And thus, my world conquest begins ...
Met with a Congressman today, for the union. (A damned good guy, who seems immune to the temptation to put on airs or change in any way how he reacts to people)
I'm the politics wonk of my chapter. I'm the one who can quote Executive Orders, who reads bills in committee, who keeps tabs on politicos' particular interests. I'm also a self-designated schmoozer; I know our pols' home situations, family issues, et cetera, and won't hesitate to use that stuff to make seemingly-idle conversation. And it works.
But it freaks me still to realize that at least four Congresspersons (and probably one Senator) know me by sight, despite the scant meetings I've had with them, or that their staffers do as well.
(And the fact that almost every executive staffer or officer of the union at the national level helps as well is a good thing, too.)
I have to get us involved in the local political scene (I'm working on it; working, working), and I have to get us more in the way of press contacts, but if this keeps up, I may very well be able to fulfill my dreams of running for Congress within the next decade ...)
I'm the politics wonk of my chapter. I'm the one who can quote Executive Orders, who reads bills in committee, who keeps tabs on politicos' particular interests. I'm also a self-designated schmoozer; I know our pols' home situations, family issues, et cetera, and won't hesitate to use that stuff to make seemingly-idle conversation. And it works.
But it freaks me still to realize that at least four Congresspersons (and probably one Senator) know me by sight, despite the scant meetings I've had with them, or that their staffers do as well.
(And the fact that almost every executive staffer or officer of the union at the national level helps as well is a good thing, too.)
I have to get us involved in the local political scene (I'm working on it; working, working), and I have to get us more in the way of press contacts, but if this keeps up, I may very well be able to fulfill my dreams of running for Congress within the next decade ...)