it's easy to raise money for the
pta or the museum or for the
symphony or a project for
children.
it's very easy to call someone
up and say, we need this money
for that.
it's a whole different story
when you're calling someone up
and saying, will you give me
money for my campaign?
and you have to make that step
beyond it.
and it's very hard for women,
because we do have that
emotional component into who we
are, and we can't think
otherwise.
but it is more of a business
type of venture.
you have to understand that you
will get people that put you
off, and you will get people
that give you less than they
gave the male, in my situation,
my former congressman, if i
called someone that he had
received $2,000 for, i might get
a thousand.
and so i had to work twice as