McTiernan Requires a Vision for All Members Running on her Ticket

McTiernan is taking a new approach to politics as usual in her quest for Chairwoman of the New York College Republican State Committee. She is requiring that anyone running on her ticket must first develop a plan of how they are going to execute the duties of the position they seek. A plan with a vision, goals, and ideas (something the New York College Republicans have not seen in many years.) She is not trading positions and titles for votes as is the tradition practices of College Republican campaigns. Instead, she is offering all College Republicans a promise: she is going to transform and energize the NYCRSC; there is no longer room in this organization for those who need titles for their law school application or in recent history, for their egos.

Ken Girardin Announces: Supports McTiernan For Chair

My reason for joining forces with Erin is a simple one: we can do more to help the Republican Party together than we can separately. Erin shares my belief that the New York College Republicans will be the strongest when they are led by great ideas, instead of shadowed by great egos.

I look forward to spending the next several weeks laying out a plan to rebuild and re-energize our organization in a way that will remind the voters of this great state that the moment Erin and I take the wheel, the ‘C’ in CR will cease to stand for ‘complacent!’

Ken Girardin

Victory for the Assembly in Western NY, McTiernan calls for a New Leadership Approach for the College Republicans in Western NY

McTiernan wants to congratulate Assemblyman Steve Hawley for his amazing victory tonight. The 139th District was recently vacated by Minority Leader Charlie Nesibitt, upon receiving an appointment from Governor George Pataki to the tax tribunal. Erin believes that the experience and passion that Assemblyman Hawley plans to bring to Albany will serve the residents of his district well. She looks forward to working with him in the future.

On another note, McTiernan expressed grave concern regarding the leadership approach of the College Republican Vice Chairman in the Western Region. Erin was most recently concerned about the fact that there were only two other College Republicans helping to ensure victory for Assemblyman Hawley on the most important day of the campaign trail, Election Day! Notifying the chapters within the regions of events that are taking place is one thing, but leading by example is another. Once elected Chairwoman, McTiernan has vowed that her administration will lead through example! She will require that not only shall the Vice Chairs notify chapters by email of events, but that they take the leadership initiative that they were elected to do and call the chapters and say for example, "Hey, this is really important that we help out. I'm going to be there and I was wondering if you would be able to join me?" It is hard for chapters to take the next step when their elected leaders in this organization are not encouraging them. The NYCRSC is elected (or let's at least pretend) for a reason, to be more than just event notification resource. We have websites, email addresses, and blogs for those communications. The NYCRSC was elected to lead the chapters of this organization, and when elected Chairwoman McTiernan is committed to require all members of the executive board to lead their chapters through example. No longer will the New York College Republicans remain a dormant organization. The most important reason the College Republicans were formed was to get Republicans elected, and it is very disappointing when this is not happening.

She wants to recognize the hard work of all the individual chapters in the Western Region, but remains disappointed in leadership style of the current Vice Chairman and encourages him and all NYCRSC board members to reconsider their leadership approach as we move toward Victory in November. We MUST prepare now!

The Famous RPI Ken

Fellow College Republicans,

As many of you know Ken Girardin and I have not always seen eye to eye on an array of different topics (until recently we were running against each other for NYCRSC Chairman.) However, I have learned that politics is not always agreeing with each other on the specifics as long as you have a similar vision. Ken has something that I think the College Republicans for the past few years has lacked: ENERGY! No one can argue that Ken has energy. He has something more than just the energy that the NYCRSC has lost over the years. Ken has original ideas, he has a new approach to business as usual, and he has no problem telling you if you are not doing your job (and we need to tell Hillary she has not been doing her job for New Yorkers.) You might not always agree with him, but it is clear he has the energy to partner with me in transforming this organization.

However, I have spoke with Ken at great lengths about past issues and our vision for the future of the New York College Republicans. We have similar grievances regarding the current state of our organization, we have similar visions of what direction our organization needs to move in, and we have agreed to unite together to move our organization to where it needs to be. Of all the divisions in the College Republicans, the one between Ken and I have at times been ranked near "nuclear."

We are prepared and devoted to put our differences aside for the betterment of the College Republicans. In my announcement letter I vowed as Chairwoman to unite the College Republicans of New York and end the division and internal fighting that we have seen for years. This is a great leap in the direction of unifying the College Republicans in our state. As I recently stated, "Once elected Chairwoman, I vow that my administration will lead through example! I said that I would unite the College Republicans, and as candidate for Chairwoman I am going to "lead by example." I encourage all College Republicans to forget our internal differences and focus on Victory in November. We have a lot of work to do before November, but this is just another step in that direction.

Erin McTiernan

Candidate for NYCRSC Chair

McTiernan volunteers on Special Election Day

McTiernan will be spending the afternoon into the late evening in Batavia, NY helping out on Election Day. More of today's activities will be posted later. Right now there are phone calls to be made, doors to be knocked on, and a new Republican to put into the New York Assembly...

McTiernan Announces Co-Chairman

Since the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC last month, Erin McTiernan has been interviewing and fielding different possibilities of who would best serve as her partner in driving the College Republicans forward. In light of recent events, she has narrowed down the field of candidates to one person. She decided that the candidate for Co-Chairman needed to be someone that would be willing to come up with new and original ideas to spark a rebirth in the College Republicans. She decided that the candidate needed to be someone with the drive to execute those ideas, putting the College Republicans back on the map as the "best party on campus."

Tomorrow she will be formally announcing that candidate, taking the first step in rebuilding the New York College Republicans…