By Michael H. B. Wood,
Communications Director
Shamansky for Congress
(Note: cross posted on oh02)
Today I `m happy to confirm Editor's earlier Comment and officially announce that I am now working as Communications Director for Bob Shamansky's campaign in Ohio's 12th Congressional District.
I've spent most of the past year working as an aide to Maj. Paul Hackett. Shortly after that race ended, I came to Columbus to have breakfast with Dale Butland, Col. John Glenn's former campaign manager and one of the top advisors on the Hackett for Senate Campaign. He told me he had signed on as a sr. consultant to the Shamansky Campaign, and encouraged me to check out Bob's campaign.
I looked at Bob's website and his issues - which are all spot on - but what's really inspiring are his personal story and the reason's he is running.
Bob Shamansky isn't a career politician. Bob's a Korean War veteran. He served from 1950-52 as a Special Agent in the United States Army's Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC). He's an Ohio State University and Harvard Law graduate and a successful businessman. In 1980, the year of the "Reagan Revolution" Bob was the only Democrat to defeat an incumbent Republican congressman.
I got the opportunity to talk to Bob before coming on board. He told me he didn't need a job - that he's not running because he wants to make some kind of career move. He's genuinely concerned about the direction our country has taken, the war in Iraq, access to affordable health care and the energy crisis that we're all facing.
When I first started working in politics - as an intern for Ted Strickland in his Marietta office - Ted's communications director Jess Goode (now communications director on the gubernatorial race) told me to "never work for a guy you don't believe in." I've taken that advice to heart. I believe in Bob for a lot of the same reasons I believed in Hackett. check him out... I think you'll believe in him too.
