NY23: Hey, college conservatives, are you up for a Hoffmania weekend road trip?

OK, I'm close to finalizing plans for my own road trip to cover the crucial special election in upstate New York's 23rd District, leaving Thursday morning. Now what I'm wondering is this: Are any conservative college students planning to go up to volunteer this weekend for the Doug Hoffman campaign?

Watch this video of Hoffman volunteers Jeremy Kain and Tony Maglione, recorded last Friday:

If you're a conservative student who has been wondering what you can do to make a difference, the Hoffman campaign needs you. Maybe your Mom and Dad are conservatives who are fed up with RINO sellouts in the GOP establishment, and they'll help pay your way to upstate New York.

This is the last weekend before Election Day Nov. 3, and there's lots of work to do. All you have to do is get up there and contact the Hoffman campaign, and you'll be in the middle of the biggest election of the year. Please read:

• NY23: 'Do You Believe in Miracles'?
• Doug Hoffman, Ordinary American
• Ordinary Americans Make Miracles Happen
• Hoffman Campaign Seeks 'Boots On the Ground' vs. ACORN
• Memo to the Grassroots: Stop Asking What You Can Do, and Start Doing What You Can
• EXCLUSIVE PROFILE: Conservative Doug Hoffman: 'Citizen Who's Had Enough'

HOFFMANIA: CATCH IT!

Our complete coverage of the NY23 special election

NY23: Report from Ali A. Akbar

Yes, that's his real name, says the grassroots conservative who was at the First National Beef & Brew Pub next to the Doug Hoffman campaign office on Court Street in Watertown, N.Y., when I reached him by phone just now.

Ali is traveling with Eric Odom, who reports that they're "Live From NY23."

According to Ali, he and Eric "just got kicked out of Dede's office" in Watertown, which he reports is "filled with NRCC and NRC staffers."

Ali says he and I actually met at CPAC, but he was too drunk to talk and I was too busy to bother oppressing him. (Maybe next time.) Ali and Eric are staying in Lake Placid through Saturday and say they might be able to provide sleeping-bag space for other volunteers answering the call for "boots on the ground."

Watch for their coverage at 73Wire.com's Campaign Trail.

UPDATE 5 p.m.: At AmSpecBlog, I just linked Eric Odom's report about Scozzafava HQ:

Not only is the NRCC pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into the media campaign of Dede Scozzafava, they're also organizing and coordinating teams of GOTV volunteers in the district. And they're picking up the tab.
Our team just finished meeting with a NRCC volunteer named "James" who works out of the Watertown office for the Scozzafava campaign. James informed us that he was sent to Watertown, NY from Washington D.C. as a volunteer for the NRCC. We asked about expenses, and he said the NRCC was paying for everything. . . .

Read the whole thing. Your GOP contributions supporting an ACORN-backed Big Labor RINO?

NOT ONE RED CENT!