Plans

Back in January, I did this excellent internship at a great Public Affairs firm in DC. It's called Shirley&Banister and if you ever need a PR firm, they are the most effective and intuitive firm around. Their client list was so impressive to me. They represent at least two groups of which I am a member (the NRA and the Club for Growth) and have handled book launches for a bunch of other people of whom I am a fan (Zell Miller, David Frum, Danielle Crittendon, Bernard Goldberg, Ann Coulter etc.) On their impressive list, I saw Herman Cain. I remembered the name from an article by Deroy Murdock, another of my favorite writers and someone I frequently see out and about in NYC, in the National Review about Cain. Cain seemed extremely impressive in the piece (and in all the subsequent pieces I read about him when I chose to do a media audit on him in my Public Relations class at NYU). The fact that S&B was handling him was icing: they only handle the best.

I followed coverage about him all year and my admiration of him just grew. When I graduated my Campaign Management program, his was the only campaign in which I had any interest. I was planning on starting something of my own (I still will, just later than I expected) but couldn't stop thinking about the US Senate race in Georgia. So, I'm going. I'm leaving on Saturday and am not sure when I'll be back. The first showdown will be on July 20th, with three Republican candidates leading the pack. Then, if nobody gets over 50%, there will be a runoff in August with the top two. Finally, there will be the November general election.

I hope I am in Georgia until November.

Watch the Cain race, I think it will be the most interesting of the season.

If anyone out there is in Atlanta or the surrounding areas, contact me. I would love to meet some readers/bloggers while I'm down there.

And my last political party in NYC for awhile will be this Thursday's Republican meetup (at the Manhattan Lounge on Second Avenue between East 89th and 90th) so come by and have a drink with me.