Grassroots Page #8

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take me out for drinks

afterwards.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa! Whoa!

In his car?

You're gonna drive

in his car?

No, no!

It's a setup, man!

We can't do this!

Do you know

what's gonna happen

if they

photograph you

coming out of

your opponent's car?

At least

take my bike, man.

We can't contaminate

our message like this

at the very last minute!

Everybody keep working.

Does anybody

have a skateboard?

You're the public

transportation candidate.

Fantastic, guys.

[ Cheering ]

Where you at

in the list?

Awesome.

Great job, you guys!

Will someone get some sandwiches

for these guys, please?

Guys, great job.

Great job, you guys.

Where you at

on your list?

Have you called

all these yet?

Hi. Yes, hi, ma'am.

This is Phil Campbell.

I'm calling

from the campaign

for grant Cogswell

for city council.

Grant... Grant Cogswell.

City... yes.

You did? You did vote?

Hi, this is

Phil Campbell.

I'm calling

from the campaign

for grant Cogswell

for city council.

I just wanted

to make sure

that you were

going to vote today.

That's right. Mm-hmm.

Right, well, we

appreciate your support,

and if you can tell...

he's here. He's here.

Okay, I'm gonna go vote now.

Yeah!

Have you guys all voted?

Vote for me, obviously!

[ Cheering ]

Whoo!

Got you, grant.

Knock 'em dead,

grant.

[ Cheering ]

Hey.

Ready to do this?

[ Knock on door ]

Hi.

Hi.

Oh, wow.

Wow, you even got a puppy.

Don't. Don't.

She's cute.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Just hold her there.

It's a submissive

urination problem.

She walking

you enough, huh?

Sorry.

Here, let me get it.

Yeah, I got it.

So what brings you here?

Could you repeat

the question?

No, I just...

I wanted

to make sure you voted.

Is today the election?

I'm kidding.

[ Laughs ]

It's gonna be close.

Yeah, I heard.

Your polling location

is 223 Roy.

It's a brick building.

You enter on the right side.

Don't vote your conscience.

I didn't.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[ Laughs ]

You look like

a Bible salesman.

Yeah, right.

Grant Cogswell

for city council!

[ Cheering ]

46%.

Guys! Guys!

Greg Nichols is emerging

clearly as the leader.

Mark center has settled

for third place.

We got new numbers?

We got new numbers?

We're not greedy here,

right?

All we really need

is 50.0000001%, right?

That's all we need!

That's all we need!

That's it.

We're looking now at the

current vote for city council.

At this point, it looks

like all incumbents are ahead,

although lots of precincts

have not put in their report.

That can change

very quickly.

And I think

we have some evidence

that it's gonna

start changing.

We need 3%.

Ready, guys?

3%! 3%! 3%!

3%! 3%! 3%!

[ Cheering ]

The closest race

of the night

is for council

position number eight

in the race between

the incumbent Richard McIver

and challenger

grant Cogswell.

Cogswell! Cogswell!

Cogswell!

[ Cheering ]

People, that's 1%.

You guys are doing this.

This is for Seattle.

This is for the monorail!

Come on, we can do this!

We can change Seattle!

1%! 1%! 1%!

[ Cheering ]

0.2%, 0.2.

0.2! 0.2!

0.2! 0.2!

[ Cheering ]

It's happening! Yes!

Oh, man, we got this

in the bag.

Put it in the bag,

put it in the trunk.

What is it?

What is it?

Drive with this, b*tches!

[ Cheering ]

Come on, come on.

Show us what's next.

Come on, come on.

What's the next one?

Theresa, what is it?

Come on,

what's the number?

Still good.

Still in there.

Gonna go back up.

It's okay.

The polls are closing.

It fluctuates.

You just wait

for the next number.

Fluctuation!

It's all right.

It's all right.

That's a lot, Phil.

Just wait for

the next numbers.

Wait for

the next numbers.

What's the next number?

That's fine, right?

Anyway, it's only,

like, 30 votes.

Come on, 30 votes.

30 votes.

30 votes. 30 votes.

30 votes. 30 votes.

And the polls are now

officially closed.

We are now ready to predict

tonight's results.

It does appear that all

of the city council seats

will remain in the hands

of the incumbents.

As for the mayor's race...

no! No!

No, still,

we can do this.

30 votes! 30 votes!

30 votes! 30 votes!

30 votes! Everyone!

30 votes!

They're gonna revise

the numbers.

Like, remember what

happened with bush?

And it went to court

and the whole...

wait, everybody,

wait! Wait!

Hold on!

There'll still

the absentee ballots, right?

Absentee ballots!

Who wasn't absent

from school

at least once,

right?

There's absentee ballots.

They are the smartest voters

out there.

Smartest voters

out there.

We're gonna have

those votes.

It's only 30 votes,

you guys!

We can win this!

We're gonna win this!

Yeah.

And while we wait

to hear the final...

the victory

announcement for us.

I would like to do some of

my grant Cogswell impressions.

Richard McIver,

Richard McIver

has flushed Seattle

down the toilet

and he doesn't

even know it, folks.

And I hate these shoes!

I hate these shoes.

I need better arch support.

Reowr!

We have just begun!

[ Cheering ]

Polar bear. Polar bear.

Reowr!

Reowr!

Aah!

McIver has won

and now we have to contend

with this.

We love you, grant!

48%!

Do you know

what that means?

It means that we're

the trees and the rain.

Seattle!

[ Cheering ]

Seattle!

[ Cheering ]

And we will not sleep,

not today, not yesterday,

not 100 years from now,

because we've woken them up

out of their hibernation!

Reowr!

And that's why,

first and foremost,

I got to thank

one son of a b*tch,

one son of a b*tch

above all else,

and that's my polar bear

tamer extraordinaire!

Get up here!

[ Cheering ]

Go, go.

Wayne. Wayne.

Yes, and Wayne

for almost going to jail

for this campaign,

and Theresa, our wonderful

office coordinator

who almost swallowed a bear.

And Evan salt.

And Evan salt, who's...

I thought I might

find you here.

Who designed our t-shirts.

Defeat hurts!

I've been thinking

about things.

I think you may

have been right

about, like,

a thing or two.

Michael Hanson?

I've missed you...

Kind of.

You look...

Not bad in a tie.

I love you guys all!

Let's just go crazy!

[ Cheering ]

Reowr!

Marry me.

What?

Hey, I almost got a polar bear

elected to office.

Hey, hey, McIver's on!

McIver's on.

While this has been

a victory for me,

it's been a narrow one.

I just want you to know

that I take that to heart.

The next several months,

we'll be working together.

Would you repeat

the question?

[Fight for love playing]

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