Campaign Season is Back
The air was cool today, and the sky was blue. Leaves are falling. It's beginning to feel like... campaign season.
Yard signs are coming out. Bumper stickers are on the rise. Over the next few months, we will see candidates around the state and, as the joke suggests, shake hands with each one several times before making up our minds. Indeed, it's true. Many of us have already shaken the hands of presidential candidates (even more than once).
Of course, Jay will be out and about this fall, shaking hands with as many people as possible. Our Senate campaign will be about talking to people and earning votes one at a time (although more at the same time are even better!).
Sitting in this afternoon's meeting of the NHDP State Committee - of which I am a member - and looking at the campaign staff from the presidential campaigns, I was reminded of the 2004 presidential primary, my own political awakening.
I read David McCullough's biography of President Harry Truman during that campaign season, and the Governor even signed the book for me later on. When I got home from the meeting, I dug it out of a box of my books that came home from the office I had at Dartmouth, where I coordinated a fellowship for him after the primary had ended.
Governor Dean's note says:
Karen,
To a great Democrat!
Thanks for all your help!!
Howard Dean
What a great memory - moving and inspiring for me... Happy campaign season to all!
Yard signs are coming out. Bumper stickers are on the rise. Over the next few months, we will see candidates around the state and, as the joke suggests, shake hands with each one several times before making up our minds. Indeed, it's true. Many of us have already shaken the hands of presidential candidates (even more than once).
Of course, Jay will be out and about this fall, shaking hands with as many people as possible. Our Senate campaign will be about talking to people and earning votes one at a time (although more at the same time are even better!).
Sitting in this afternoon's meeting of the NHDP State Committee - of which I am a member - and looking at the campaign staff from the presidential campaigns, I was reminded of the 2004 presidential primary, my own political awakening.
I read David McCullough's biography of President Harry Truman during that campaign season, and the Governor even signed the book for me later on. When I got home from the meeting, I dug it out of a box of my books that came home from the office I had at Dartmouth, where I coordinated a fellowship for him after the primary had ended.
Governor Dean's note says:
Karen,
To a great Democrat!
Thanks for all your help!!
Howard Dean
What a great memory - moving and inspiring for me... Happy campaign season to all!
2 Comments:
Here's to a fantastic primary season!
Go Jay!
By Anthony, At September 17, 2007 11:18 PM
I heard Jay Buckey speak tonight at the Belknap County Democrats Granny D Dinner and was impressed by his low-key, straight forward speech.
Now I have some homework to do.
By John, At September 20, 2007 9:30 PM
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