Long hours, lots of stress, very little sleep, and loads of junk food - veteran campaign worker Ken Snyder says he has done his body, and health, no favors over the years. "I'm 50 now - but if you cut me open, I'm probably 80 on the inside," joked Snyder, one of the founders of Snyder Pickerill Media Group in Chicago.
He spent years on the ground, managing campaigns for politicians including senators, congressmen, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and former Philadelphia Mayor John Street.
Snyder likens campaigns to a deployment. "You are away from your family, and even when you're home, you are on your laptop, on your phone, you never shut it down."
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