Today was a mix of emotions. After getting very little sleep, we awoke to a lecture from Dante Scala. I really enjoyed listening to him speak because I have studied him for a while now for various classes. During the meeting, the fire alarm sounded and we were told to leave. Chaos ensued and we departed for our various campaigns with no clue what may happen to our hotel. We arrived at the office and it being a Saturday there were so many volunteers it was an absolute madhouse. We were immediately sent out canvass and while we were getting ready to head out, we were informed we had a limited window to get our belongings from the room. The volunteers from Cape Cod were very helpful in taking us all the way back to our hotel. Thanks people! All of us Clinton volunteers were fortunate enough to have rooms on the inside that were not affected by the fire. Arrangements were made and we are now in Massachusetts. Last night we met an attorney from D.C. who works for the Department of Justice who has been very generous in helping us with rides and taking us to events. The debates were tonight in Manchester and Damaris, Debbie, Emilio, and I were able to attend the official watch party at a place called Chateau. Little did we know what we would encounter at the end. I got up to use the restroom and ran into secret service looking for it, the guys were the same people who were at the rally yesterday so Damaris and I decided to ask them if the Clintons were there and they said yes. Wow! This event was not publicized and it was fate we happened to be in the right place at the right time! The debates were great and I think Hillary withstood attacks and came out above all the other candidates. She was by far the clear winner. Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea walked in and everyone was so excited the crowd went crazy. It was so nice because she spoke as if she was talking to us each individual. I think this had to do with the fact there was no press there and it was such a small room. It absolutely made this day much better! Bill is so polite and really speaks with you. Hillary thanked us for working so hard for her and encouraged us to canvass to get out the vote. After everything calmed down and the Clintons left, the building we walked back to the Radisson in downtown Manchester. Here we saw a nice NBC setup that was empty besides one person so we wanted to check it out, just look. When we walked in a security guard very upset and started freaking out although no one was in there. We explained we were college students and wanted to see the set. He wanted our ID’s and cameras, it was ridiculous. He literally shoved us out and said shouted we were scruples just like Hillary (we had our Hillary flare showing). Here we are a bunch of curious college students that wandered some empty room and we are called names by a nameless security guard? We ran into Chris Matthews right after this at J.D.’s Tavern inside the Radisson. The day may have started with a bump but the night definitely made up for it.
Link to fire:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=newsblog#2008933127662
St. Pete Times Slideshow:
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/webspecials08/audio_slideshows/road_white_house/
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im jealous you got to meet bill
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