Dear Republican Friends,
As you all know, elections have their share of ups and downs. One minute we’re winning and the next the sky (or the market) is falling. Clearly campaigns are not for the weak of heart.
Recently a lot of the national media has been telling us that we are losing. John McCain and Sarah Palin are down in most of the major polls, we’re constantly being told that we will be losing more Republican members of Congress across the nation, the whole thing looks pretty bleak.
However I believe there is another story the media is not telling, and they’re not telling us for a reason. For the last few weeks I have seen a tidal surge of volunteerism in our party. Our headquarters have more walk-in volunteers than ever before. Small donations to our party our up ten times more than in previous election years as well. Our voter registration numbers are through the roof. Even more encouraging, a lot of our new registrations are coming from students at Chico State. Despite what we’re being told, the Republican Party has a strong future ahead of us.
The other day a close friend of my family told me that her father, a WWII veteran who has voted democrat since FDR, will not be voting for Barrack Obama. Yet another family friend, a registered democrat in Chico who has in the past held fundraisers for the more liberal council members, also informed me that Obama is too liberal for her and will not get her vote. I don’t know if either of them will be voting for John McCain, but it is clear to me that moderate democrats do not like Obama.
In the end I do believe this election will be close, and we all have our work cut out for us, but I believe that we can win. I find it difficult to believe that American voters will choose a junior Chicago politician who will not salute our flag (see video here) over a decorated war veteran who has and would give anything and everything for our country. I believe the voters will get this one right, they just need us out there giving them the courage to do so.
Keep up the good work everyone, and thanks for all that you do for our party.
Steve Thompson, Chairman
Butte County Republican Party
(530) 415-7071
Posted by butterepublican 
