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COLLEGE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE! WINTER 2010

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Fighting for Our FutureThe 2010 Political: Living Lifein theMargins

The big project around the officefor the last couple of weeks hasbeen our 2010 political plan. Apolitical plan is a proposal for howto win a particular election or howto maximize gains during aparticular election cycle. Itdescribes a strategic vision and the

tactics necessary to fulfill thatvision.

To make such significant impact,our political plan will concentrateour resources by targeting sevenstates that are critically importantboth in 2010 and 2012. Each statehas key House, Senate andGovernors races this year, and will

be vital when Republicans take back the White House in 2012. By

targeting states with these key states, College Republicans will aforce in taking back both the House and Senate this year and layinga foundation for the Republican youth to lead the way inrecapturing the White House in 2012.

To reach these goals our political plan calls for the deployment of5-7 full-time paid field staffto help elect Republican candidates byrecruiting, training and mobilizing college students to vote andvolunteer by invading one of the most liberal places on the planet:the American college campus. While there, they will push backagainst liberal dogma by organizing events to spread our principles

and message, promote Republican candidates, recruit newmembers, sign-up volunteers for phone banks and door knockingand to register students to vote. With this planand your helpwe will be able to recruit more students, sign-up more volunteersand help elect more Republican candidates than we ever have.Support the College Republicans, and join us on the front lines oftaking back our country in 2010!

CRNC Programs

MichaelAntonopouloshighlights theCalifornia College

Republicans Page 6

Chairman Zach Howelltalks about 2010

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Brandon Greife showsthe shift youth ideology

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Treasurer BrandKroeger talksmoney

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! Finance DirectorTierra Warren asksfor your support

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Jeremy Hagen, Executive Director


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THE COLLEGE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEIN 2010

The Plan and the Team to Win

After a year of stunning mismanagement and short-sightedstewardship by the Democrats, the American people are growingincreasingly alarmed at the direction the country is heading in.The change they hoped for has not been delivered. Instead, thePresident and the Democrats in Congress have created a leviathangovernment fueled by record debt and higher taxes that seeks toreach into every area of our lives from the businesses we run orwork for to our healthcare.

The resurgence of the Republican Partys fortunes over the pastyear, and the unprecedented energy in the conservative grassrootsare testament to the desire of the American people for aresponsible government based on sustainable policy. However, theRepublican Party faces a difficult fight to win back control of theHouse and Senate and the nations governors mansions. Years oflosses have left us a diminished minority at every level ofgovernment. To win, we will need to out-organize and outwork ouropponents. College Republicans stand ready to do just that.

The College Republican National Committee will be instituting a large-scale field effort to recruit,train and mobilize thousands of volunteers to aid Republican candidates in the nations mostcompetitive Gubernatorial, Senate and House elections. With fifty paid field staffers, this yearsfield program will be the most ambitious and comprehensive midterm election effort ourorganization has ever run. With just one chance to stop the radical agenda of the Democrats, thecircumstances call for nothing less.

Of course, in order to be effective, any plan must have quality people running it. I am proud to saythat the CRNC has assembled a tested, driven and creative team ready to take the fight to theDemocrats.

I recently hired Jeremy Hagen as the new Executive Director of the CRNC. Jeremy will workalongside me to fine-tune our 2010 plan and execute it. Its hard to imagine anyone better suitedfor the job. Jeremy ran one of the nations premier youth efforts as head of the Missouri CollegeRepublicans in 2008 and in 2009 managed the CRNC Virginia volunteer deployment operation

which saw more than 300 College Republicans bus into Virginia helping Gov. Bob McDonnell pulloffa landslide victory. Until recently, Jeremy also served as Co-Chair of the CRNC.After Jeremy resigned his former duties to become Executive Director, I nominated formerNortheastern Region Vice-Chair Terence Grado to become the new Co-Chairman of the CRNC.Terence supervised a team of five full time field representatives in the Fall of last year in New Jerseyduring the extremely competitive race for Governor there. This field team recruited thousands ofnew College Republicans and organized a volunteer effort that contributed tens of thousands ofvolunteer hours to Republican candidates.

Zach Howell, National Chairman


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COLLEGE REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE GAME

With the 2010 elections rapidly approaching, I know that I am notthe only conservative to be excited by the upcoming tidal wave of

Republican election victories

thanks in no small part to the poorperformance of President Obama and the Democrats inWashington. This year is going to be a big one for the RepublicanParty, with an increasing number of GOP seats in Congress beingmoved to the safe column as more and more Democraticincumbents are being labeled as vulnerable.

While this is certainly looking to be a good year for the Grand OldParty, it has thus far been an excellent year for the CaliforniaCollege Republicans (CCR). Among college students, a newconservative movement is emerging. This can be seen within our

organization, where chapters are having an easier time recruitingnew members and new CR clubs have been sprouting up across thestate.

CRs have also united together to do their part for Republicancandidates. Although campaign season has not yet begun, CRs have kept busy in the off-season.CCR held two GOTV efforts in the East Bay, bringing 40+ CRs out each time to hit the pavementfor Congressional candidate David Harmer in CD -10. Although Harmer lost, our effortshelped him beat the districts registration gap by 8 points, a powerful message of rebuke to theDemocratic Party that did not go unnoticed by the national media.

Later in the semester College Republicans (CRs) poured into the City of Oceanside, where theyplayed a crucial role in defeating the labor union sponsored recall of conservative RepublicanCouncilman Jerry Kern. Councilman Kern attributed his landslide victory to the CRs extensiveground campaign in the weeks prior to the election.

The fight against the left on campaigns is undeniably important, yet we as College Republicans alsohave another obligation in the upcoming election cycle. If you care about the direction of theRepublican Party, then it is your obligation to help shape the party by involving yourself in theselection of our nominees for statewide office.

This will be a historic election, a rebuke of the Obama Administration in the mold of the 1994

rebuke of the Clinton Administration. But tidal waves dont just happen. While the sentimentof hostility towards those now occupying the corridors of power in Washington certainly exists,that alone is not enough to turn the tide. To win elections nationally as well as statewide, we needto build a grassroots movement, which starts with the College Republicans. 2010 will be ahistoric election; dont watch it from the sidelines, get in the game!

- Michael can be reached via email [email protected]. He also is the Chairman of the California Co#egeRepublicans.

Michael Antonopoulos, WesternRegional Vice Chair
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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YOUNG ADULTS DISAPPROVE OF OBAMAS HANDLINGOF ISSUES

2008 was a banner year for young voters. Previously maligned fortheir lack of turnout, 201. 18 to 29 year olds voted in the

November elections, a 4.3 jump from 2000.Their effect on theelection led Time Magazine to name 2008 The Year of the YouthVote. Unfortunately for Republicans, Barack Obama was both thecatalyst and the beneficiary of the seismic shift of the electorate.Young adults, by a margin of 66% to 32% voted for Obama overMcCaina margin 5 times greater than any other age group.Obama was able to ride this wave of young adult support andvolunteerism straight into the White House.Contrary to popular opinion, young adults have not always votedDemocratic. For instance, in the presidential elections from 1980

through 1992, the 18-34 cohort was the most Republican age groupin terms of voting record. Recent polling shows that a similar

trend may again be appearing. A survey conducted by the HarvardUniversity Institute of Politics regarding young Americans views of President Obama found that[o]n every issue included in the survey, a majority of 18-29 year olds disapproved of the Presidentsjob performance.

As the following graph shows, young adults did not get the type of change they voted for in 2008:

Do You Approve or Disapprove of the Way Barack Obama is Handling:

Brandon Greife, Political Director


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Other takeaways from the Harvard poll show a deep dissatisfaction among 18 to 29 year olds withthe direction President Obama has taken the nation in his first year in office:

Less than one-in-four (23%) believe that things are headed in the right direction while 37%say things are on the wrong track

More young Americans believe that the governments effort to improve the economy willhurt (30%) and not help (26%) their personal financial situation

A majority52% of young adults believe either that the government should either leavehealth reform alone or pass a more limited version of reform than is being discussed

An overwhelming majority disagree with President Obamas handling of Afghanistan

The College Republican National Committee is devoted to ensuring young adults distaste forPresident Obamas liberal policies translates into votes in 2010. The charge as described by JohnDella Volpe, Director of Polling for Harvards Institute of Politics, is to continually challenge and

inspire young adults, whose support should not be taken for granted. President Obama andCongressional Democrats who won on the backs of youth support have promptly ignored theyouth perspective on the major issues facing this nation. College Republicans are stepping in to fillthat void, ready to capitalize with a unified message of small government that resonates with youngadults.

The importance of 18 to 29 year olds extends beyond their votes. A study by the BrookingsInstitute following the 2008 elections found,

The current generation of young adults is very engaged: nearly a third of 17 to 29-year-olds reports having engaged in politics. They bring essential vitality to grassrootsorganizing. From precinct-walking to phone banking, young volunteers can help fuel

the efforts of a campaign by making direct contact with voters.

Barack Obama and his policies have opened the door to the youth demographic but now wemust convince them to walk through it. College Republicans stand prepared to do just that.

-Brandon can be reached via email [email protected].
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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MONEY OFTEN COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY.- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Every day we hear political arguments that promise more greatthings that government should provide. More cash for clunkers,more healthcare, more housing loans, more credit relief, and onand on.

These arguments often tug at our emotions. You shouldnthave to drive that dangerous and dilapidated old car. I want ahome to make my own so I must have that loan. Healthcarefor all is a must for the worlds most developed nation. Votersbecome giddy over the possibility of providing so much for somany that the financial bottom line becomes just a passing

concern. For some its not a concern at all.

As financial management firms, banks, and the auto industryfail across the country the US government is coming to theirrescue; saving most of them from bankruptcy and a fate thatthey engendered. You would think that some in government,who are spending trillions to rescue, would look at their own

balance sheet. Thats not happening.

American families cant spend beyond what they bring home. When they do, bankruptcy likelyawaits them. At the CRNC we cant spend more than we take in from generous donors.

Corporations are held accountable by shareholders when their balance sheet makes no sense andwhen theyre not they fail, unless of course Obama comes to the rescue. Why is government notaffected by the bottom line like every American and every business?

The Democrats, with President Obama at the helm, are taxing and spending like never before inAmerican history. Obama spent 3.5 trillion dollars in the first year of his presidency, adding nearly1.4 trillion dollars to our 11 trillion dollar national debt! To put things in perspective, George W.Bush spent a total of 1.8 trillion in 2001 and added nothing to our national debt. President Obamais spending borrowed money and hes leveraging our future to do so.

As the CRNC works to gain conservative majorities through activism, we are also fighting for our

future. We campaign for a new era of fiscal discipline. We knock on doors for a future free from asuffocating bureaucracy. We make phone calls for a future free from crushing debt. With your helpwe will enhance our activism. We will continue the fight for our future and a conservative America.

-Brand can be reached via email [email protected].

Brand Kroeger, Treasurer


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NO LONGER THE GARDEN STATE, JERSEY TURNS REDFor over a hundred years, College Republicans have been at theforefront of every major campaign in the country. In 2009, NewJerseys gubernatorial race was arguablytherace of the year. Towardsthe last couple of weeks before Election Day, Virginias gubernatorialrace (the other main political race of 2009) looked certain forRepublican candidate Bob McDonnell. And thankfully, McDonnellwon handily. However, NJs was tightening. It was essentially a toss-up down to the wire.

But on Election Day, the results were anythingbuta toss-up. ChrisChristie (R) defeated Governor Jon Corzine (D) 49%-45%. Putdifferently, Christie beat Governor Corzine by about 100,000 votes!NJ went from being a blue state to a red state overnight.

And there is no doubt that College Republicans played a pivotal role in

the states transformation. With three field representatives deployedinto NJ by the College Republican National Committee, the NJ StateFederation of College Republicans was able to recruit over a thousandnew College Republicans across the state. These field representativesalso helped create new College Republican chapters at colleges like

Rutgers University(Camden) and Atlantic Cape Community College.

More importantly, however, were the voter contacts made. On a weekly basis, colleges like Stockton Collegeand Seton Hall University made over a thousand calls per night! Friendly competition amongst the stateschapters spurred tremendous activity that got Christies message of positive change to the ears of thousandsof concerned citizens. In one particular county, College Republicans alone made up over 40% of the votercontacts Republicans made in that county!

College Republicans outside of NJ also helped Christie. The Washington, D.C. Federation of CollegeRepublicans, specifically The Catholic University of America, American University, and The GeorgeWashington University chapters, came through in droves. Bringing around 75 College Republicans onmultiple trips into the state, they were able to make over 10,000 voter contacts in one weekend alone!Whether it was through phone banking or knocking on doors, they helped Republicans from the bottom ofthe ticket to Christie. And other federations, such as the Vermont State College Republicans, made phonecalls into NJ.

In every aspect of the campaign cycle, College Republicans were present. When Governor Corzine broughtin President Barack Obama to aid his campaign, College Republicans organized a statewide rally to showopposition to his reelection. And when Christie spoke at town hall meetings, College Republicans were

there to warmly welcome him.

As both a College Republican and native of NJ, I saw firsthand the work College Republicans put into thisrace. I could not be more proud. And as I watch Governor-Elect Christie prepare to take office, I cannothelp but think of the countless other campaigns College Republicans are bound to bring to victory. Expect2010 to be no different than 2009 in NJ.

-Terence can be reached via email [email protected].

Terence Grado, Co-Chairman


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INVESTING IN 2010Zach said it best, with a thorough plan, an experienced team at the helm, and adesire to make a substantive difference on behalf of the Republican Party, theCollege Republicans are ready to win. But in order to win, we need your help.

Our fifty person field program is projected to cost over a half million dollars.The College Republicans need your support to make it happen. We haveproven, time and time again, why we are the best investment in Republicanpolitics. We have the most cost effective and efficient volunteer movement onthe ground. 100% of the money you donate, goes directly into our programs.We make the dedicated efforts to target youth voters through sophisticatedgrassroots field operations, online messaging, and activism. The CollegeRepublican National Committee has the history behind it to ensure stability,and the type of membership that allows for powerful grassroots mobilization.Brandon pointed out that youth ideology on the issues has changed since Pres.Obama took office. In order to fully capitalize on this trend, resources areneeded.

We are asking you for $100,$250,$500,$1,000 to put towards the programs outlined in theprevious pages.It is necessary to invest in the youth of our party more than we ever have before if wewant to win in 2010. Your tremendous investment will ensure our success in the upcoming elections.Thank you in advance for your support. -Tierra-Tierra can be reached via email [email protected]

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Tierra Warren

Finance Director
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