A day in the life of a political operative during campaign season

When I launched this blog I told you that I would tell you about the life of a political operative. Well folks, here is the exciting truth.

Today I woke up at 5:30 AM to knock out Political Net News.

I got to the office around 7:30 AM, wrote 2 press releases and 3 mail pieces before anyone else in the building showed up.

I had my first of 4 conference calls at 9:15 and got cursed out by 10:30. That’s actually pretty surprising because I usually get cursed out way before then.

I returned phone calls and emails until eleven, ran to a quick meeting at Starbucks, and then ran home around noon (a mile and a half from the office) for a quick bowl of yogurt and granola. Unfortunately we were out of berries, but I did get a nice fresh peach. I like the hard ones.

Back to the office by 12:40 for another conference call on some polling information.  I updated PNN again, reviewed two draft mailers, wrote one more mailer, and then wrote a blast email before heading out to my second meeting at Starbucks.  Completely jacked up on caffeine from my second Starbucks coffee and fourth for the day, I went to the gym around 4:00.  I ran three miles, pumped iron for 20 minutes, and got back to the office at 5:30.

I stayed at the office until 7:30 when I came home to find some awesome soft-shelled tacos Elizabeth cooked for me before she headed out to Jr. League. I ate my tacos, drank one vodka tonic, and returned about 15 emails until Elizabeth got home at 8:20.  We watched last night’s episode of Heroes and then I returned some phone calls.  It’s now 10:10 and I have about another hour of work to do before heading to bed so that I can get back up at 5:30 AM to updated PNN for you. I might even drink another vodka tonic. Who knows. It may get a little crazy around here.

All that and I still had time to update Twitter seven…make that eight times.

Seriously though, I love this time of the year. It’s what I live for.  Bring on campaign season because it’s what I wait for the entire year. Some people wait for the fair and elephant ears. I wait for campaign season and getting pumped. That and football season.  BRING IT!

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