larger staffs, but with our legion of passionate
grassroots volunteers, we are seeing a true revolution in American
politics.”
There
are roughly 1600 precincts in Iowa and each one will hold a Republican
caucus on January 3rd. Some urban caucuses will be combined with other
precincts making the job of organizing a little easier.
“The
rapid growth of our organizational effort in Iowa shows that despite
whatever challenges may present themselves, the Cain Campaign is
charging ahead,” said Mark Block, Chief Political Strategist and Chief
of Staff for the campaign effort. “Our social media model delivered
roughly 25 percent of our Iowa precinct captains which is a tribute to
our people and the new model of campaigning in the United States.”
With
less than six weeks before the First-in-the-Nation Iowa Caucuses, the
Iowa Cain team still has a big task in front of it. “We are filling our
Des Moines phone bank with volunteers every day and using our
Internet-based phone system as well to leverage our volunteers across
the state,” said Larry Tuel, State Director for the Iowa Cain campaign.
“As
a point of comparison, when I worked with the Dole and Forbes
campaigns, we spent six to eight months getting our precinct captains
lined up. I believe the Cain campaign will accomplish the same thing in
about eight weeks,” said Grubbs. “People have doubted this campaign
from the beginning, but people are ready to put a CEO in the White
House and get this economy turned around.”
Phone bank director, Steven Hensler,
has headed up the phone calling in Iowa along with Lisa Lockwood and
Zach Dalluge.