"... enthusiastic, smart and low paid permanent employees... dying to work for you...will relocate to participate in the campaign"
Jesus, those don't sound like campaign workers. They sound like cult members.
Jesus, those don't sound like campaign workers. They sound like cult members.
The activist spirit is alive and well in campaign employees.
Maybe you've volunteered for a charity? Volunteerism is the other half of the equation. Campaign employees are part activist, part "paid volunteer". Anyone who's volunteered for their kids' school, for a neighborhood charity, or for some other cause knows the positive, almost euphoric feeling that comes from volunteering for something that is meaningful to you.
In a time where most of us go to sleep feeling existential dread because we can't do anything to stop the various runaway trains we see in our society/planet/etc, volunteering can provide a feeling that you're actually doing something to make a difference.
That spirit, too, is alive and well in campaign employees.
But for a politician? At the national level? In 2016?
I think the gag reflex is more appropriate.