Hey, my name is asher.

Right now, I'm unsure of whether or not I'll be able to stay on with the campaign. For me, school starts in two weeks, and my loans will be coming due soon, so I may end up being gone in about two weeks, as I cannot pay for my student loans on my stipend alone.

But while I'm here I just want to say that I'm really excited with all the fresh new energy that we have here.

I arrived here around a month ago, and me and Hal got started with hashing out the campus outreach program. I'm really excited about pushing it forwards. I've been working on building the skeleton of the organization, and putting together the Campus Organizer packet. Hopefully we'll get a budget for that and get stuff done and ready to be shipped out here pretty soon.

Josef, the guy who set this blog up, has been nothing but positive energy since he came in on Monday, and if I do end up having to leave, I don't feel like anything would fall apart. He is awesome, and I'm glad to have him on board.


I guess I could talk a little about what Dennis Kucinich said to us when he came into the office to talk with us about campus outreach:

Since this isn't a huge mega-million dollar campaign like the "frontrunner" campaigns, we don't have the means to operate a huge top down organized campaign. We're going to be relying on you to make this happen. Big responsibility right? Don't stress out too much, we here at national will try to make it as painless as possible (but there will be pain! This is political work!)

One thing that is going to be essential is reaching out to other organizations that are sympathetic to our cause, and getting their members on board. The big difference between Kucinich and the other campaigns, is while they talk about what they will eventually do, Kucinich talks about what he's done, and is doing. It's our hope that the people who rally around issues central to the Kucinich Campaign, (like Human Rights, Economic Justice, Constitutional Democracy, and Peace, to name a few) will recognize this and rally around the flag.

It's been exciting to see that even though we don't have the most well-funded campaign, we're right on the issues, and people are supporting us when they learn about where Kucinich stands.
For instance, we won the ABC poll in regards to the Iowa debate in a landslide this past Sunday.

And when people look at the issues only, like in this blind taste test, Kucinich wins in a landslide there too...

If I am able to stay on here, I look forwards to working with you! If I have to leave, I look forwards to working amongst your ranks as a Campus Organizer at my own University.

Stay Positive!

Asher