New CRNC says “Thank You”
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007In a statement released this afternoon, the New CRNC team expressed their gratitude to those who supported them. They also asked for help moving forward. Below is the full release:
Now that the convention is over, we wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who attended and those who supported the New CRNC. We were […]
Regional Elections
Monday, July 16th, 2007A reader writes,
Any idea who got credentials committee spots or regional secretaries?
In fact, CR Nation does. Below is the list of those who were elected Saturday, all by unanimous votes. The state that they chair is in parenthesis.
Northeast Region
Regional Secretary: Sean-Tamba Matthew (PA)
Credentials Committee: Ryan Bilodeau (RI), Nate Walton (ME)
Southern Region
Regional Secretary: Jonathan Bryant (TN)
Credentials […]
For those who weren’t there
Monday, July 16th, 2007Justin Jordan, chairman of the Texas CRs, gave the nominating speech for Charlie Smith at the CRNC convention on Saturday. Time ran out before he could finish it (leading to an abrubt ending and a very unique look from the speaker), but Mr. Jordan was kind enough to tag CR Nation in a Facebook note […]
MI GOP chairman congratulates Carlson
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Saul Anuzis, chair of the Michigan Republican Party, mentioned Dan Carlson on his blog earlier this morning:
MI College Republican Dan Carlson is elected national secretary of the National College Republicans…congratulations Dan!!!
AP video of the convention
Sunday, July 15th, 2007The Associated Press interviewed several College Republicans during the convention. Featured in the video are: Ryan Sorba, former chairman of the Cal State San Bernadino CRs; Jake Roundtree, editor-in-chief of the Pachyderm Press, published by the Maine CRs; Amanda Barfield; and Jane Hughes (or was that Hewes, the women’s outreach director for the Maine CRs?). […]
In my inbox…
Saturday, July 14th, 2007A letter from Siler of OH and Ludeman of WA.
Dear Friends:
Thank you!
The amendments passed today are the result of six plus months of hard work guided by the bold principles and recommendations outlined in Real Reform. We see these amendments as a giant victory for this organization. We are excited that Real Reform was the […]
Quote of the Day
Saturday, July 14th, 2007They [NewCRNC] weren’t expecting a big fight, but more an annoying one; but they [Siler-Ludeman] just folded and rolled over. -anonymous CR Nation mole speaking on the NewCRNC’s expections of more “fight” from the Siler-Ludeman crowd.
CRNC election results, Smith elected Chairman
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Charlie Smith of Colorado was elected CRNC Chairman today in what has long been a non-race, as noted by the WaPo. On the convention floor Charlie was nominated by Alabama and his nomination speech was given by Justin Jordan of TX. No one voted against Charlie but several delegates from several states chose […]
GOP Presidential hopefuls at CRNC Convention
Friday, July 13th, 2007Well, actually more like “GOP Presidential hopeful” because there was only one as of today: Mitt Romney. Word is Mr. Romney has “an incredible operation” running at the convention, i.e., one membership table with five staffers behind it.
The staffer in charge is none other than Jordan Sekulow, the Students for Bush National Coordinator […]
Rumor has it…
Friday, July 13th, 2007….that in the Southern Regional Vice-Chair race NewCRNC’s Kristy Cottrell has shored up enough support to ensure her victory, and in light of Bobby Kaufmann’s troubles, enough to ensure an electoral sweep by the NewCRNC as the Midwest and Southern Regional Vice-Chair posts are the only contested races (thus far).
(hat tip: CR Nation mole)