Hmmm... MA-Sen: Brown Hiring Temps to GOTV - DailyKos

[WillyT]

MA-Sen: Brown Hiring Temps to GOTV
by Laura Clawson
Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 10:16:02 AM PST

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Polls show that Scott Brown's supporters in tomorrow's special election are particularly motivated. So this strikes an off note.

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.

Dems are likely to grab onto the use of temp workers to argue that the grassroots energy behind the Brown candidacy is overstated — and contrast it with the massive volunteer effort lining up behind Martha Coakley.

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.

This could be an artifact of a campaign that operated below the radar until recently and didn't develop volunteers or the capacity to manage them, or perhaps Brown's voters aren't accustomed to volunteering. Whatever the case, it's odd.

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Link: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/18/826403/-MA-Sen:-Brown-Hiring-Temps-to-GOTV

Strange happenings indeed...

:shrug:

[mdmc]

1. temp workers can be worth the price, especially if they are managed well

If you can get a temp to work their neighborhood, and GOTV among their neighbors, it is very effective.

[WillyT]

2. But What Happened To All The Highly Motivated Teabaggers ???

:shrug:

[mdmc]

3. wouldn't they be with Kennedy?

:shrug:

[WillyT]

4. Apparently, He's Only Polling 2%

:shrug:

[mdmc]

5. But it could be enough to screw the GOP

payback for the NY Congress Seat..