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Wednesday, September 08, 2004

RECHARGING THE STEEL AT THE CORE OF THE FAITH-BASED LANDSCAPE BUBBLE


From "Roll Over, Mark Rudd: College Republicans Converting Columbia," in the New York Observer, September 5:

"But for now, back on campus, the Columbia Republicans will return this fall with steely determination to re-elect George W. Bush. Mr. Schmelzer, the president of the College Republicans, said the R.N.C. in New York has recharged their faith in being a core group of outsiders trying to remake the political landscape in the sheltered bubble of academia."





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