Slate has a short piece on last week’s small, uncomfortable College Republican convention. Highlights of the article:

  • Phyllis Schlafly was a featured speaker, and Tim Pawlenty gave the keynote.
  • None of the national offices and only one regional seat were contested.
  • Only about two hundred people showed up.
  • When Michael Steele spoke, the press was barred from the room.
  • One attendee said the GOP is currently the “dead meat party,” and needs to reinvent itself as a “happy meal.”

Good times.

Update: Via Twitter, @echomikeromeo passes on a link to this longer, stronger Campus Progress report on the conference.