And when John McCain was finally released from the Hanoi Hilton on March 14, 1973, Barack Obama was aged 11 and living in Honolulu with his maternal grandparents.

From  Moe over at Redstate.com

In his spare time (didn’t know he ever had that!), Ethan put together a video on why John McCain is the type of man that the youth in this country want to support. I doubt Ethan will plug his own video, so I’m letting you all know about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrQZQCrlf1Q.

Make sure you watch it now - its just a minute long - and share with your friends!

“Today’s youth knows the virtues required to lead. We are looking for someone who leads by example, who pushes us to achieve something greater then ourselves, who urges us forward past fear and reticence, who will lead in dark times and glory. We have found John McCain.”

The famous St. Louis Arch (photo compliments of Will’s amazing photography skills!)

MOCR’s enjoyed lunch under the Arch

Will and I with Immediate Past Chairman Samantha Hill and newly-elected Chairman Jeremy Hagen

This weekend, Will Crosswell (National Field Director) and I spent our time with Missouri College Republicans at their State Convention! Its been an awesome time with a great group of CR’s. Almost 100 students were in attendance. Their incrdible lineup of speakers included Congressman Kenny Hulshof; Governor Blunt’s Chief of Staff Ed Martin; and John Hancock (he fired Karl Rove before Rove’s climb to fame!).

MOCR’s newly elected officers are:

Jeremy Hagen, State Chairman
Amy Kaufmann, Vice-Chairman
Kristen, Treasurer
Rachel Hassani, Secretary
Justin Smith, Executive Director

After a lunch of subs underneath the famous St. Louis Arch, Jeremy took a few minutes to share a little about MOCR’s upcoming year…

Had some really fantastic conversations come out of the RNC meeting.  Great to catch up with old campaign hands and get a sense of where everyone is these days.  

It will be really exciting to watch the evolution of the ‘08 Victory program, I think there has been a lot of intelligent growth since the last iteration.  There are some extremely smart folks working Victory this cycle and they are doing some very smart, very innovative things.  It’s going to be an interesting season!

Charlie and I are in Albuquerque this week as guests with the RNC Chairmans Meeting. Up for discussion are potential plans to change the primary calendar schedule, as well as some presentations and speeches on the coming election.

The mood here is very positive. Party chairman and staff from all over the country are excited about Sen. McCain’s message. Enthusiasm about the campaign is palpable all over the hotel.