I just spent all day knocking on doors. I was covered in that thin layer of dried sweat, the one that feels like it’s gonna stick to you forever. After my shower, I had a thought for a blog post. So here it is!
The campaign consultant blogger in me really wants to blog super meta about how this thing is going, the lay of the land, the intrigue, the tactics, the strategy. The candidate in me wants to keep his damn mouth shut, for a number of reasons, not least being that I am the best political mind in this race, with the most experience running campaigns, I know what I’m doing, why should I give my opponents any free access to that so they can use it in their own campaigns? Duh.
Here’s an example. This week, I got an email from a PD reporter asking all sorts of questions about the fact that more than 60% of the voters in the May primary voted by mail, wondering how this would affect my campaign’s strategy and tactics. Um…dude. You think I’m gonna tell that to the PD? Before the primary? Please. I wrote back, “Early vote changes everything.” End of comment.
So the blogger in me is taking a back seat to the candidate who wants to win. For now. I have a whole host of stories just clogging up the blog queue, some of which certain people will find verrrrry interesting. They may manage to make their way out after September 7. In the meantime, despite every ounce of my being clawing at me to do otherwise, this blogger is going to keep his cards close to his vest.
Which is probably breaking news, somewhere.
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Earlier today I wrote a status update about this reality:
“I’m very sad to write this but the elected official who truly wishes absolutely ever single thought she has COULD be public and not damn her, life sucks.”