Last March I wrote about the video blogger Citizen Kate. She covered Obama's Presidential campaign announcement in Springfield at the start of her quest to understand politics and "find out what it takes to be a great leader."
If you look past the dumb blond act and low cut shirts, her videos are very funny political satire. She's the love child of Elle Woods and Jon Stewart.
Even though Citizen Kate has since interviewed several Presidential candidates and received major news coverage she still links to my blog on the friends page of her website because I was one of the first blogs to take notice of her first video. She also calls me her "cyberfriend" which I'm going to assume means she has a huge crush on me. On second thought, I think she only gets crushes on men running for President.
Anyway, I looked at her website today to see if she has any new videos and she just posted her interviews with Elizabeth and Dennis Kucinich in New Hampshire. What really makes this one good is the scrolling text and the funny titles she gives to the people she interviews.
I spent a couple of months in New Hampshire when I was working on the Kucinich campaign staff during the 03/04 primary so this video brought back some good memories. Because Dennis had a relatively small staff, with few experienced people, I had the chance to be given a large amount of responsibility and do a little bit of everything. On a few trips I was the advance team before Dennis got there, traveled with him to events, and stayed after for follow up organizing with local volunteers.
The most difficult part about traveling with Dennis was trying to feed him. He's a vegan and there aren't a lot of towns in Iowa and New Hampshire with vegan restaurants. But I always enjoyed the trips because of his non-stop energy and optimism. He has a good sense of humor too. It was the most exciting, chaotic, stressful, insane and fun job I've ever had.