Summary of Lis Smith's Any Given Tuesday

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#1 I was a New York native who had enrolled at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. I had always been interested in politics, and in 2003, I convinced my parents to travel to Washington D. C. to meet Senator John Edwards, who was running for president at the time.

#2 I was a political naïf at the time, so it seemed like the biggest deal when Edwards’s wife, Elizabeth, sent a thank-you email the morning the op-ed ran. I was actually terrified of introducing Edwards.

#3 I was a fieldworker for Edwards’s campaign in New Hampshire in 2004. It was a sign of the times, as there were few women in leadership positions back then. I felt like I had to do double the work of my male colleagues to be accepted.

#4 I was assigned to challenge Clark on his record in Peterborough, New Hampshire. I asked how he could square his record of service with his lobbying for big corporations and some of the most brutal dictators.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822582019

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Insights on Lis Smith's Any Given Tuesday

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was a New York native who had enrolled at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. I had always been interested in politics, and in 2003, I convinced my parents to travel to Washington D. C. to meet Senator John Edwards, who was running for president at the time.

#2

I was a political naïf at the time, so it seemed like the biggest deal when Edwards’s wife, Elizabeth, sent a thank-you email the morning the op-ed ran. I was actually terrified of introducing Edwards.

#3

I was a fieldworker for Edwards’s campaign in New Hampshire in 2004. It was a sign of the times, as there were few women in leadership positions back then. I felt like I had to do double the work of my male colleagues to be accepted.

#4

I was assigned to challenge Clark on his record in Peterborough, New Hampshire. I asked how he could square his record of service with his lobbying for big corporations and some of the most brutal dictators.

#5

The media narrative wasn’t centered on the Kerry-Edwards result in Iowa. It was singularly focused on Howard Dean’s speech from the night before. And not in a positive way. The audio that was piped back to reporters in the room was distorted by Dean’s unidirectional microphone, so the Dean Scream was born.

#6

Dean’s scream was a media-driven gaffe that made for better TV than discussing the results of the Iowa caucuses, which were very unfavorable for him. Edwards came in fourth place, with just 12 percent of the vote.

#7

Working on a political campaign is a completely different world than working on a normal campaign.