The Grind

Doing this job (and it is a job because if you were to treat it as anything less you would not be giving it the respect and time it deserves) I often think of the last season of the West Wing.  The one where Jimmy Smits plays a congressman running for president.  Well the reason I think of that particular season or even think of the West Wing at all is that there are several interns working on his campaign, they see all the ups and downs and successes and failures that he goes through on his race for the Presidency.  I feel that I am much like those interns that I see Terry go though those same things.  When he had the hugely successful debate against Jan Brewer but when a poll came out a few days later it still showed that he was down pretty much the same amount that he was before the debate.  I am no mind reader but that depressed me and I have only worked for him for a few months so I can't even imagine how he is feeling.

The desire to succeed is in all of us, some choose to fulfill it and others choose to ignore it.  I know from Terry's past political ambitions going from Mayor to Attorney General he has not ignored his desire to succeed in this world.  Some of us see opportunities as obstacles, I used to be one of those people.  It was great to dream big but when a big opportunity finally came to me it seemed like a huge brick wall that I had no foreseeable way through.  When this opportunity came to me to work for a campaign, some thing that I have never done nor never thought of doing I jumped at it.  When you see something special in someone and know that they can do great things and that you could have the opportunity to be a part of that, only a fool would pass up the opportunity to work with them.

An intern's job may not be glamorous but it is rewarding. Every day is different and every person you meet is truly a treasure.  Some days I spend it loading yard signs into trucks or transporting signs and posts to different locations around the valley.  But other days I have the opportunity to introduce Terry to a crowd and setup a room for him before he gives a speech.  Everyday I know I am making a difference, the people who support the campaign understand what kind of change can be brought by Terry as governor, and that is huge I have never been apart of something this big before.