Sources say that a decision on whether to run for CRNC Chairman in 2007 may come from Kentucky's Derek Hall as early as tomorrow. Hall's name has been on the tip of many a College Republican's tongue in the past week as many wondered about the strength of the Draft Derek Hall movement. In the recent Truth Caucus poll asking which potential candidate one would support, Derek Hall came away with 42% of the vote, to the combined support of Real Reform principals Brian Siler and Brent Ludeman's 36% and Charlie Smith's 22%. Hall has always been seen as a reluctant candidate, but it appears that there is at least a decent-sized segment of grassroots College Republicans that would support his candidacy.
-In other CRNC elections news, Colorado's Charlie Smith has released a letter detailing a few of his proposals for reform within the CRNC. Smith states that his New Year's resolution for the CRNC is to bring reform to it, and several of the points he proposes mirror the platform outlined by Real Reform principals Brian Siler and Brent Ludeman, simply with slightly differed wording. If you would like to see the entire letter, please head over to Truth Caucus, where the letter is linked in its entirety.
-Finally, it appears that another Internet domain name has been purchased by the Smith Camp, and this time the website is NewCRNC, seen at www.newcnrc.org. The placeholder page that is currently posted is that of the Unite the CRNC logo from the previously purchased domains www.unitethecrnc.com and www.unitethecrnc.org. It was thought that the Unite the CRNC slogan was abandoned, but it has apparently found employ once again as a page marker. We will continue to follow the development of all domains purchased by the Smith Camp.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
New Mexico's Marshall signs on to Real Reform
New Mexico's Dusty Marshall can be added to the growing list of people endorsing Real Reform, as he is now listed on the website as a supporter of Real Reform. It appears that Blake Harris of Alabama and Charlie Smith of Colorado have now joined the Support Real Reform Facebook group, as well, but there is no word on whether the two will be making any move further than this purely ceremonial gesture. Also, in a related development, it appears that the idea of a Unity platform is dead in the water, so you can scratch the two websites I told you about yesterday. It appears that this race will now be one run on records, since everyone is supporting reform like it is going out of style. Just my opinion, but it is tough to see Brian Siler losing a race purely on record (although a pure race is impossible to imagine).
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
BREAKING: Charlie Smith buys Unite The CRNC Domain
UPDATED 12.19.06 @ 11:30 PM)
(Note: I keep hearing that this was up on Truth Caucus a month ago, and it was not. No one has talked about him buying a domain for his campaign website, or linked to it. Yes, the worst kept secret was that Smith is running on a Unite the CRNC platform, but no one has said a thing about the website yet until today. Read the linked Truth Caucus post all you want; the fact is that this has not been covered. Get over it!)
Colorado's Charlie Smith has purchased two domains for his campaign, now in disarray following the recent endorsement of Real Reform by Michael Davidson. Both are displaying page holders for Unite the CRNC, and the domains are www.unitethecrnc.com and www.unitethecrnc.com, both of which direct to Unite the CRNC. We will continue to follow this developing story, as well as the apparent endorsement of Real Reform by Michael Davidson. Details will be posted as they become available.
UPDATED (12.19.06 @ 4:30 PM)
A few observations about Charlie Smith, that I have posted before or alluded to, but not all in one place. This is not a hit job, but simply a few observations I have made over the course of the past few months.
-The letter that Charlie released with 20 supporters signed on stated that he, "thanked Brian and Brent for joining the conversation." No one really talked about this wording, and while smart on his end, it is entirely false. Brent and Brian have been involved in the Reform movement for much longer than Charlie has been. Just the facts.
-A few weeks removed from the CRNC Board Meeting, a few things are more clear. Charlie Smith was clearly gearing up to make his campaign announcement, and then he stopped short of making it formal. What happened in Denver? Well, if you connect a few dots, like CRNC officials being none too pleased with Mr. Smith, Dan Schuberth not seeking re-election as Vice-Chairman of the Maine GOP, and only four reform states joining his Unity platform, one thing is clear. His support has been in a great deal of flux, and his establishment backing is not as solid as it was just one month ago.
(Note: I keep hearing that this was up on Truth Caucus a month ago, and it was not. No one has talked about him buying a domain for his campaign website, or linked to it. Yes, the worst kept secret was that Smith is running on a Unite the CRNC platform, but no one has said a thing about the website yet until today. Read the linked Truth Caucus post all you want; the fact is that this has not been covered. Get over it!)
Colorado's Charlie Smith has purchased two domains for his campaign, now in disarray following the recent endorsement of Real Reform by Michael Davidson. Both are displaying page holders for Unite the CRNC, and the domains are www.unitethecrnc.com and www.unitethecrnc.com, both of which direct to Unite the CRNC. We will continue to follow this developing story, as well as the apparent endorsement of Real Reform by Michael Davidson. Details will be posted as they become available.
UPDATED (12.19.06 @ 4:30 PM)
A few observations about Charlie Smith, that I have posted before or alluded to, but not all in one place. This is not a hit job, but simply a few observations I have made over the course of the past few months.
-The letter that Charlie released with 20 supporters signed on stated that he, "thanked Brian and Brent for joining the conversation." No one really talked about this wording, and while smart on his end, it is entirely false. Brent and Brian have been involved in the Reform movement for much longer than Charlie has been. Just the facts.
-A few weeks removed from the CRNC Board Meeting, a few things are more clear. Charlie Smith was clearly gearing up to make his campaign announcement, and then he stopped short of making it formal. What happened in Denver? Well, if you connect a few dots, like CRNC officials being none too pleased with Mr. Smith, Dan Schuberth not seeking re-election as Vice-Chairman of the Maine GOP, and only four reform states joining his Unity platform, one thing is clear. His support has been in a great deal of flux, and his establishment backing is not as solid as it was just one month ago.
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