OperationRedNovember

This past week, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz graced Mississippi with her frizzy golden locks and loud rhetoric to campaign for Mississippi Democrats & Billy Dupree. She promised Democrats “won’t just win Mississippi next month, [they] will build the road to the White House right through Mississippi back to Washington D.C. and send Obama a second term”.

This past week was phenomenal for the Ole Miss, Mississippi State University, and Mississippi University for Women College Republicans! Many regular volunteers came out to canvas door-to-door and dial numerous constituents, as well as first-timers!

    Yesterday afternoon, members of the Mississippi State University College Republicans came out to go door-to-door for Chris Brown, Republican candidate for Mississippi State House in District 20.

    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”.

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.

    This week was an exciting week for the Ole Miss College Republicans! Not only have they recruited almost 600 new College Republicans for the year thus far, they held their first meeting of the semester, opening the semester for many volunteer opportunities, events with candidates on campus, and even a little bit of fun intertwined with the work!

    In Mississippi, they do things a little differently, but in a good way. They speak a little slower, their football tailgates are a little bigger, their sweet tea is a little sweeter, and their politics are just a little different. Mississippians still do typical campaigning, but they shorten the process, leaving it friendlier to candidates and voters alike.

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.