Rachel Port is a 60-yr.-old living in Tucson, but spent most of her life in Massachusetts and grew up in the South Bronx. She has a 23-yr-old son. She is a musician and writer (unpublished but working on it) and used to be a child and family therapist.

Blog Entries by Rachel Port

Campaign Journal: Phone Banking Becomes Second Nature

Posted November 3, 2008 | 01:09 PM (EST)


Rachel Port is a Grassroots Correspondent for OffTheBus.

Phone banking has become a habit. I just do it.

On Wednesday and Thursday, I made a total of 280 calls. Of the people I spoke to, 80 had already voted. This is amazing. I checked the Pima County...

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Campaign Journal: Talking Tax Policy With An Undecided

Posted October 27, 2008 | 04:38 PM (EST)


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

Wednesday was my morning to phone bank for the Democrats here in Pima County, AZ. Every time I do this it is different, which makes it rewarding...

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Campaign Journal: Already Voted, Already Voted, Already Voted

1 Comments | Posted October 20, 2008 | 07:18 PM (EST)


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

"Hi. We Voted."

This is how one man I called this morning answered the phone.

Obviously, this was someone with caller ID who knew the...

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