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Megan looks around at the Sail campaign office and cannot believe that she is here. She is actually at a political job. It might just be a working as a low level campaign worker but still... it's politics. She doesn't care that all she will be doing is answering phones and getting coffee. It sure beats flipping burgers and getting no experience that will help her later on in life.

She knows that the Sail campaign has an uphill battle but she is looking forward to working with the campaign and hopefully helping bring about a victory. Sail is fighting against a huge character and so has to work hard to make sure that people can see the person behind the character. This is a difficult thing to accomplish because Card has huge name recognition and that means people who are not very active in politics will go for the name that they know. This means that Ulysses Sail has to work to fight against both the name recognition and the personality that Card is known for. This will be tough for a number of reasons but one is that Card is going to dominate the media cycle, with his crazy plots and inability to apologize. To stay above the mud and still get the news coverage that he needs will be a real struggle for Sail but Megan is willing to go and try and help him get there.

She believes that Sail is the best candidate for many reasons, but one of the main ones is that he is the one that seems most presidential and I believe that he is the best person to represent American on the international stage. He shows restraint in the face of hecklers, and will stand there and try and have an actual conversation with the hecklers instead of inciting violence or ignoring them. He realizes that if any one of them wants to be president they will have to be president over all of America, not just the people who support them, and therefore you need to listen to those who do not actively support you, and in fact are often actively working against you. That is more important than any campaign promise that may or may not be kept and it is something that Sail has in spades.

The class and feeling of power that Sail has is something distinctly presidential, policy can come and go but personality remains. Sail just needs to find an effective way to ensure that Card's personality does not overpower him on the stage, and that Sail finds a way to make his quiet calm power make itself known on the stage, otherwise he will lose. Personality is so important and Card has it in spades, so Sail has prove that he deserves to have that nomination, and later the presidency.

Megan truly believes that Sail is the best choice for America and she will do whatever she can to make sure that he gets there, even if he will probably never even know her name.

"Hey Kid! Get to work!" A senior staffer yells at Megan, jolting her into action.

"Right away sir." Megan finds a desk with a phone and picks it up, getting to work.