September 01, 2004
Dissent Among The Pre-Ranks
Posted by The Editors | 03:21 PM
Two tow-headed girls from California were some of the youngest of the young Republicans at the Youth Convention. As junior delegates, 8-year-old Katie and 10-year-old Erika came to New York with their mother (a grown-up delegate who, they say, "has totally been on CNN").
Katie and Erika have joined about 200 other junior delegates in painting signs, leading a caucus in the Pledge of Allegiance and seeing the city through Republican eyes.
But if the youth are the future of the GOP -- as Youth Conventioneers were told many, many times -- the party needs to work on Erika. When asked if they were Republicans, Katie replied with a prompt "yes," but her big sister shook her head and said she wasn't a budding member of the GOP.
Maybe her governor should invite Erika over for a play date with Katherine and Christina... -- From Gwen Glazer, NationalJournal.com
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