Washington
After the 1996 election, I was inundated by requests from PR firms to interview for jobs. Edelman, Burson, and others wanted me, and headhunting firm Korn Ferry contacted me to discuss several jobs.
Working at the NRSC for another election cycle was not what I wanted. I had never viewed ‘professional campaign committee’ types who spent years there as real campaign operatives.
Fair or not, I came up through “the system” the hard way — and my way. When meeting first with McConnell chief of staff Steve Law and then McConnell himself, I told them I’d be moving on.