Posted on 05/27/2015 1:24:18 AM PDT by iowamark
DES MOINES — While many Iowans scatter to the coasts, mountains and “Up North” in summer, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is hearing from a lot of people who want to spend the next few months here.
Hillary for Iowa, the 2016 presidential hopeful’s campaign in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, reports receiving applications from more than 1,000 people who want to be Clinton fellows in Iowa this summer.
Interviews are underway for the Hillary for Iowa Organizing Fellowship program, which will give those selected the opportunity to learn organizing strategies as full-time volunteers on the former secretary of state’s Iowa caucus campaign, according to the Clinton campaign.
In return, the unpaid fellows — most 18 to 24 years of age — will take on many of the same organizing responsibilities as the campaign’s full-time staff.
Michelle Kleppe, Hillary for Iowa organizing director, said the campaign is excited by the response.
“Caucuses are about relationships,” Kleppe said, adding that the campaign has dozens of organizers across Iowa building “a broad base of support from Iowans for next year’s caucuses.”
At the same time, it will train the next generation of progressive organizers in Iowa.
The plan is for volunteers to be responsible for recruiting, training and leading volunteers and making direct voter contact in specific areas during their eight-week fellowships, according to a campaign spokesman. The campaign plans to offer fall and winter fellowships as well.
The fellowship program builds on the organizing the Clinton campaign has been doing in Iowa since April. Punya Krishnappa is leading the “commit to caucus” effort in Linn County and the surrounding area. Field organizers are meeting with Iowans to ask them to pledge now to attend their precinct caucus Feb. 1 to support the former first lady.
“We’re trying to meet as many people as possible and respond to people who want more information,” Krishnappa said. ‘The most frequently asked question is “When will Clinton be back,” she said.
The field staff also works on social media, engaging likely caucusgoers and responding to people who ask about Clinton and how to get involved in the campaign.
“We’ve created Facebook groups for each area as a way to get people engaged,” Krishnappa said.
Many younger voters are volunteering to use social media to connect with their contemporaries.
“It’s a place where they feel comfortable having a conversation about how they will get involved,” she said.
If a thousand nimrod millenials want to sign up for Shrillary’s campaign it shows how many clueless people inhabit this country. They’re beyond listening to issues. They want a woman for president regardless of Hillary’s dubious background.
Democrats are experts at bussing in people from everywhere. Call it volunteer work, give them room & board and some walkin’ around money and they can still collect their EBT. Who don’t want that? Plus you get a chance at a cush government job if she wins.
First, I’d have to see the applications. Secondly, if they were ‘electronic’ applications, I’d have to see how many of them show up on the rolls of the dead.
I don’t think I’d believe anything that campaign says right now.
“They want a woman for president regardless of Hillary’s dubious background.”..........
Is it possible to think that Hitlary will actually be able to operate as POTUS when she IS in jail?
It’s hard to say, actually. Certainly, our on illustrious RINO GOP leadership is comfortable with most any Democrat breaking the law. They pretty much challenge nothing. The States are taking up the standard in that regard.
I suppose that when the hypocrisy of the Clintons-that-are-and-ever-will-be reaches that point in their collective throats (gag point) they’ll hurl back. But there will have to be a backstop alternative to run to.
It really is a matter of whether collective Democratdom is willing to sacrifice all manner of self respect once more for Hillary (for little or no reward).
They are all just hoping for a futures tip to make themselves rich.
Braindead tools.
Title first read as just another example of the little people being stiffed by Clintons.
“Interviews are underway for the Hillary for Iowa Organizing Fellowship program, which will give those selected the opportunity to learn organizing strategies as full-time volunteers on the former secretary of state’s Iowa caucus campaign, according to the Clinton campaign.
In return, the unpaid fellows — most 18 to 24 years of age — will take on many of the same organizing responsibilities as the campaign’s full-time staff.”
There have been lawsuits against companies using volunteers or interns to do the same work that a regular employee does and not paying the volunteer or intern and the volunteers and interns have won, at least in the cases I’ve read about. Just wondering how the Clintoons are getting around not paying them.
Is it because they’re calling this a “Fellowship” program or perhaps the rules are different for elections and “progressive organizing”?
the applicants know there will be lots of sex and booze
Conservatives could match the enthusiasm. RINOS won’t.
Hillary operates by a completely different set of rules. She is clearly above and beyond the law that applies to you and me. She will never be prosecuted.
I guess they don’t have anything better to do when living in Mom’s basement.
Rules are different. It’s like volunteering at your church. I’d be considerably more well off if I’d been paid for all my campaign volunteering.
An interesting word; fanaticism.
I think the word, "fanatic" and the word, "conservative" are mutually exclusive.
I think a good analogy could be found in religion.
Conservatives are more like monks, who are spiritual and devout, and who keep their vows, even when it is difficult to do so.
Liberals range from Whirling Dervishes to blood-thirsty Satan-worshipers.
Perhaps Conservative people need a different approach to get them "energized" and committed about elections.
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