The upcoming election has given me new relatives, all of them imaginary. The Obama campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation calls my house on an almost daily basis, trying to reach people who don’t live there, like Cyrus and Hassan Bader. But I’ve never heard of either of them, even though I share their last name. The Obama people have also tried repeatedly to reach my 18-month old daughter Sarah.
I live in a liberal bastion, Arlington, Virginia, where high voter turnout favors the Democratic Party. The Party hopes to…









