OperationRedNovember

This past Thursday the Lieutenant Governor spoke at a fundraiser event about the importance of staying connected with the voters of New Jersey.  She gave out her cell phone number to people at the event to show that she values people's concerns and wants to be available to the people of New Jersey.  She told those in attendance, "You pay for my cell phone, you should have my number!" 

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) hosted the candidates for attorney general on Monday evening's episode of Kentucky Tonight. Incumbent Jack Conway has flip-flopped his position on issues important to the Commonwealth like mountain top removal and cap-and-trade.

Today, 10 College Republicans from Maryland drove up to New Jersey's 2nd Legislative District to make phone calls for Vince Polistina, John Amodeo & Chris Brown.  They made over 7200 phone calls in one day! We are truely grateful for their efforts and time spend to come up to New Jersey to help out with our Operation Red November.

    Mississippians have many decisions to make on November 8th. As previously noted, they will be voting for their elected officials, as well as on citizen initiatives, such as the Personhood Amendment (Initiative 26), discussed in my previous blog post. They have two additional initiatives to mark on the ballot, a voter identification initiative and an eminent domain initiative, as well.

    On November 8th, Mississippians will be voting for their elected officials, as well as on a citizens initiative to amend the state constitution - The “Life Begins at the Moment of Fertilization Amendment”, Initiative 26. This would add to the Mississippi Constitution that life begins at “the moment of fertilization”. Supporters of the initiative say the measure is “intended to protect all life, regardless of age, health, function, physical or mental dependency, or method of reproduction”.

Yesterday, Governors Chris Christie & Mitch Daniels spoke at Rider University.  Although they were there for a very short time, it was a great opportunity for College Republicans in the area to get together.  CRs from Rider, TCNJ, and Rutgers (New Brunswick) attended the event with the Governors and afterwards enjoyed a luncheon for current and prospective College Republicans.  

Many know the line I am talking about... Alan’s infamous speech in the movie, The Hangover. He was a one-man Wolfpack, but when he met the guys, he immediately knew his Wolfpack had grown by two. This past week, President Barack Obama made a campaign stop at my alma mater (and Zach Galifianakis’): North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, Home of the Wolfpack. But, sadly, my Wolfpack did not grow by one, nor did it grow for many in our generation. Barack Obama is not part of my Wolfpack.

The weather lately has really made things difficult on campaigns in the region but most students at the University of Southern Miss have just kept on going. The first football game of the season was still widely attended although must of the fans were drenched and there seems to be alot of enthusiasm as the second week of school was underway.

With Operation Red November officially underway, I find myself increasingly impressed with the Conservative Movement within the Commonwealth of Virginia. In particular, over the course of this week, one leader has stood out as someone who the rest of the country should be looking to as an example of strong Conservative leadership. The man I’m referring to is Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia.

One week into the Fall semester I have managed to meet with several candidates who are looking to win democrat-held seats in Southern Mississippi. One such candidate, Ron Swindall has released an ad that I believe to be one of the best I have seen from any of the candidates here locally or statewide. http://www.voteswindall.com/

As Obama went tromping through the mid-west on his reelection campaign tour, his poll numbers have continued going down, down, down, still maintaining that same tune of blaming everyone but himself and his administration. And this time around, it is no different: this past week, Obama has blamed Congress for his low approval rating.