Chapter 852: Campaign Headquarters
After the first public demonstration of the Michelle couple's deep political and business prowess to the outside world, Milton Davis and Axelrod hurriedly left to have a showdown with Alice Palmer.
Until the end of the buffet, there was still no result from the talks, and Alice Palmer seemed unwilling to give up.
Song Ya stood in her position and thought for a while, she was really aggrieved, originally the black politicians in Chicago arched me to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, but now I am ready for everything, everything is ready, but as soon as I met Jesse Jackson's son, you all turned against him?
Forget about the defection, what? Even my original Illinois senator doesn't plan to pay it back? Then I was tantamount to going out for the organization, but I was betrayed by friendly forces, and in the end, even the base camp was raided by my own people, and I tossed in exchange for a sudden death of an empty-handed political future?
Who can stand this!
"APLUS, GO TO MY CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS AND WAIT?" Michelle's husband sent the guests away, leaving behind his campaign and some of the more intimate social connections, still a large number of them, many of whom are still prominent figures in Chicago.
As honors students at Harvard Law School, Michelle and his wife also have a large legal network behind them, including well-known black people in Chicago, affirmative action lawyers, and even the title partner of the law firm are staunch supporters, as well as Michelle's network of years of leading philanthropy and affirmative action organizations.
"Well, being idle is also idle."
Song Ya felt that he was also well-informed, but this time he was a little blindsided, originally he wanted to spend some money and use his influence in Nancheng to directly help crush the past, and it was easy to get an Illinois congressman, but at present, even without himself, Michelle's husband's success in running for the Illinois Senate is still very high.
He compared it in his mind, and this position was not at all inferior to Underwood's election for the U.S. House of Representatives, the difference was that the percentage of whites on Underwood's side was much higher.
Looking at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock, but he still wanted to observe a little longer.
"Let's go, then." Now Michelle's husband himself is the most optimistic, grinning and helping his wife get her coat.
Not far from his campaign headquarters, he rented an office facing the street not far from Hyde Park, and the general conditions of this temporary headquarters would be a bit rudimentary, with a very large office area at the entrance, rows and rows of desks, and he was not willing to waste every inch of available space, and the most important appliance on each table was the telephone, more than one, because now calling door-to-door to collect votes and conducting polls is the most effective and cheapest means.
Many of them are loyal supporters of politicians to volunteer for work, and some parents will also let teenage children help answer the phone to experience the political atmosphere, or accumulate resumes when they apply for college, so the former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds can easily abuse underage girls in this environment.
"This way."
Along the wall of propaganda posters and flags of the United States with his busts, Michelle's husband led everyone all the way to his office, and through the glass, the situation in the hall outside was unobstructed, and there was only a fax machine and a few filing cabinets inside, and some photo frames of him, his wife and dignitaries were placed on the table.
"When was this?"
Song Ya asked, picking up a frame of herself and Mariah Kelly with the two of them.
"The year before last? The time you got engaged, in Highland Park. Michelle recalled.
"Oh." Song Ya looked at the bright smiles of the four of them, and put down the photo frame a little melancholy.
"Would it be convenient to bring my granddaughter a copy of your and your wife's autographs?" Mikwa laughed, "She adores you. ”
"No problem." Celebrities often encounter this kind of request, and the signed photo is available at home, so keep it ready.
There were a lot of people, and the office couldn't be stuffed, so everyone went outside to chat, except for themselves, everyone else basically had a legal background, including Mikwa, a rich legal expert.
These lawyers, who are more inclined to politics and equal rights, are concerned about big issues, that is, the current hot ethical and political differences in the United States, Song Ya and Lao Mike casually sat down and listened silently.
The Michelles were a little absent-minded, they were still concerned about Alice Palmer's reaction, and for the first time they were running, they were inevitably nervous.
"Taraji? What's wrong? ”
Just a little sleepy, the phone rang, and he went out to answer it.
"You're going to shoot the music video tomorrow, oh no, it's today after twelve o'clock."
Taragi said, "Come back early and rest." ”
"I know, wait." I was going to say that I would go back without waiting, but I saw Milton Davis and Axelrod getting out of the car from a distance.
Alice Palmer refused to back down. They brought back bad news.
"Damn it." Mikwa scolded.
Now it's troublesome, Michelle's husband has to fight a fierce election campaign with the former congressman in the donkey party primary, and she is still a black female congressman, even if she wins, it is easy to lose the favor of many voters.
"What are we going to do?" Michelle asked.
"Can't start fighting, Alice Palmer's attitude just now, she definitely intends to tear out all the hidden secrets of these dispatches within the Donkey Party."
"There's only one solution now, to kill her at the stage of qualifying," Axelrod said. ”
"What do you mean?" Everyone seemed to understand, Song Ya asked confusedly.
"To be eligible, a councillor must be elected by a certain number of supporters, and as long as Alice Palmer doesn't get enough signatures, she won't be able to stand up against us." Axelrod replied: "This will prevent the two sides from becoming direct opponents." ”
But is it crueler to Alice Palmer? A former member of the constituency can't even get thousands of signatures for re-election? That would be tantamount to directly declaring that she would be worthless to the political party in the future, and that her political life would truly end. It is not easy to achieve such a devastating effect.
"Political wrangling is always cruel."
Axelrod seemed to read Song Ya's heart, but he actually said it to Michelle and his wife, they don't seem to be able to do the shameless and skinless of Underwood and Peter, and the mood is a little low, Axelrod encouraged: "Don't have any cheap sympathy for the opponent, even if this opportunity was once given up by Alice Palmer, and now she comes back to choose, that is our enemy, and we don't care how much she has been wronged in this matter." ”
"Don't think too much, embark on this path, you will face more difficult moral dilemmas in the future, the donations from Southbank Bank and me will be in place soon, everyone is willing to fully support you, and concentrate on the election."
Milton Davis shook Michelle's husband's hand, "I'm getting older, I need to go home early to rest." ”
"Me too." Song Ya learned from them to shake hands with Michelle and his wife, and at the same time said two words of support, "I believe you can do it." ”
"Thank you, thank you." Michelle's husband was very moved, clasped his hands and said, "If it weren't for listening to your song Be What You want to Be...... Forget it, don't say this, good night, APLUS. ”
"Good night."