Sign, sign, everywhere a sign...

I just received a very much needed visit from a voter. I've been a little down the last couple of days because I felt like I was losing the yard sign competition. As I sat here working on a walklist, my doorbell rang. "We want to join the club" he said as I opened my door. "A yard sign. We want a yard sign." I was more than happy to oblige. He informed me that they looked out their window the other day and saw one of my opponent's signs in their yard! They ripped it down immediately. They determined right then and there that I was their candidate. "You're not the first person to tell me that" I said. "Did this person even ask you for permission to put a sign in your yard?" Permission was asked for but not granted he said. They didn't say "yes" but they didn't say "no." They just didn't say. I was beginning to think I was going crazy. In the morning I would see a string of opponents signs down a busy street. By the afternoon a great number of them would be gone. I knew my volunteers and supporters weren't stealing them. That's rule number one when you join our campaign. I thought maybe I was seeing things. But it turns out there's a lot of (ahem) aggressive sign placing going on, and a lot of annoyed voters filling recycle bins with my opponent's campaign signs. So now I am re-energized. There is a growing group of voters out there who are hopefully looking for a less presumptive candidate. I intend to let them know I want to be that guy.