Rep. Grayson Hires From The Blogosphere
From National Journal magazine:
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has hired blogger Matt Stoller to be his senior policy adviser in Washington. He plans to focus on the lawmaker's financial services portfolio, including housing foreclosure issues. Stoller, 31, has been active in liberal Internet circles for five years, according to his Web site, MattStoller.com. He is a big fan of populist politics, or as he describes it: "Embracing the people and the public and allowing them to participate in self-governance." Stoller blogged for Jon Corzine's New Jersey gubernatorial campaign in 2005. He also did blog outreach for the Democratic National Convention in 2004 -- a first.
Stoller sees a big appetite for change. There is a "huge populist spirit," he says "and someone is going to figure out how to channel that into governance." While in college, Stoller spent one summer cleaning toilets and another working for an ad firm in Japan. He also put in a couple of years at a small software company in Boston. Stoller, who grew up in Miami, enjoys reading -- he is currently turning the pages of Come Home, America by William Greider -- and playing basketball. -- Winter Casey
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