Saturday, September 13, 2008

Young Republicans Plan To Convert Democrats

WBBM-TV:
Young Republicans are on a mission to turn heavily Democratic Chicago into John McCain country. As CBS 2's Mike Parker reports they're fired up for the grand old party.

On Friday night, in the heart of Democrat country – downtown Chicago - young Republicans and members of "Young Professionals for McCain" got together. They were networking, snacking and drinking, and talking about Sarah Palin and her much discussed appearances on ABC News.
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Friday's gathering seemed to show that Democrat Barack Obama has not completely sewn up the youth vote.

"Obama can effectively speak the language of millennials, people who were born in my generation and that is an issue that must be dealt with," said Nick Schrock, McCain supporter. "The addition of Palin to the ticket does help that."

Organizers of the bash say they think they've got a fighting chance to actually win Chicago.
Noted in the article was that in 1984 Republican Ronald Reagan won only 10 of Chicago's 50 wards. As far as taking Chicago, the Chicago Board of Elections were unable to find a modern presidential election where Republicans had carried the city.

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