Where are his armies of volunteers?
Have not seen this diaried or discussed anywhere, apologies if someone else has covered this. The Plumb Line Blog is reporting that Brown's campaign is relying on temp labor hired from temp firms to cover their GOTV efforts. The implication here is that the Giant Wave of Enthusiasm claimed by their camp may be overhyped to say the least
Plumb Line Article about Scott Brown's GOV Temps
See below for some goodies from the report.
Goodie # 1:
The Brown campaign is hiring scores of paid temp workers from temp agencies to help staff Brown’s get-out-the-vote effort, work that’s typically handled by unpaid volunteers, a Massachusetts temp agency tells me.
And More:
Diamond Staffing, a temp agency in central Massachusetts, circulated an email to other temp agencies telling them that they are sending temp workers to the Brown campaign in response to the campaign’s request. The email asked other agencies to send their own workers, according to Joe Asciotti, the president of Reliable Temps, an agency in Agawam.
Finally:
Dems will argue that the use of temps shows that some of the energy behind Brown is manufactured. The Brown campaign didn’t immediately return an email for comment.
I detect the usual Republican smoke-and-mirrors tactic of hyping to the media a wave of support for Scott Brown that may not be all it seems. Where are all his volunteers otherwise? Just seems strange he would need to pay Temp Agencies.