Walz election day barnstorming schedule (and more voter statements)

This just in from the Walz campaign:

Election Day Events in Mankato, Rochester, Austin, Winona

( Mankato , MN ) – On Tuesday, November 4, Congressman Tim Walz will be barnstorming southern Minnesota with a series of Get-Out-The-Vote rallies and Main Street Stops with local residents all across southern Minnesota.

Throughout the day, Walz will be traveling to Mankato , St Peter, Rochester , Austin and Winona where he will visit with campaign volunteers and stop at stores to meet with local residents.

A complete schedule for Tuesday is below.

Mankato

Congressman Tim Walz will stop by local polling site to vote
When:  7:00 AM
Where: St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church
423 W 7th St

Congressman Tim Walz will kick-off a Get-Out-The-Vote doorknocking effort with campaign volunteers
When:  Kick off with volunteers— 8:00 AM
Where:  Local 49 Office
308 Lundin Blvd

Congressman Tim Walz holds a Main Street Stop to meet with local residents
When: 8:30 AM
Where: Wagon Wheel Café
609 S Front St

St Peter
Congressman Tim Walz will attend chapel service at Gustavus Adolphus College
When: 10:00 AM
Where: Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W College Ave

Rochester
Congressman Tim Walz will kick-off Get-Out-The-Vote doorknocking efforts with campaign volunteers
When: 12:00 PM
Where: Masonic Temple
2002 2nd St SW

Austin
Congressman Tim Walz holds a Main Street Stop to meet with local residents
When: 1:30 PM
Where: Coffee House on Main
329 N Main St

Winona
Congressman Tim Walz kicks-off Get-Out-The-Vote doorknocking efforts with campaign volunteers
When:  Meet with campaign volunteers-- 4:00 PM
Doorknocking begins at 4:00 PM
Where: Winona DFL Office
685 W 5th St

Rochester
Congressman Tim Walz attends the Rochester DFL Election Night Party
When: 8:00 PM
Where: Marriott Hotel
441 W Center St

Mankato
Congressman Tim Walz attends the Mankato DFL Election Night Party
When: 10:15 PM
Where: Best Western Hotel
1111 Range St

                                                                                                                                     

Our only advice to the Congressman is to get to his polling place early to secure a place in line.  We think turnout will be heavy.

We'd written early this morning that we'd be posting endorsements and individual supporters' statement of reason for casting a ballot for Congressman Walz. A couple of friends in the First sent us their reasons for voting for Tim Walz.  A doctor in Rochester sent this:

Many people in Minnesota and throughout the United States have no health benefits due to lost jobs, pay cuts and downsizing.  Tim Walz will work so that everyone can be covered  for basic health needs.  Universal coverage benefits everyone because costs of unpaid bills are spread across the system so people with insurance pay more.  We also have an obligation as a society that all people have health care.  Brian Davis has no plan other than the McCain plan to tax medical insurance benefits and to give a $2500 tax credit.  That will not cover more that 25% of the cost of buying health insurance.  More people without insurance will be the only result of the Davis-McCain plan.  Moving in the wrong direction on health care and the economy would be the result if Davis were to win.  Dr. Davis is the wrong man with the wrong ideas at the wrong time.  Re-elect Tim Walz!

Here's what the Rochester Post Bulletin concluded in its endorsement:

And ultimately, when Walz says he understands and appreciates the concerns of the struggling middle class, we believe him. He's one of us -- a hard-working Minnesotan who's served his country, taught young people and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty, both literally and figuratively.

A retired accountant writes:

TJW is Taxes + Jobs = Working Families

Although are many reasons to vote for TJW based on his first term, voters are looking to the future.

The next President will enter office assuming a National Debt that has doubled during the Bush Administration.  Tax policy will have to be addressed, but NO President is going to RAISE TAXES on the Middle Class … McCain will push to keep the existing Bush Tax Policy which cuts the pie in favor of the highly paid doctors and beer distributors … while Obama will cut taxes for the Middle Class.  Contrast Walz with his proposal for a Middle Class Tax Cut and Davis’s desire to make the existing tax policy permanent.

The Democrats will have a solid majority and will want to create jobs.  Easiest (and smartest) way is to invest in infrastructure projects.  Congressman Oberstar had hearings last week and has identified projects that can be started within 120 days.  Obama wants this investment.  Walz knows the district and how infrastructure investment is necessary to support the growing ethanol and wind energy industries in the First District.

Working Families is the Walz family.  Tim and Gwen are teachers raising two kids … being affected by foreclosures in their neighborhoods … their everyday life is our everyday life.  With all due respect for Drs. Davis and Lillienberg and their children, the salaries that they are compensated is considerably more than most working families … yet most working families pay their property taxes on time.  Walz will represent Working Families while I have a concern that Davis will represent the Country Club Set.

The future is unknown, but based on Walz first term where he produced tangible results for Veterans and Family Farmers; there is no reason not to vote for Walz to help Working Families.