Former OCRF and CRNC Field Rep garners national media attention

Yesterday Truth Caucus linked to an ABC News story about Ohio University senior and former field representative for the Ohio College Republican Federation and College Republican National Committee Charlie Vansant's car being mistakenly stolen, and Vansant made the media rounds today. We spoke with him this morning as he prepared for an interview with ABC's Columbus affiliate, who aired a piece on the incident during tonight's 5 PM news broadcast. Charlie seemed to be in a rather jovial mood, considering that he was without his vehicle to travel to classes, forcing him to walk instead in the coldest week of Ohio's winter thus far. Vansant was interviewed by FOX News earlier in the morning, and told us that he had more lined up for the afternoon.

The incident occurred when a mother of a fellow Ohio University student mistook Vansant's 1987 Toyota for her daughter's similar vehicle, and drove it to her home. No charges are being pressed, but Charlie's car has been broken down since the "theft", ironically enough. The story of how he left the CRNC to work for the OCRF was one of the great untold stories, really, of the 2006 election season, especially given that his resignation from the CRNC came amidst several other high-profile situations with other CRNC field reps.

Following just one week in Ohio, David Lazo was removed and relocated to Indiana after the Ohio Republican Party asked Chairman Paul Gourley to pull Lazo from the state. A few weeks later, CRNC rep Angie Poole was removed and relocated to the New England area, due to circumstances that deserve to be told in its own story. Following that, the third of four CRNC field reps sent to Ohio was asked to leave as well, when OCRF Chairman Brian Siler requested to have Marc Baylen pulled. After all of this happened, Charlie Vansant resigned his post to take a similar job at the OCRF.

Anyhow, all of this is another story for another day, really. We hope that Charlie gets his car up and running soon, and if you wish to see for yourself the segment from this evening's news tune into FOX 28 WTTE at 10 PM for the re-airing.