Ellen Leary, a producer, director, yoga instructor, and mother, lives in Bethesda MD with her husband and son.

Blog Entries by Ellen Leary

Campaign Journal: Canvassing in Virginia -- Spiderwebs and Scarecrows

1 Comments | Posted November 2, 2008 | 10:18 PM (EST)


Ellen Leary is a Grassroots Correspondent for HuffPost's OffTheBus.

Saturday, November 1st, was one fine day. My friend Adrian (see last week's post) and I met up to canvass in Virginia, but anticipating that we would be sent far into the state from our staging point in Bethesda, MD,...

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Campaign Journal: Almost Heaven, Wet Virginia

1 Comments | Posted October 27, 2008 | 06:59 PM (EST)


Ellen Leary is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail.

Having spent parts of the past week calling from the Obama campaign office in Bethesda, MD, I decided it was time to put my foot where my mouth was...

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Campaign Journal: Canvassing Virginia Through Rain, Sleet or Scantily Clad Undecideds

Posted October 27, 2008 | 02:52 PM (EST)


Grace Babakhanian is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail.

An Obama win in Virginia would be a slice of heaven for both "That One" and the Party. It was worth spending a very wet day there.

Having...

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Campaign Journal: Another Bless'd Weekend

8 Comments | Posted October 21, 2008 | 06:29 PM (EST)


Ellen Leary is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail.

Names, locations, quotes, and phones numbers have been scrambled to protect the privacy of the citizens. The quotes are verbatim. Special thanks to my cubby neighbor Kathy Stuart, a...

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