Campaign staffer allegedly assaulted by resident, dogs.

8/24/2008

NORTHGLENN – Around 5pm on Wednesday afternoon, a canvasser approached a house unaware of what was behind the door. Hoping to get just a vote or two, he was lucky to walk away with his life.

"I was excited when I approached the house," canvasser Ron Domino said. "No one was home yesterday and I could see her out in her driveway. I was excited that I would at least get to speak with someone."

The conversation that ensued was not what either had planned, though. When initially asked what the resident thought of Jared Polis – candidate for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District – the lady spoke harshly of his plans for the Iraq war.

‘I'm with John McCain. 100, 1000 years, I don't care how long it takes,’ Domino remembers her saying.

The interaction went from disagreeing to heated to worse. When the canvasser tried to steer the conversation away from the Presidential campaign and back to the Congressional race, things turned personal.

‘You're just doing this to put it on your résumé!’ the resident allegedly charged Domino.

Exacerbated with no insults to turn to, she embraced the Castle Doctrine for everything it never stood for. In the same breathe that she finally asked the canvasser to leave, she opened the gates and beckoned "sic em boys!"

"I was really lucky to not be hurt by her three dogs," Domino said. "Luckily for me, my friend just got a dog that hates me and it taught me how to walk away from an attacking dog without getting bitten."

No charges have been filed in the case and no one was injured in the altercation. Domino finished his route through the neighborhood ignoring the woman when she drove by allegedly challenging him to call the cops.

"Serves me right for trying to see if I could win her vote," Domino said. "Twenty more days to go! Maybe someone will put a gun in my face before I'm done knocking on doors!"