Cat Fish '08 lands a job in DC:
I'm working for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Independent Expenditure Program, which operates independently of each congressional race and of the DCCC's campaign operation. My job is a Political Assistant. There are four "Pol-Ass"s who each work under two political desks that run the polling and advertising for 30 competitive House races across the country. In brief, my job is to be the point of contact for vendors and on-the-ground field programs, and to track the progress of the research, political, and legal components of the process as we create and implement the campaign polling and advertising.
The DCCC IE is made up of about 25 twenty-somethings from all over, who all live and breath campaign. The staff is in the office about 12hours a day, 6 days a week and still never seems to have enough time to get everything done (talk about a wake up call after only 3 hours of class a day in college!). This first week has been intense, but I'm learning so much, meeting great people and having a blast.
