Scarsdale, NY
There were four candidates in the GOP primary, and I decided to just show up at Westchester GOP Vice-Chair Margaret Soter’s home in Scarsdale in a suit, knock on her door, and see if I could leave a resume with someone. She answered the door herself, invited me in, was gracious, and we chatted for ten minutes. She asked for my resume, and I left, getting the feeling that pushing my minor Reagan ’80 campaign credential and RNC research internship had been the right approach.
Two days later Soter’s lead consultant, Mike Edelman, based in White Plains, called and asked for a meeting. We hit it off, said he needed someone who knew the issues and could write. That would be me, I said. I was hired to write “speech cards” for GOP primary candidate forums and accompany the candidate at $150/week.