CRs and CDs Playing Nice

BY: ALEXANDER CARRION

It’s less than a month from the big Election Day, November 4th, and Barack Obama and John McCain are wasting no man or resource to secure their spot in office come January. The same can be said for both the College Democrats and College Republicans; the chairman of each club we glad to give some of their time to show what they planned to do for the upcoming election on November 4th.

Joseph St. George, Chairman of the CDs, has made it very clear that this year has been “very, very busy.” Since he became Chairman last January, the CD’s quickly went to work supporting their party for the election, even as their two best candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, continued to clash for the nomination. As a result, the CD’s built their support behind both candidates, and common ground issues they both had, such as universal healthcare.

The College Republicans had it much easier, knowing that McCain would be the nominee long before the Democrat primaries were over. CR Chairwoman Daniele Beck explained that though they did not have as much activity last year, they were also free to prepare an easier campaign in support of their candidate in the months to come.

Now, with the beginning of this semester, both the CRs and CDs have pushed their political fronts on all sides both for their candidate and for their party. The CRs have inviting numerous political figures to speak on campus. Earlier this semester, Michael Steele, Chairman of GOPAC and former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, came to speak on request of the CRs, and many more are expected to come soon.

The CDs have also poured every resource available into observing the progress of Obama and pushing his candidacy into the White House. According to St. John, “We have done more events in the past 2 months than all of last year,” one of which he recalled included a campaign trip that 30 CDs made to Winchester, Virginia to rally support for Obama.

For the future, the CDs are now planning an Ohio trip during the Columbus Day weekend, where they plan on joining the entire CD federation of Washington DC to campaign for both Obama and Mary Jo Kilroy, Democratic nominee for congresswoman of the 15th district of Ohio and cousin of Erin Kilroy, vice Chairman for the University’s CD.

A similar trip is also being conducted by Beck’s CRs, where their entire federation in Washington DC will be phone banking in support of John McCain. The federation is a partnership between every CR chapter in DC. They also plan on taking trips to the third district of New Jersey and the 11th district of Pennsylvania to both push McCain’s message and to further help the congressional elections of candidates Chris Myers and Lou Barletta, respectively.

The Republicans and Democrats on campus, however, have been eager to work together as well. On Oct 7th, the CR and CD groups will come together to in a joint debate watch between McCain and Obama. They are both also working together to ensure that people on campus get themselves informed on the issues and register to vote. A high priority on both sides is to inform potential voters on how to apply for an absentee ballot for their crate and submit the proper paperwork in time before their state deadlines.

As St. George put it, “Don’t sit this one out. Your busy, you’ve got homework, you’ve got papers. But this election is more than about homework and papers, this is about the future of our country, the next for years.”

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