Back in 2004, Democrats had trouble with their door-to-door voter-contact efforts, either by volunteers who traveled out of state (think those overbearing young Deaniacs who moved into Iowa to press Howard Dean’s candidacy), or by paid staffers (think America Coming Together in Ohio and elsewhere). Now, according to a new Associated Press account, Barack Obama is giving his supporters advice on how to best persuade fellow voters who might not have seen the light:

I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face…You are my ambassadors.

Sounds like a winner.