Day Three- Lets See Hill on Capital Hill

Today started out with a trip to the capital of New Hampshire. In Concord our first stop was at Library and then over to the New Hampshire’s Political Tradition Exhibit. This exhibit was very informative in archiving the political past and importance of New Hampshire. The first primary state has a long rich history of vibrant campaigns that enrich the country through such a thorough selection process. The exhibit demonstrated this. We met the curator of the exhibit and I thought it was particularly interesting the selection she goes through to pick the items that is displayed. I imagine items of particular interest include the history making memorabilia and the items that particularly were not of importance but provide an overall piece to the important puzzle that is the New Hampshire primary. When we said our goodbyes, we headed over to the Democratic Party headquarters in Nashua. We met the chair of the Democratic Party; Ray Buckley (picture above) and had a question and answer session about some important New Hampshire policies and demographics. I also enjoyed hearing about our Professor’s past experience with the office. The class caravan drove down to the good ole’ GOP office and met Fergus Cullen and discuss the republican primary of New Hampshire. While here, we discussed issues concerning the Republican Party, and what their hopes are for the outcome of primary. We left around lunchtime and then headed out to our campaigns. When our group arrived at our office, we hit the ground running on the canvass forefront. We were given our own 15-passenger van, recruited one more volunteer, and had a team of six. This was exciting because in the days before we were sent out with volunteers who had previous experience with the campaign but now we were entrusted with a van to canvass ourselves. We had a colorful day of enthusiastic supporters, which always helps the motivation when sloshing through the snow. When it turned to night, my colleague Damaris and I walked out of the heat for an hour and thought we were paralyzed because of the low temperatures. We were happy to do it of course, we would do anything to garner support and get the word out. After canvassing, we went back to the office and got a ride home. On the ride home, we talked with a volunteer who works for Senator Clinton in D.C and she told us a very pleasant story. She explained her birthday was yesterday and in the midst of Iowa and NH pandemonium, Hillary called her to wish her a happy birthday personally. This to me speaks to her true character. She did not do it for press or public relations but she did it too genuinely to wish her a happy birthday. I think this sort of detail oriented, thoughtful, and caring human being is someone I want in the Whitehouse.

P.S The last picture shows me trying to get the broken washing machines to wash clothes. The lengths I would go to for Hillary!