Back when Scott Walker was delivering speeches in Illinois about the budget, Tamara Holder was incensed at the idea, even though Jan Schakowsky was up here in Badgerdom helping the DNC spearhead their Recall Walker (and other Wisconsin Republicans) initiative. Now, the geniuses from Chicago are offering Illini who put in two shifts a ticket to the Giant Party of Sadness, if only they'll run up to Wisconsin and pester people here.
Not sure that's really going to work. Wisconsinites tend to view their neighbors to the south as hyper-aggressive, selfish putzes. Those feelings are generated mostly by the portion of our neighbors who come from in and around Chicago, and probably particularly Schaumburg . . .but there you have it. There's nothing like trying to GOTV with people who want you to get out of their yard. I figure most Wisconsinites don't want to take any lectures on electoral politics from Chicagoans.
I seem to recall, too, that volunteers promised a similar deal were excluded from the DNC convention on the big night, when the venue was shifted from outdoors to indoors due to rain. So, if you're considering it, get it in writing, and don't forget to wear your Bearaphernalia and to act like Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
