howdy folks,

welcome to the inaugural post of the Students for Kucinich Blog. my name is Harrison and i work as an intern at the National Campaign Office in Cleveland, Ohio with roughly 8 other interns, and a mixture of volunteers and paid staff. we're gonna each take a day (my day is obviously tuesday) and let everyone know just what we're up to here @ Dennis Central. hopefully, we'll also be able to network with other Kucinich supporters and broaden his support around the country.

my story:
i turned down a Hillary Clinton staff position with $2000 per-month, full health and dental and a few other perks for a $400 per month stipend where i got housing, working for Dennis. why? he's: anti-war, pro universal health care, pro criminal justice reform, pro green energy development and expansion, and trust in a person who has consistently and unequivocally stood up for what i believe to be the benefit of poor, working and middle class americans time and time again regardless of how damaging it may have been politically. very few other politicians can make that claim on the national level. with this in mind in the beginning of August, i prepared to leave for Cleveland.

i arrived in Cleveland by car roughly a week ago, give or take a couple hours, and found my way to the office where i met Chaz and Corey, two punkrock activists from Wisconsin. they helped me carry my stuff upstairs to my very own apartment right across from the office, in a building somewhat situated on top of a gigantic, derelict cinema with the name, VARIETY splashed across the side of the marquee in faded red letters. it felt good to move in and prepare to settle down.

i was soon swept in the endless cyclone that is a political campaign , as i attended a kucinich meet-up with all the other interns and Dave Kelley (an adviser to the campaign), went out to dinner and finally, exhausted, i unpacked my stuff with the help of stacey and asher (we all live in the same building; Real World Kucinich take 1) and was asleep by 11:30.

from then on it's been fairly non-stop. i got into the thick of things the next day and have been heading up the House Party project with John and the Dial4Dennis project with Evan, both major fund-raisers for the campaign. the interns have all started to click with each other and the training wheels on the campaign are off. we just picked up Josef, our newest intern, from the airport yesterday where i promptly got us lost by refusing to listen to John by driving onto the wrong expressway. however, he did make it here safely and we promptly went out to a diner where he hatched the idea for this blog. or, if it wasn't Josef, i apologize, but it wraps the story up a bit nicer don't you think? also, today we were interviewed by Aussie t.v. crew for part of a documentary on what it takes to elect and American president. look for yours truly, John, Chaz, and Josef coming to Australian theaters sometime soon.

signing off,
H