Apologies to Joe Hill...

...but if we organize, mourning won't even be an issue, and this year we're organized like never before. As Harold Myerson pointed out in an article that seemed to make everyone's 'must-read' list yesterday...

Those liberal organizations that already knew how to do politics — the AFL-CIO, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and a few others — are doing it better than they have before. Those liberal groups that stayed aloof from elections or phumphered ineffectually are now playing the game like seasoned pros. New organizations have arisen to mobilize sometime voters; the largest of them — America Coming Together (ACT) — will have 12,000 staffers in each of the three biggest battleground states (Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida) on Election Day.

Now the question is, what's on top of your 'must-do' list today? Which organization or campaign will you be calling or dropping in on in order to offer your services this weekend? Have you scheduled a day off on Tuesday yet? Are you in the game?

As Carl Ballard of the Washington State Political Report (a great resource for information on local volunteer opportunites) notes in a comment, Upper Lefties can contact the Washington Democrats coordinated campaign at http://www.wa-democrats.org/site/action.php. There's probably a similar program in your state, if you're elsewhere. There's ACT, there's your union, there's your local congressional campaign and any number of other down-ballot races eager for your aid. There's lots to do, and lots of places and ways to do it.

Many teams, one league, and we're playing for keeps.

Get in the game.