Rhode Island's Republicans are apparently trying to dust themselves off after what was a devastating November election.

Yes, their tiny General Assembly minority was cut in half and they lost three congressional races, not to mention the White House. But in a notice distributed this afternoon, the party launches a fundraising program it hopes to "generate the necessary funds needed for spreading the Party's message, but it will also achieve statewide outreach."

It's no secret that the GOP was so strapped for cash that at times it couldn't afford to pay its staff in the months before the election.

The author of the announcement, Young Republicans chairman Travis Rowley, hopes that is about to change.

The new campaign, entitled "The Ocean State 38" is "a systematic fundraising program that seeks to locate one individual (or one fundraising team) in each of the state's 38 senate districts who is willing to raise funds from his/her area for the benefit of the RIGOP -- primarily by organizing ONE district-based fundraiser each year."

Rowley doesn't miss the opportunity to take a few shots at state Democratic leaders.

"Apparently Speaker Murphy laments the fact that someone dared to oppose his party's decision to turn Rhode Island into a European-style, quasi-socialist state," he writes.

"Murphy and his Democrats are skating on thin ice. They are free-falling without a parachute. They are a hair away from the complete public realization that they have destroyed the State of Rhode Island."

The state GOP hopes to identify its Ocean State 38 before the end of the month. Specifically, they "aim to locate these 38 individuals who are dedicated to reforming the State, believe the RIGOP is crucial to that end, and understand the imperativeness of establishing a perpetual fundraising mechanism for the RIGOP."