WP/AP article on Jason Rae

[MessiahRp]

Teen Wins Spot at Democratic Convention
The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 6, 2004; 12:29 PM

RICE LAKE, Wis. - He hasn't reached voting age yet, but Jason Rae has earned a place at the red-hot center of the Democratic Party. The 17-year-old has won the election to one of Wisconsin's four spots to the Democratic National Committee and will go to Boston's convention next month.

Rae will be a senior in high school next year and has an impressive resume: first in his class, student council president, editor of the yearbook, active in his church.

He's also earned his political chops. Rae serves on the re-election steering committee of Sen. Russ Feingold, has worked on the gubernatorial campaign of Tom Barrett and is a vice chairman of the Barron County Democratic Party.

"He's one in a million," said Cecil Kippenhan, 73, chairman of the Barron County Democrats. "He knows almost as much at 17 as I do after all these years."

More....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31168-2004Jul6.html

[sybylla]

1. So the story's gone national

Great! He will be a great asset to the Democratic Party in Wisconsin.

Too bad the Post makes you register to see it.

[TheMightyFavog]

2. go to bugmenot.com

It's a nice little website that lets you bypass registration.

[sybylla]

3. Whoa, Dude

I bookmarked that one. I can't believe I've been hanging out here in cyberland for almost 10 years and haven't heard of it before.

Thanks :toast:

[TheMightyFavog]

4. This kid's going places.

Mark my words. I see at least congressman in his future.

[Bushfire]

5. Here's a pic to go with the story w/o reg.

He's working part time in the home department of a Rice Lake department store, sometimes "annoying" his co-workers with his political chats during lunch break, even as he readies himself for a trip to the Democratic National Convention in Boston at the end of the month.

"I want to work to see that the national party and the state party do everything to reach out to the newest and youngest voters," said Rae, whose groomed resume has a familiar ring: first in his class, student council president, editor of the yearbook, active in his church.

Indeed, with a mix of precocity and tenacity, Rae, who will be a high school senior next year and won't even be eligible to vote in November, has begun the long, hard slog toward a life in public service, doing the sometimes-dry spadework and making the always-important connections that this entails.

In doing so, he has established himself not just as one of the youngest party activists in the state, but in the nation.

more...

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jul04/241657.asp