Cross Posted at VetVoice.com
2008 has been, and will continue to be, a great year for veterans running for office all over the country. We have reached the fortunate problem this year of having so many qualified veterans running campaigns focused on change that it can sometimes be hard to know where to put our resources. One campaign that I find particularly exciting (exciting enough that I came to work on the campaign after six years in the Army) is that of Hal Bidlack, the 25-year Air Force veteran running as a Democrat in Colorado's 5th Congressional District.
As soon as I saw Hal's website, I knew that I wanted to work for him. Having followed politics with increasing disappointment for the six years that I was in the Army, I wanted to make sure that I was involved with the effort in 2008.
I called the campaign manager and, within a week of signing out of my unit, I was working full time and living out of the office.
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