Debuting at next weeks annual CPAC conference is the first live showing of the STORM action network.  STORM will take College Republicans to the next level in grassroots organizing and mobilizing.

We will be hosting a continuous drop-in workshop in a suite at the Omni Shoreham Hotel with food, drinks and prizes for all three days of the event!  In the CRNC suite you will be able to interact live with the technology and be among the first participate in launching the future of our organization.  Make sure to keep you eyes open at CPAC for this awesome opportunity! 

Even if you are not attending this years conference you too can be among the first in the nation to experience the STORM network.  Click here to become a first launch invitee!

Hits the high-notes, check it out.

The first standing ovation of the night come from the Republican side cheering President Bush’s steadfast commitment to make tax relief permanent. Funny that the Dems didn’t stand for that…could one say they are anti-tax relief? Would that really be a surprise?

A few comments I made to the Politico made their way into a story on IN Voter ID laws.

Marc Ambinder has a very interesting post about the lines being drawn by local and national union leaders in the Democratic primary.  Considering the waxing and waning influence of the unions in the last 15 years, the importance of this election to them is massive.  This is a very interesting development.  

The folks over at the CR Nation blog have a great segment going on some helpful tips for getting your chapter back up and moving after the winter break.  Check t out to make sure you start this semester off on the right foot.

I came across this funny account of what it can be like as a volunteer along the campaign trail. Hat tip to Chris Faulkner.

With a trial date likely to be set in the next few weeks, and discovery beginning shortly after that, we thought the following offer might be timely for College Republicans returning to campus after winter break.

Doug Cogan, Co-Producer of Hillary Uncensored, is offering a copy of his film on DVD to any CR Club who wants to screen it at one of their meetings.  To get your copy, email him.

Well, they said it couldn’t work.

They said the war was “lost”.

They said our soldiers were committing attrocities, and their mere presence in Iraq was stiring up terrorism.

They said we must leave Iraq NOW because we had lost the war and our soldiers and their commanders were wrong.

Of course, the “they” were Democrats, and many have since changed their mind yet again on how we should be prosecuting this war on terror by recently admitting noted improvements in Iraq, albeit grudgingly.

How far, do you think, will they go to begin pandering on this one?

“I feel we are back in ‘03 and early ‘04. Frankly I was here then, and the environment is about the same in terms of security in my opinion,” [Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno] said. “What is different from then is that the Iraqi security forces are significantly more mature.”

Lt. Gen. Odierno is the second-in-command in Iraq, or as the artcile puts it “the man responsible for the ground campaign in Iraq”.

The article goes on:

The past six months, however, had seen some of the lowest levels of violence since the conflict began, Odierno said, attributing the change to an increase in both American troops and better-trained Iraqi forces.

And these comments were made when?

…Sunday as Iraqi forces formally took control of security across half the country.

Ohhhh. Sorta like they’re standing up as we stand down, huh?

The whole AP article is short and good. Read it all.

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