Wednesday, November 15, 2006
This is why the CR's are worthless
A who's who among the ranks of the Wisconsin College Republicans are arguing how and why and what they did for Mark Green's abysmal campaign. This is silly at best--completely pathetic at worst. This goes to show you how ineffective the CR's are and just how much self-interest is actually involved in the organization and organizations.
You want to know why Mark Green lost? He lost because he isn't an exciting guy. Neither is baldy Jim Doyle, but Wisconsin knew what they were getting. The College Republicans had nothing to do with it. Why there was a Students for Green to being with baffled me. Students don't vote. CR's just like to pat themselves on their backs.
This shows how useless a statewide "federation" really is. At UW-Green Bay, we just did our own thing with no support from anyone but the Gard Team. Sure, we stuff mail boxes on campus for Gard, Green and Judy Krawczyk. We put up "Vote Yes" posters for the amendment. But beyond that, we worked on the groundwork for the Gard Campaign. Putting up signs, dropping lit, stamping mail, etc. If there was a coordinated effort statewide for Green, you could have fooled me. If there was a local effort for Green with the involvement of the UWGB CR's, you could have fooled me.
The sad truth is that we can all point fingers at each other, but the CR's are worthless when it comes to crunch time. They focus on getting the students vote instead of focusing on getting votes in the real world. That is why I spent the last five days in Waupaca County instead of at UWGB, because I knew that it was worthless and pointless to be at UWGB. Even though John Gard lost, I feel like my efforts paid off getting Kevin Petersen elected in the 40th Assembly District. Our GOTV push probably put him over the top.
Hopefully in the next year the Wisconsin CR's can get rid of the dead weight in the organization (the do-nothings, the people that like to hold meetings, stand on corners and hold signs, and go to fundraisers). If we can, 2008 will be much brighter year.
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