You’re welcome! Remember, too, you can always volunteer. Volunteers are the lifeblood of campaigns.

During the primaries, I was probably working 80-90 hour weeks. Doors 9-4, calls 5-8 or 9, every day. There’s some slowdown between primaries and general while things get up and running on a national scale. Travel isn’t bad during each primary, unless you’re a rural organizer. Rural organizers typically have a lot of…

I have worked a presidential. It can be a ton of fun. It’s also a shit ton of work. Knock doors, make phone calls, seven days a week. My unsolicited advice is to make sure you really believe in who you’re working for, as you’ll need that to get through the long weeks. Pay isn't great, though you probably won't have to…

I love the idea, though I think it would require a lot of new track. Amtrak only owns 3% of its track, and often sits behind freight trains even though Amtrak nominally has priority.

Believe it or not, Notre Dame isn't the only good school on earth. I'm also guessing you didn't go there, just like 99% of the fan base.

Hey Rafi,

Shut up.

Mocking the bros in BigLaw must be exhausting from a sheer numbers standpoint.

Nepotism either is or isn't a hell of a drug.

I guess I just wonder how much stock you can put into hypothetical polls a year out? I have to think that would have tightened considerably in a general.

Back when I subscribed, Jacobin was indeed well-made and designed. I've also really enjoyed what little I've read from Current Affairs, and I appreciate the rec.

If that was "constructive," I wonder what her criteria are for "unproductive" or "absolute train wreck."

You’re okay, I deserved it. I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me.

That’s a fair question. I think that I probably agree that I know being a centrist isn’t all that great, and perhaps that influences some of my reaction. Another piece is that, in the past, I certainly was a centrist, and was totally unashamed of that fact. I’ve moved further left in the last few years. Maybe I still…

This is a solid list. Only thing missing is Alex Jones, and I imagine he’ll be in a future installment.

Shockingly, there’s a spectrum. I fear that, far from being a centrist, I’m just not as left as you’d like everyone to be. That’s okay.

It was a joke. You’re nothing but a far-left troll who tells people to fuck off if they disagree with you. What, exactly, do you add to the discourse around here?

Would it look worse if the contributions had come from PACs? Isn’t it at least theoretically possible that some of these individual oil folks are Dems supporting a candidate without trying to curry favor?

Okay, but yours ignores that she also took California and New York, for example. Bernie picked up...Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, I guess? I would argue that aside from Michigan, Washington, and Colorado (maybe one or two others, like MN), the states Sanders won are exactly like the South Carolinas of the world.

I call it hate reading in (half) jest. I enjoy a lot of the work here, as well as the discussion, which is why I come back.