Happy Groundhog Day!

Anyway, on to more important things:

• CPAC! Yall will be leaving around 6P on Wednesday 2/17. Please check CPAC’s website for a full list of speakers. If you have any questions please contact Gary or Brenden.
• T-Shirts! We should be getting them by the end of the month. Cost is $12. Bring your money or give it to an e-board member to get your shirt! Yay!
• Next Week: NO MEETING! Instead on Wednesday 2/10 we will be having a debate with the other political clubs on campus. The debate will be about education in the U.S. and Matt Gilson will be representing us since he’s running for Board of Education. Duffy Grad Lounge @ 8:30P!

Email from my Dad that I thought I’d share:

Having solved all the nation’s serious problems, The One™ has decided to take on Real Injustice!

Obama Takes on the BCS

I am sure that Clinton re-tread Holder will handle this with the same deft touch he used with the FLAN, Mark Rich, and more recently the black panthers, Gtmo, KSM, the Underpants Bomber,  etc.

BTW – from Powerline (after the jump)….

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Hi everyone and welcome back to another fun-filled semester of College Republicans!

At tonight’s meeting we went over everything CPAC related. By this point everyone should have had their money turned in and their forms signed. CPAC is from February 17-20. If you have any questions/comments/concerns about this please feel free to email me or another e-board member.

Other news after the jump:

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Ron Paul speaking @ CPAC 2009.

CPAC (Conservative Political Activist Conference) will be February 18-20th 2010 in Washington DC.
We are putting in a program proposal for $2K from the Finance Committee/SGA. The main expenses are going to be food, transportation, hotels and registration. If we can get most of it covered (aka hotels) by the school then you’re looking at spending around $125 total. If we don’t get it covered the price will go up considerably since hotels are going to be pricey. Either way we will fundraise and this is going to be a great event. Gary and Brenden have lots of connections for tours and anyone interested in politics at all will really get a lot out of this!

Important: In order to ask for money from the Finance Committee we need a list of people who are seriously committed on going…meaning you MUST register for this event BEFORE Thanksgiving Break. Once you register please forward your registration info to brenden.higashi@student.shu.edu.

Important CPAC links:
Register: http://www.cpac.org/registration.html
Apply for Scholarship: http://www.cpac.org/student.html
Follow CPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/cpacnews

More meeting news after the cut!

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Congrats to our new Freshman Rep! I hope to see him rise up to a leadership position in the club!

Hi guys! Congrats, we made 1,680 calls tonight and I think we’re more than half-way to our goal of 10K calls!

Big ups to David Zolezzi, who made 256 calls!

Also, Gary La Spisa and Ricky Tracy both particpated in the Health Care Debate. Good job guys!

Gary La Spisa and Ricky Tracy @ the Debate.

Phonebank tomorrow in Fahy 108 (if we get kicked out we’ll move it to Fahy 330) from 6-9P.

There will be another phonebank tonight…please come out and help us reach our goal of 10K calls before Election Day!

Remember, if we win, the Top 15 Callers will go to the Election Night party with VIP Access!

Congrats to last night’s Top Callers:

Garrett Morano- 19
Rickey S.- 18
Ricky Tracy- 14
Christian Gomez- 14
Gary La Spisa- 12

Hey guys! Here are the updates!

• 800 calls made…we were only 200 short of our goal. Let’s try to make that up tonight!
• What is the goal? Goal is to make 10K calls before Election Day.
  • We are in competition with other schools, whatever school makes it to 10K first will have the opportunity to send its Top 15 callers to the Election Night party…with VIP Access!
• We will be making calls every Wednesday and Thursday night from 6:00-8:30P up until Election Day.
  • Please always check your emails because the room might change. I will always email the updated room information to you guys!
• New constitution was ratified. You can read it here.
• Voter Registration- If you are not registered to vote in NJ, GET REGISTERED. You will not lose residency in your home state. It is imperative that you register because every vote for Christie will help! Click here to get a form which includes free postage…just fill it out and stick it in the mailbox.
• Freshman Representative- If you are interested in the position, please email me so I can put you on the list. (If you already emailed me, I put you down!) Freshman Rep is a great way to get involved!
• Internships- Want to intern? You can do it for school credit or not. If interested email me and I’ll get you in contact with the right people. Internships are a great way to help out and get your first taste of politics!

Getting the word out for Chris Christie!

Hey guys!

A big thank you to everyone who came out tonight for the phone bank. It was a ton of fun, and Amanda Gasperino, former SHU CRs president (and current Statewide Political Director for the Chris Christie for Governor campaign) was here to help us out. Together we made over 2000 calls!

Congrats to Matt Gilson, who made the most calls…I think over 200. He won an autographed Chris Christie poster.

Photos to come, and next week we will be ratifying our new constitution and also electing a Freshman Representative to our E-Board.

Thanks again, and see you all next week!

Check out the Fbook page for more photos.

Seton Hall University College Republicans E-Board w/ Jay Webber

Last night, NJGOP Chairman and Assemblyman for the 26th District, Jay Webber came out and spoke at our inaugural meeting of the 09-10 school year.

Jay Webber spoke out about the gubernatorial race in NJ this year, between Republican Chris Christie and incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine. Jay kept his presentation very topical, talking about how he wants to fix the economy of NJ, where Corzine has created a $9 billion dollar deficit. Additionally, Corzine has raised property taxes 17%, making it more and more expensive to live in NJ. Webber envisions lowering the taxes so that NJ student residents can stay in NJ after graduation and find jobs in their home state.

This is a really exciting race for NJ Republicans, who haven’t won a statewide race since 1997. Jay mentioned that the election is a means to an end, not an end in itself and that the work doesn’t end once the race is won…it’s just the beginning.

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