College Republicans of Central Baptist College

2006-07-16T12:07:00.000-07:00

Our CBC CR President w/ Governor Huckabee

2006-07-14T20:32:00.000-07:00

Primary Election Results

2006-05-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

State election officials still don’t have final counts on yesterday’s elections. However, the latest scorecard has it something like this:

Sen. Jim Holt without a runoff in GOP Lt Gov (He’s currently at about 56%). On the Democrat side, Bill Halter (39%) and … still a squeaker for second but Tim Wooldridge (26.28%) appears to be inching ahead of Mike Hathorn (25.19%) with Pulaski Co. numbers still coming in.

On the Democrat AG contest, Dustin McDaniel comes out on top with 38.5%, with another nailbiter for second … but Paul Suskie seems to have it wrapped up with 31.5% to Robert Herzfeld’s 29.9%. (GOP nominee Gunner DeLay is uncontested)

And in the Treasurer race, Dems have another runoff between Martha Shoffner (43.7%) and Mac Campbell (36%). (GOP nominee Chris Morris is uncontested).

Asa Hutchinson faces Mike Beebe in the Governor’s contest, and Jim Lagrone faces Charlie Daniels in the Secretary of State race. None had primary opponents.

AETN's 'Unconventional Wisdom' examines political ethics

2006-03-24T08:19:00.000-08:00

CONWAY, Ark. (AETN) Tune in to the Arkansas Educational Television Network Friday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. for "Unconventional Wisdom" a new program designed to move beyond the conventional approach of traditional public affairs programming and bring a range of fresh, thought-provoking ideas, views and voices to public television.

Hosting the program will be David Sanders, columnist for the Stephens Media Group's Arkansas News Bureau, and Warwick Sabin, associate editor of the Arkansas Times. Joining Sanders and Sabin to discuss political ethics will be Rep. Michael Lamoureux (R) of Russellville and Rep. Will Bond (D) of Jacksonville.

Faulkner County GOP Committee Website

2006-03-19T07:38:00.000-08:00

The Faulkner County Republican Committee has recently launched a new website. Check it out here:

Faulkner County Republican Committee

Karl Rove Comes to Conway

2006-02-19T11:37:00.000-08:00

Presidential Advisor Karl "The Architect" Rove

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press Writer

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- President Bush's top political adviser says Democrats could suffer politically from opposition to anti-terrorism efforts like the warrantless eavesdropping program, and he defended that program as legal and needed.

"The purpose of the terrorist-surveillance program is to protect lives," Karl Rove said Thursday night at the University of Central Arkansas. "The president's actions were legal and fully consistent with the 4th Amendment and the protection of our civil liberties under the constitution."

A small group of protesters gathered outside the UCA student center where Rove spoke. Some shouted derisive remarks about Bush and about Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident.

Rove talked to more than 300 people at a fundraiser for the Faulkner County Republican Party. He was also in Arkansas to meet with state party leaders in Little Rock, including Asa Hutchinson, who is running for governor, and Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Huckabee, who has said he's considering a presidential run in 2008, demurred when asked if his visit with Rove would include any discussion about the governor's political future.

"I don't know what that is," Huckabee said. "I may not have one."

At Conway, Rove said national security, the courts and the economy are the three issues that Republicans need to focus on in this year's mid-term elections.

On national security, Rove criticized Democrats who have opposed reauthorization of the Patriot Act. He singled out comments by Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada regarding the anti-terrorism legislation.

"I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically," Rove said.

He also said the disclosure of the eavesdropping program had helped terrorists. The president had the right to put the program into action, Rove said, because of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"Let me make this clear: President Bush believes that, if al-Quaida is calling someone in the United States of America, it is in our national security interests to know who they're calling and why," Rove said.

Rove also called for Congress to make Bush's tax cuts permanent and said Republicans benefitted politically from the battles over confirmation of Samuel Alito and John Roberts to U.S. Supreme Court positions.

"I admit, it wasn't a fair fight," Rove said. "The Democrats talked a lot longer but John Roberts and Sam Alito spoke a lot better."

State Republican Party executive director Clint Reed said Rove helped the state party raise nearly $250,000 with his meetings at Little Rock with business and party leaders.

Arkansas Democrats criticized the the state GOP and Hutchinson over the Rove visit, citing the aide's role in the investigation over the leaked identity of a CIA agent.

Arkansas Democratic Chairman Jason Willett said he didn't have any problem with Huckabee meeting with Rove, but criticized Hutchinson for the meeting.

"To bring somebody who's under the accusations that he's under to raise money for the Republican party ... I think is very questionable," Willett said. "In light of the Republican culture of corruption that's going on, the last person I'd bring to Arkansas to raise money would be Karl Rove."

Hutchinson, a former congressman and ex-Homeland Security official, dismissed Willett's criticism as "short-sighted."

"Anytime we can have the domestic policy adviser to the president of the United States, we have to take advantage of it," Hutchinson said. "It's important for us to make Arkansas' case to a key person in the administration."

Update 2/17

2006-02-17T15:09:00.000-08:00

We had a good meeting of the CBC College Republicans this afternoon. We had a turnout of 11 and Mr. Joseph Pennington of the Asa Hutchinson for Governor campaign was our guest speaker. Our Secretary-Treasurer, Bro. T.J. Lewis, also gave a report about the Faulkner County Republican Committee Dinner he and I went to last night.

In the next few weeks, we will be focusing on registering CBC students to vote. Mr. Pennington stressed the need for this. He said the Arkansas GOP will give us $5 for every completed application we obtain. I was thinking we could put $3 in a club account and give the other $2 to the person who gets the signature. Let me know your feedback on this matter please! If you are willing to help us with voter registration on campus, let me know as soon as you can so we can get started on this.

Meeting This Friday!

2006-02-13T19:16:00.000-08:00

We will be having our first meeting of the new year this Friday at 12:30 p.m. in the Art Room (Bro. Hoffmann's Classroom). Our guest will be Joe Pennington of the Asa Hutchinson for Governor campaign. Hope to see you all there!

Happy New Year!

2006-01-01T10:57:00.000-08:00

Christmas Break

2005-12-07T15:27:00.000-08:00

Christmas break has begun at CBC! I hope everyone did well on your final exams and enjoy the much-needed break. We will begin working on the 2006 election when we get back to school in January 2006. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

First Meeting

2005-10-28T13:09:00.000-07:00

We will be having our first meeting of the College Republicans next Friday (November 4th) at 12:30 in the Art Room (Bro. Hoffmann's classroom). The meeting shouldn't last more than 15-20 minutes. Hope you all can come and please invite a friend or two.

CBC CRs Are Now Official!

2005-10-17T12:18:00.000-07:00

I have just received notice from the Dean of Students that the CBC CRs have attained final approval from the CBC Executive Committee. Therefore, everything is good to go for the CBC College Republicans! We will now begin publicizing our organization and setting up our first meeting in the next couple of weeks.

Who Will Be the 2008 GOP Nominee?

2005-10-10T19:41:00.000-07:00

Arkansas' Favorite Son is currently in the lead!

Be sure and vote in our unscientific poll for your pick as the 2008 GOP Presidential Nominee. The poll is located on the right side of this site a little ways down.

CRNC Launches 2005 Field Program

2005-10-10T19:18:00.000-07:00

from CRNC.org

The College Republican National Committee has launched the 2005 Field Representative Program. With an initial hire of 8 full-time Field Reps, the 2005 Field Program is one of the largest in non-election year Field Programs in CRNC history.

The 2005 Field Reps have been extensively trained and deployed to their initial locations. Field Reps act as full-time recruiters, trainers, and organizers that build and assist College Republican federations and chapters nationwide. By the end of the 10-week program the Field Reps will have covered 40-plus states, started and strengthened hundreds of chapters, and recruited thousands of new College Republicans.

2005 marks the 6th consecutive CRNC Field Program. The Field Program has seen great success in the past, and has been established as the principal aim of the CRNC. In 1999, the CRNC could claim 408 chapters. Through the success of the Field Program the CRNC has over 1,500 chapters today.

The CRNC is proud to build on this tradition of success with the 2005 Field Program. In addition to covering 40-plus states, special emphasis will be placed on the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races. These two states will each have one full-time Field Rep on the ground for the entire 10-weeks leading up to election day. The Field Reps in Virginia and New Jersey will work to use the popularity of the Republican candidates to recruit new College Republicans.

The 2005 Field Program is currently underway and actively recruiting and training the next generation of Republican leaders. Through the Field Program the CRNC is working to provide support to Republican candidates and make conservatism a dominate force on America’s college campuses.

SGA Approves CBC CRs!

2005-10-10T11:29:00.000-07:00

The SGA has approved our organization. The final step is approval from the College Administrative Committee. It has been submitted to them with approval by the Dean of Students and SGA. They just have to sign off on it. The Dean of Students is waiting to hear from them and will let me know as soon as possible what's going on. Thank you all for your patience!

Update

2005-10-05T13:54:00.000-07:00

The Dean of Students has informed me that she will be presenting our proposal to reform the CBC College Republicans chapter tomorrow (Thursday) at the SGA meeting at 1 p.m. I'll let you all know how it goes!

What's Going On Now...

2005-09-10T10:43:00.000-07:00

The constitution of the CBC CRs has been submitted to the Dean of Students for review. Next, it will be presented to the Student Government Association (SGA) for their approval and consent. Once that is given, it will be given to the CBC Administration Executive Board for final approval.

As soon as we are officially approved, we can begin to recruit members, post flyers, handout information, and eventually have our first meeting.

I'll keep you all up to date as to what is going on through this site!

The Work Has Begun!

2005-08-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone!

I have been asked by the Executive Board of the Arkansas Federation of College Republicans (AFCR) to help start a new College Republican chapter here at CBC. CBC once had an active CR chapter quite some time ago and now I am working on re-establishing that organization. There's a little bit of red tape and some paperwork having to be sorted out, but I am confident we will be up and running in just a matter of weeks.

In the meantime, if you are interested in being a part of CBC CRs, please contact me as soon as possible, so we can get you down on our membership list. If you need to get in touch with me, you can by e-mail at: DarrellWBrown@Comcast.net.

I look forward to working with all of you and the AFCR in starting this exciting new organization here at Central Baptist College!

Take care and God bless,
Darrell W. Brown
Chairman, College Republicans of Central Baptist College

The New Site

2005-08-26T14:27:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the official website of The College Republicans of Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas. Look for more to come on this site in the coming days. Please keep checking back!