June 19 Ohio University has the same characteristics of Cornell, except Ohio makes Cornell look like it’s on steroids. So instead of walking up Libe Slope I’m walking up this miniature hill that my other friends from Texas on the Athens team think it’s the biggest hill they’ve ever climbed. They haven’t seen anything. I’ve [...]
June 15 Today was the first day of actual grassroots activity. The Obama campaign asked us to hold voter registration drives. We had two-and-a-half-hours to reach our goal of registering 7 people. My group was responsible for a stretch of 3 blocks along High St. which is in downtown Columbus. Now even though Columbus is [...]
June 14 The first day of training was exhausting, but a great experience. The people (volunteers and staff) were extremely nice and very well organized. What was even better is that the conversations we had were so stimulating. Aside from cracking political jokes that made us look like nerds that should be at politico.com I [...]
June 13 The drive took 9 hours, most spent on Route 80. By 6:15pm I reached Obama’s Ohio headquarters in Columbus, OH. On the way I mistakenly thought the Columbus Crew stadium was the Horseshoe (where Ohio State plays football)…big mistake in Ohio (I’m trying to keep my Michigan Wolverine allegiance a secret, kind of [...]
And what a great day to do it on, the start of the Democratic National Convention! This summer I volunteered for the Obama campaign in Ohio. I’m from Jersey but thought of the excitement that working in THE electoral state would bring and decided I’d drive to Ohio to work there after I was notified [...]