I'm sure that it's hardly shocking that I would have spend the last weekend before the election knocking on doors of complete strangers and trying to persuade them to vote for Barack Obama, Jeanne Shaheen (U.S. Senate candidate) and Carol Shea-Porter (U.S. House). What you might find shocking is that I LOVE this kind of work. I love talking to people who probably wish I would just leave their porch. And I love, more than anything, early morning visibility (standing on a busy street holding a sign, preferably homemade and jumping up and down like a lunatic to show your enthusiasm for your candidate.) I just love it all. It was the part of politics that first attracted me to pursue a career electing women. After all of the galas, the nice dinners and the "grip and grin" events, there is absolutely nothing like talking to a voter about what matters to them, and why your candidate is someone who will work to make their lives better. No champagne, no passed bacon-wrapped scallops. Just the stuff that really matters.
As you may recall, I spent last week in Roatan, Honduras on the Kershner Family Vacation. We arrived to beautiful weather and a tropical, somewhat undeveloped island. The house my parents rented shockingly looked exactly like the picture on the internet, and did not disappoint at all in ammenities nor view, as you can see.
As you might imagine, after such an early morning, my traveling companions were very excited when I forced them to take their picture in front of the Moose statue in the Manchester airport. I figured we had to do it then, because word was that the McCain Palin campaign was on it's way to NH, so by the time we got back, I figured Sarah Palin would have shot and field dressed the moose, thus ending our opportunity to get this prize photo. 
I'm sure that it's hardly shocking that I would have spend the last weekend before the election knocking on doors of complete strangers and trying to persuade them to vote for Barack Obama, Jeanne Shaheen (U.S. Senate candidate) and Carol Shea-Porter (U.S. House). What you might find shocking is that I LOVE this kind of work. I love talking to people who probably wish I would just leave their porch. And I love, more than anything, early morning visibility (standing on a busy street holding a sign, preferably homemade and jumping up and down like a lunatic to show your enthusiasm for your candidate.) I just love it all. It was the part of politics that first attracted me to pursue a career electing women. After all of the galas, the nice dinners and the "grip and grin" events, there is absolutely nothing like talking to a voter about what matters to them, and why your candidate is someone who will work to make their lives better. No champagne, no passed bacon-wrapped scallops. Just the stuff that really matters.
