You never know who will answer the door

Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt parked her E85 Tahoe just off of Linden Creek Dr. in Miami Township this afternoon and set out with one aide and a pre-printed booklet listing all 193 homes in the subdivision where Republican and undecided voters live.

With less than 48 hours to go before polls open Tuesday morning, Schmidt said she hoped to get out the vote in a part of her hometown where voters already were more likely to vote due to a school levy also being on the ballot.

Some people weren't home. So she wrote "Sorry I missed you. Jean." and stuck the brochures in the door handle.

Others were estatic to see her.

"You're going door to door! Most Awesome!" exclaimed Paul Muench, before posing a serious question: "So what are you going to do for us?"

At another house that was painted red, white and blue, Schmidt was greeted by a man who clearly knew who she was: "We loved your Murtha speech, no matter what they say," he said.

"I think I can count on that one," Schmidt said as she left the house.

At another, a man in the middle of a remodeling project said: "Jean, thanks, you don't have to waste your time. You've got my vote."

Then there was the one house on the block where the woman who answered the door told Schmidt to leave. And as Schmidt was crosing the street on her way to the next house, a man yelled from the porch: "Hey Jean! Don't come back over here."

And if that wasn't bad enough, the family then decided to get out a banner and some markers and spray paint and make a sign to make sure everyone in the neighborhood now knows exactly what they think of their congresswoman.

"If she can walk door to door in my neighborhood, then I can put up a sign," Jim Pierce said. "I would never have put her in Congress. She needs to get out of the game."

Schmidt faces Democrat Victoria Wulsin of Indian Hill in Tuesday's election.