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The Butcher Strikes Again: SCHIP Debate is a Farse

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Tom Coburn speaks truth on the SCHIP bill. A bill which recently passed both chambers of Congress and is on its way to the President for his promised veto. A veto that will be sustained by at least the House and most likely the Senate.
My criticism of Republicans on this issue and other […]

Sen. McConnell and Sen. Feinstein Support Burma…

Friday, September 28th, 2007

…and so should you.
Remember, as William Bennett once said:
America’s support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Tithe to Climate Change: Dems want to increase gas tax

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Democrats have recently filed legislation to increase the national gas tax by 50 cents in order to curb consumption of gasoline in an effort to lessen the alleged effects of greenhouse gases as a variable in climate change.
Representative John Dingell, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has said:
A fee on carbon emissions requires […]

Extend SCHIP program without spending billions to expand it

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

An article published in USA Today, written by Mike Leavitt:
We all want to see every American insured, and President Bush has proposed a plan to see that everyone is. Congress, instead, is pushing a massive expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that grows government without helping nearly as many children.
The president’s plan, […]

Gubenatorial TV commercials

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Bobby Jindal, future Republican governor of Louisiana.

Haley Barbour, current and future Republican governor of Mississippi. Embedding disabled for this ad, so click here.

McCain starts running TV ads

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

John McCain released two new television commercial today. By the content (particularly the 30-second ad), I’m guessing that they are running in New Hampshire.
The 60-second.

The 30-second.

Like the latest Romney ad, McCain subtlely attacks the president (Iraq strategy & Katrina) and the Republicans in Congress (earmarks). As I mentioned when the Romney commercial was released, I […]

Maine Federation Spotlight, Part IV: State of the Federation

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

According to Chairman Nate Walton:
The achievements of Maine College Republicans have been repeatedly recognized by state and national Republican leaders, and the statewide organization has become widely regarded as the national standard for state College Republican federations.
In July, the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) recognized the Maine College Republicans as the “Best State Federation […]

Seton Hall College Republicans slam school for denying Delay

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

A press release sent to CR Nation by Chris Stark, Chairman of the Seton Hall College Republcans as well as Federation Chairman of the New Jersey College Republicans:
Seton Hall University has denied the College Republicans’ program proposal to bring author and former Congressman Tom Delay to campus citing their catholic mission as the sole reason […]

College Republican Chris Stark on Fox News with Sean Hannity

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Thanks to a CR Nation mole I was made aware that New Jersey College Republican Federation chair Chris Stark was recently part of a discussion with Sean Hannity on Fox News.
The topic was liberal bias against conservative speakers. The form the bias took in this particular instance involved a question as to whether it […]

Maine Federation Spotlight, Part III: Recruitment

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

The Maine College Republicans have over 5,000 members on 24 campuses across Maine, one for every campus in the state.
In 2006, and as a result of substantially successful fundraising efforts, Maine hired five CRNC field staff who recruited over 3,000 new College Republicans.
These additional volunteers provided over 12,500 volunteer hours supporting Republican […]

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