"You're Fired! - NOT!"

Re: Bai, Matt, The Multilevel Marketing of the President. The New York Times Magazine (4/25/2004)

I thought this article was great. It really took me into the life of a volunteer, and an important volunteer at that because she was a district chair in a highly contentious county. What I learned from her story was the amount of pressure on these key volunteers is amazing. It shocked me to hear how the Republican party wanted the world from her. When she made the comment about her not being able to be fired because she is a volunteer, I thought that was a good point as well.

Volunteers are crucial to a campaign's success so they better recruit some very loyal and deserving volunteers. I would be nervous as a candidate to have volunteers running my campaign district headquarters just because of the fact the woman mentioned above, you can't fire them therefore there is not as much follow-through or dedication then someone who is paid. Volunteers need big hearts to dedicate their time to a campaign.