While most students are going through post-election relief, Daniel Suhr is experiencing post-election withdrawal.

Suhr was part of the effort to re-elect President Bush in last week's election.

"My phone didn't ring much, I didn't get many e-mails and there was no crisis to be solved," he said of the days immediately following the election.

Suhr, chair of Marquette's Students for Bush organization and a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the organization will disband next week after recognizing volunteers for their help.

"We had literally hundreds of students who joined us for rallies, made bus trips, and that's the kind of grassroots work we need to be thankful for," he said. He said the group would host some sort of a thank-you event, such as a pizza and bowling night.

Marquette's College Republicans will also celebrate the election's conclusion with a volunteer recognition event Wednesday night in the Lunda Room, according to the organization's chair and College of Business Administration junior Brandon Henak.

After recognizing volunteers and commemorating Bush's victory, the organization will not have much downtime.

"There'll be a brief lull but then we have to get ourselves re-oriented and get to work on campus," Henak said.

Mary Ellen Burke, secretary of College Republicans and a sophomore in the College of Communication, said the organization will only take a quick breather.

"We fully intend to follow President Bush's assertation that this is not a time for gloating; it is a time for governing," she said.

Suhr said one thing the organization will do is work with Marquette Student Government to bring a conservative speaker to campus next semester.

In reference to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech on campus two weeks ago, Suhr said, "I think it's very appropriate that last semester you bring in a big-name liberal, next semester we could bring in a big conservative."

Henak agreed that bringing a conservative speaker to campus is an important goal for College Republicans.

"I would really like to see the administration respect bipartisanship on campus more," Henak said. "We felt violated by the RFK event and how much of it was Bush-bashing."

Beyond next semester, College Republicans will be looking forward to the 2006 election to support the Republican opposition to Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D).

"Gov. Doyle is extremely vulnerable," Suhr said. "He's basically ticked off about two-thirds of the state some way or another, and that includes students."

He said student groups similar to Students for Bush will likely emerge supporting Doyle's Republican challengers.

"We'll be all over that race," Henak agreed. "That's really our next big goal."

Suhr said College Republicans will also be working to promote the president's agenda, supporting his Social Security reforms and tax code changes.

For now, Henak said College Republicans can be proud of the work they put into this year's election.

"We definitely turned out a lot of the student vote for Bush," he said.

The organization's work to promote Catholic voters to choose Bush is another significant achievement, according to Burke.

She said College Republicans were involved in a national campaign, distributing literature at Catholic churches to show how their values alligned with Bush.

"It definitely had an affect on the outcome," she said.

Suhr said he would consider high student turnout in general the campaign's greatest success.

"To see so many students get out and vote I think is testimony to the work of College Democrats and Republicans," he said. "We made the campaign an issue on campus and apparently a lot of kids felt the importance of this race."

With a temporary calm before political pandemonium breaks loose again, Suhr will have unprecedented time to complete tasks completely unrelated to any election.

"Most people have a Jan. 1 resolution. I have a Nov. 3 resolution that I'm going to do laundry on a regular basis and maybe vacuum my room," he said.