Get out the vote Colorado heats up this week

Immediately following the debates at the beginning of the week, special interests wasted no time in kicking off their get out the vote efforts.

SEIU passed out hundreds of flyers quoting Congressman Mike Coffman calling social security “a Ponzi scheme” in line with Rick Perry’s original statement about the entitlement program. As voting day approaches at the end of the week, SEIU prefers a personal touch to follow up their anti-Coffman message; they have mobilized hundreds of volunteers to go door to door to influence the vote.

GPS crossroads continues to try and regain legitimacy after firing several staffers for alleged illegal activities involving a breach of campaign law, but recent scandal has not stopped them from joining other special interests in handing out flyers to sway voter’s decisions on Friday.

As for the candidates, the Coffman camp is appealing to the thousands of Colorado veterans hoping to influence the race outcome. Colorado is home to thousands of active duty, Guard, Reserve and retired military members. By appealing to the military demographic Coffman may eke out just enough support to pull ahead of Bennet, but will the military vote be enough? We won’t know for sure until Friday.

The Bennet campaign seems to be using targeted emails to reach potential voters. This more modern approach than sending out mailers, or going door to door may or may not work. One advantage is that email is a lot less expensive and a lot faster than traditional campaigning methods. Perhaps the Bennet camp is saving its last bit of war reserves for something special.