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I talked to Mary - she's the one who interviewed me, is in charge of the internship program in his Middleton (hometown) office, and left me the voicemail Friday - this afternoon. I thought her voicemail was the last step before confirmation, but it turns out she was just keeping potential applicants updated. She's apparently not the one who makes the final decision, but wrote up the memos and sent them on to Feingold HQ where those decisions are made. It sounds like it's pretty much a matter of paperwork going through at this point, and she said she doesn't expect anything to keep it from happening.
As long as there's no background check - or if there is, they don't mind someone's been caught with corn a couple times no sooner than five years ago - I should be good. I should have final word by the end of the week.
Post by bamadancer on Jan 15, 2008 11:03:13 GMT -5
Good luck, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for ya kdogg! I really admire how involved you are in the election. I wish I had the time! Are you getting class credit for any of this work or are you taking off school or what?
Iowa caucus & New Hampshire primary were during my semester break. I had to take two weeks off work to do that.
The Feingold internship is part of the Legislative Internship class, worth three credits. Students are expected to secure their own internships, though there's placement available in the 11th hour should things fall flat. Students have to put 10-12 hours per week of grunt work at the office, plus a two-hour class one night a week - for which there is discussion and a weekly paper due. The semester here (my last) starts the 22nd, so waiting until Thursday/Friday to find out is cutting it rather close.
Romney won Michigan yesterday - with McCain 2nd and Huckabee a distant 3rd - so the GOP has three big states with three different winners. I'm sure South Carolina will be Grandpa Fred's last stand, and if Giuliani doesn't do well in Florida he might be written off. Things are getting interesting on the GOP side.
Dems (magic number 2,025) Clinton 190 Obama 103 Edwards 51 Kucinich 1
GOP (magic number 1,191) Romney 52 Huckabee 22 McCain 15 Thompson 6 Paul 2 Giuliani 1 Hunter 1
Next up: Nevada caucuses & South Carolina primary - Saturday I think the Dems results will both be: 1-Obama (narrow in NV, more comfortable in SC) 2-Hillary 3-Edwards
I think South Carolina GOP will probably be a Huckabee/McCain slugout for first and a Romney/Thompson slugout for third. I'd guess McCain to win the former and Romney to win the latter. Fred's bet a lot on SC and it's not gonna pay off - I think he's the next big withdrawal. I think Nevada's top three are going to be Giuliani, Romney and Huckabee - though I'm not certain in that order. I'm pretty sure Rudy will finally get into the top three somewhere, and McCain shut out in this four-way contest.
Yes. I have risen to the lowly rank of intern, where my duties shall be answering phones, responding to invitations the good Senator is unable to attend, and other such grunt work. Yet will still be totally awesome.
That is awesome! It's all about getting your foot in the door. Next we'll be voting for the future Senator kdogg or watching you on Meet the Press telling us all how to vote
Anyone see the debates tonight. I didn't. But I pulled this little gem of a quote from the ABCNews website. It's about Obama getting pissed because Bill keeps lying about him and his record........
Obama seemed particularly irritated at the former president, whom he accused in absentia of uttering a series of distortions to aid his wife's presidential effort.
"I'm here. He's not," she snapped.
"Well, I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," Obama countered.
I watched online. Both Clinton and Obama seemed overly aggressive and abrasive. This allowed Edwards to be the good guy, though he took a few shots too.
All in all I thought Edwards was the clear winner as he expressed his idea and they didn't get lost in the anger. The instant approval meter on CNN seemed to show this too.
Of course the press today only shows the confrontation. Oh well, we've learned not to expect much from the corporate media..
Post by bamadancer on Jan 22, 2008 11:57:34 GMT -5
A little late, but congrats kdogg! I understand the meaning of bottom of the food chain... I do a lot of grunt work at my job too, but I love it and it is AMAZING so keep that in mind!
When I'm running a nonprofit I'll be sure to donate my PAC money to your campaign
Ha. If I'd be successful, it'd probably be the last campaign PACs would be involved in.
But in the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of a PAC - the Progressive Patriots Fund. It's pretty much Feingold's PAC - it was formed while he was exploring the presidential waters and he's the honorary chair - but a PAC nonetheless.
Here's some karma ltravestyl I'm not a big fan of Ron Paul because he wants to privatize everything. But nobody should give you s##t for your political views he keeps beating Giuliani and they still call him a front runner.
Post by ltravestyl on Jan 23, 2008 13:50:25 GMT -5
Indeed he is a bit eccentric, but he's the only cadidate that has stuck to his convictions and not let big money contributers run his campaigns or influence his vote. True with his privitization we could up with something like the Umbrella corporation, but I think the government has its nose in too much business it has no place in.