Inglorious Campaignors
Published November 02, 2009 @ 09:06PM PT
Dated reference I know but still a good lead-in. Campaigners (notice I am switching back to my normal spelling because the Word spell check thing drives me crazy) toil in obscurity. It is your job to make your candidate look their best and ultimately win their election.
A good campaigner is never known to anyone but their volunteers and other behind the scenes types who they work with,
A bad campaigner (who you will learn more about in a near future post) go for the glory and want to be quoted in the press, want to speak at events and want to get on TV.
That is your candidate’s job!
Your job is to set all of those things up, prepare your candidate, and get supporters to do their part to make him or her look their best.
One of the things you have to get used to, being a staffer, is working really hard with out some of the daily glory that comes with being on TV and at the center of attention. Your reward, and the glory, comes at the end of the campaign when you have done everything you can possibly do and win the day.
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Zach has been a political campaigner for several state and congressional races across the country and is currently a consultant for M+R Strategic Services serving several leading nonprofits.
