Contents of a Community Organizer's Car During Campaign Season

* Clip Boards
* Voter Registration Cards
* Pens, pens, pens
* Turf-cut canvassing maps (The difference between Main Street, Main Terrace, Main Road, Main Circle, and Main Lane can be very important)
* Directions from Party/Candidate Headquarters to Various Neighborhoods (often stained by coffee and/or water; see below)
* Scraps of paper with various "extremely important" phone numbers stuffed into cup holders
* Walk pieces for candidates from President to tiny-rural-area State House Districts
* Button reading: Attention Sarah Palin: Jesus Christ was a Community Organizer. Pontius Pilate was a Governor.
* Deodorant, chapstick, gum. Repeat. Deodorant, chapstick, gum.
* Empty coffee cups & half-full environmentally friendly, BPA-free, reusable water bottle
* Mobile Phone Full of Cryptic Sounding Numbers Such as "CraigSD99CM" (i.e. Craig, State Senate District 99 Campaign Manager)
* Barrettes - Even the most dyke-y hair can pass for slightly-feminine with a few strategically placed barrettes for those "LR" (Leaning Republican) door-knocks in the suburbs. I speak from experience; barrettes can turn a queer grrl into a nice young lady.
* Spirit of Democracy - Often found in the glove-box between auto insurance card, issue-based talking points, and a note reading "Self: IOU a day off on November 6th."