Your intrepid bloggers made the trip out to Suffolk yesterday to get a feel of one of our top campaigns yesterday, the contest between Democrat Brian Foley and withered eternal incumbent Caesar Trunzo.

On arrival, more movement than district voters have seen from Trunzo in at least a decade.

The Brookhaven Democratic Committee storefront office.

If you can measure excitement for a campaign by the number of volunteers who show up on one of the last nice Saturdays of the year to go door to door, then this one is through the roof. Very impressive.

Suburban streetscape.

Foley speaking to volunteers.

Going door to door.

Very interesting: this car stopped as we were marching along, and asked what was going on; two more voters who like the idea that their Senator may actually show up.

It's not all about voter persuasion. These kids are raising money for their annual school tradition of taking the incoming fifth-grade class on Manhattan's Circle Line, which, if you've ever taken it, is an awesome experience.

Lawn signs. This stack was noticeably diminished by the time we left.