College Republicans: "We Are the Foot Soldiers of the Republican Party"

By Alex Laska

The GW College Republicans are gearing up for a busy semester, with two gubernatorial elections coming up this November in Virginia and New Jersey.

Andrew Clark, Communications Director for the CR’s, said that the organization is, “leading campaign trips into Northern Virginia every weekend to volunteer for [candidate Bob McDonnell]. We are also getting involved with the RNC’s deployment in the days before Election Day. We are hosting a campaign trip to New Jersey in October to work for [Republican candidate] Chris Christie.”

Clark said that the CR’s will be promoting, “limited government, consumer-oriented answers instead of government-oriented answers to America’s problems, a strong and assertive foreign policy, and upholding a national culture that respects life.”

“We bring these values to campus and actively promote them,” said Clark. “We are the foot soldiers of the Republican Party, volunteering for campaigns, holding debates on campus, and pursuing a conservative agenda.”

Clark said that the CR’s are also, “pushing a huge health care blitz right now to raise awareness about Obama’s health care reform plan and how it will hurt the American health care system, not help it. We are hosting a debate with the College Democrats, passing out fliers, and educating our members about the health care plans drifting through Congress so they can take our conservative arguments back to their dorm rooms, and their roommates and friends.”

Events coming up for the CR’s include an appearance by Congressional Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) on October 6 as part of their Congressional Dinner Series and a visit from Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush in November.

Freshmen Elections for the CR’s take place on September 22.