elections

Bobby Jindal for RNC Keynote Speaker

Monday, August 11th, 2008

David Bass at The American Spectator  makes the case. Hmm… charming young conservative governor who is the son of Indian immigrants? You Dems can have Barack Obama-we want Bobby Jindal for keynote speaker!

Can We Ask?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

A man running to be the next Commander in Chief has not, in 900 days, including many Christmas Holidays, Memorial Days, and Thanksgivings, visited Iraq. Can we ask?

Louisiana Joins in the Ranks and Begins Fundraising

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Since almost 2 years ago, Louisiana Federation of College Republicans have not been actively fundraising, at least on a grand scale. Now, the state federation, led by Rudy Perciful, will embark upon this endeavor, setting a goal of obtaining $50k. The money will be allocated toward bringing CRs in from across the country in order […]

Continuing Veep talk

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Lace provides us with the list of potential vice-presidential candidates. Upcoming posts will deal with why Senator McCain should pick Governor Crist(my choice of the three), Governor Romney, or Governor Jindal. But I want to look at the other candidates that may be under consideration. There are some stipulations. First, the candidate cannot be a […]

Move over MoveOn.org…Romney is starting his own PAC

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Governor Mitt Romney, who is worth as much as $250 million, will be starting his own PAC to help candidates who supported him in his run for President. The video below was taken just after Maine’s Convention…

This is good news, especially if (when) Obama beats Hillary.

Not Good

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Despite strong efforts by the Illinois College Republicans, Dennis Hastert’s former house seat fell to Democrat Bill Foster who defeated Republican Jim Oberweis by a margin of 52.5% to 47.5%.

What we learned from the MA 5th

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

According to Robert Novak, we learned what the recipe for success (or mitigating our loss) imay be n 2008.
In the recent MA 5th district Congressional election the Democrat won 51% - 45%, but Novak notes that the election, given historical trends, shoudn’t have been that close.
Bush took 41% of the vote in 2004 […]

MA College Republicans rally in special election

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Late Thursday night, Congressman Chris Shays joined the Massachusetts College Republicans on a statewide conference call in preparations for the Jim Ogonowski 96 Hour Get Out The Vote Effort. Rep. Shays spoke about the importance of this race that has quickly captured the attention of the nation.
Buses will be provided for all […]

Special Election in MA 5th

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Broun wins in GA, upsets Whitehead

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

…or so Real Clear Politics reports.
In what is being called a come-from-behind upset, conservative activist Paul Broun Jr. appears to have narrowly upset State Senator Jim Whitehead in the race for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District. Broun, who has run for office several times before, leads the runoff with 50.4% to Whitehead’s 49.6% — a difference […]