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DC CRs give up part of Thanksgiving break for Chambliss
By punch bowl | November 22, 2008
A handful of College Republicans will give up three days of their Thanksgiving break and travel to Georgia next Friday to campaign for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss.
The trip’s expenses–including travel, housing and food–are being paid for by the Republican National Committee said Brandon Hines, public relations director for the CRs. The trip is an attempt to save the seat after the Senate election was forced into runoff between Chambiss and the Democratic challenger, Jim Martin, after neither candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote.
Jake Wolfe, treasurer of the CRs, said it has been difficult to recruit GW Republicans to go to Georgia due to the timing. At the latest count, only five students have agreed to go on the free trip.
“I have had a lot of trouble recruiting people to try and give up their Thanksgiving break,” Wolfe said. “They would also be missing Monday and Tuesday of classes as well and it’s the last week of classes.”
Going to Georgia is one of many campaigning trips that members of the CRs have participated in this semester including trips to VA, Penn., Ohio, and Fla., however Wolfe said this trip is especially important.
“Speaking as a Republican, we just lost Alaska giving the Democrats 58 seats if you include Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders who are Independents,” said Wolfe. “And then with Minnesota, if Republicans end up losing that than 59 seats not counting Georgia. If we lost Georgia as well that would give Democrats 60 seats and the ability to end any filibuster that the Republicans tried to initiate.”
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November 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
and we care because…
what I want to know is wtf is the CRNC doing to help keep a filibuster senate? wtf are they doing in the only and maybe the single most important election of the year and possibly of the next two+ years, huh?
November 24th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Texas College Republicans are also helping Chambliss out. Did you seriously ask why we should care?
November 24th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
yea, why care what D.C. is doing? There have been many federations who have helped like this but didn’t get any attention - why care all of a sudden now?
November 26th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Dayton Headlee from Nebraska, about 10 CRs from Arizona, and I think several Utah and Oregon CRs as well are heading out to Georgia this weekend to help out. Thanks for fighting the good fight guys!