Obama Campaign and Yard Signs  I’ve seen a lot of questions come
through this site about Obama yard signs.  I haven’t been
involved in answering or fulfilling those requests, but I’m
guessing that most people aren’t finding it easy to get one.  I
do believe some Dems had some printed themselves recently (e.g.
as fundraiser giveaways), but getting official campaign signs is
difficult.  Certainly this is partially due to the fact that we
live in a state that will go Obama’s way, so the campaign is
putting little effort here (other than mining the deep support
here and using it to canvass in neighboring states, call voters,
etc.).  But it also brings up the question of whether yard signs
are worth the fairly large effort required to print, distribute,
and maintain them.    There’s a post up at fivethirtyeight.com,
titled BREAKING: Obama Campaign Organizers Trying To Win
Election Instead of Get You Yard Signs, that gets right at the
heart of this question.  Are campaign signs worth it?  A lot of
people have heard