A Lefty Writes

Work and life (and general apathy towards the blog) kept me from posting since about two months ago after the primary, but now that all of the elections are over I have a little more time on my hands, so I'll fill you in.

As you all may have heard, the Democrats won a few elections on Tuesday. I, however, spent the day volunteering for the only Democrat in the country who didn't win. It was a state rep campaign in a district that has always been Republican and we lost by 2%, which in this race meant around 300 votes.

I couldn't stay too depressed, though, because Deval Patrick is my new governor and we took the US house and senate!

And now that the elections are over and done with, I'm on to bigger and better things. Well, I hope I'm on to something soon, at least. I've already started the job hunt and had a few interviews in recent weeks. I met with an incumbent state rep who is looking for a new aide and I met with a progressive lobbyist who's looking for an associate. The aide job is still looking promising. I know they want to bring me back for another interview, but they aren't sure when yet. The lobbyist job won't work out. The guy liked me a lot but he wants someone who's committed to putting the next decade into the job, and that's not me right now. He did give me a few contacts for other opportunities, though, and I'm pursuing them.

I also have some loose ends to tie off at the old place. Things like disconnecting phone lines, processing payrolls, etc. Not too exciting, but enough to give me a few more weeks of paid work, at least.

I feel like I should be working to get a job in the Deval Patrick administration, but right now I just don't know who to talk to for that. I'm working my connections, but things are still in the early stages of the transition, so I think it's a matter of staying on top of things and waiting to hear about what's going on.

And hey, if nothing works out there are always about 30 new Democratic congressmen who will be staffing up in DC...