What does the inside structure of a campaign look like?

The answer, as always, depends on who you ask and which campaign you are describing. If you are a real junkie this kind of stuff is fascinating. Kudos to Eric Appleman from GWU who has done tons of work gathering all the campaign organization charts from 2004 to build an incredibly insightful picture of both the Bush and Kerry campaigns. This is truly amazing considering the omerta code that most GOP operatives operate under. Democrats on the other hand all seem to have an inability to shut up about their work on campaigns so that is not surprising.

Eric is compiling the same info for the 2008 election and it is worth your time to check it out. Also, if you happen to get contacted by Eric about campaign literature or other stuff - help him out. He is genuinely non-partisan and does this stuff for the academic value.

Shameless plug for my Minnesota crew in 2004 they are listed here . They worked like dogs (and I probably treated like dogs sometimes) for a disappointing finish but a larger victory.