how do you predict political popularity? thats a funny one, if anyone the Nevada win should prove that otherwise.
Paul Campaign Buoyed by Nevada Finish http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/21/paul_campaign_buoyed_by_nevada_1.html Excerpt ------------------- Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Stops In Shreveport http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=7753142&nav=0RY5 ------------------- Ron Paul blames Federal Reserve for weakening economy http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8UAJ1LG0.html ------------------- Just broke $3 million for the 1st Q of 2008. Woot! -------------------
If you really believe that, you could make a killing on InTrade right now. You could earn 50 times your original investment if you are correct. How much do you really believe what you say?
http://www.ronpaulaudio.com/index.html#new MP3 interviews January 17, 2008 - Ron Paul WTKK Michael Graham Boston (8 min) This interviewer tries to argue for GDP. What a moron. January 18, 2008 - Ron Paul KTNV Reno Interview (4 min) January 18, 2008 - Ron Paul KLAS Jeff Gillan Interview (16 min) January 18, 2008 - Ron Paul FOX Los Angeles (6 min) January 18, 2008 - Ron Paul CNN John Roberts Interview (4 min)
Ron Paul articles used to be all over Digg. Now that he has soundly lost primary after primary Digg has switched to a lot of Obama articles. The racist angle may have played a role but since the polls conducted before any voting was done mostly matched the voting, I'd say that he had the same support all along. A few people may have been swayed by the negative press but I doubt it. If he had been polling at say 10% and then got 5% of the votes, I might think something came out that changed people's minds about him. As it is, I'd say the change is purely due to reality setting in. The race is so close between Obama and Clinton that I think a lot of Ron Paul supporters have realized they better get in on that action before the democrat they don't want gets the nomination. It's not a few people that have said that they were trying to decide between Ron Paul and Obama. In fact, the sharp decrease in national polling may have been because people knew the race between Clinton and Obama was so close and that fight was more important and real than trying to get Ron Paul elected. If I were a big Thompson fan, I'd be figuring out who else to vote for as well now. Like Paul, he's just not going to win and it's time to rethink what battle you should be fighting.
That's not the point, it's the message that counts. When that scumbag Clinton is in or Insane McCain is in and the US is going even further down the toilet you might remember Ron Paul. The mainstream media don't even want Americans to remember him now which is why he's being completely ignored by scumbag media like FOX News. Paul will be in it to the end and I tip my hat to him, I hope he runs as an independant when he doesn't get the G.O.P vote.
This is an intentional strategy. The DIGG team has been re-assigned to other work, as has the YouTube team. We're in phase 3 now, blanketing the 'net is no longer an objective with significant returns. It's all about ground forces and working the new canvassing superstructure the campaign has allowed supporters to create for it. The first show of strength from this was Nevada. I imagine we will see similar results in Louisiana tomorrow. You are correct, the negative press has hardly done anything to diminish the campaign's momentum. On the contrary, you don't seem to know Ron Paul supporters well. We're generally against any CFR candidates, and now with Duncan Hunter dropping out, that leaves Paul, Gravel and Kucinich, the last two of which will probably not last past Super Tuesday. Neither Obama nor Clinton are solid anti-war candidates, which Paul in a great position either as the GOP nominee, or as a third party candidate. Again, you're not aware of the campaign strategy, and that the poll #s are largely irrelevant at this stage. At this point, I wouldn't count on Paul not getting the nomination. The campaign is running a strategy that has never been tried before, and I think it is going to blindside a lot of the other candidates. Votes and polls don't win nominations, delegates do. As long as Giuliani or Huckabee wins Florida, we're in great shape to take this. McCain and Romney are the only real threats left. Ideally, we go to a brokered convention, with no candidate having the clear victory in delegates to win, and when the bound delegates become unbound for the second vote, there are going to be a lot of Ron Paul delegates that were bound to other candidates voting in a new direction.
Update for tomorrow's Louisiana Caucus from Brent Sanders and the RPForums. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=97026 Brent Sanders ----------- http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2008-01-22/news_feat2.php Disagree with the last portion. The Louisiana Ron Paul campaign has been working it's ass off for months to dominate the delegate selection process, it's just been done quietly and stealthily.
Thanks PingPong. On behalf of everyone who has worked their butts off, spread the word etc, it's great to see people getting involved. This nonsense about the campaign losing steam is crazy. We're only in Round 1, and have barely a scratch on us.
I love it. Big name candidates keep missing out on ballot deadlines and delegate spots and their organization is weak, meanwhile Ron Paul supporters have dedicated the last 6 months to building a delegate slate that is absolutely fucking massive. Sheeple can go to their polls, it's the delegates that matter, and we have organization towards building delegates in every single state.
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Thanks guerilla, thanks seo guru, hopefully my project can start rocking in the coming months so i can give the max. Bring on fox and the media and their copy and paste stooges on the forums. We wont give upppp.
The way I see it, is that Huckabee winning Florida would be ideal. Then Giuliani. I'm concerned with Romney or McCain picking up all of those delegates, because we are going to steal some delegates in Iowa from Thompson and Huckabee, and Romney in Nevada. If Huck wins, then the "special plan" for NY and California are on track. Giuliani however could spin a Florida win into a NY victory, and snowball that into California as well. Ideally, we want 4 of the other candidates to stay in. McCain, Huckabee, Romney and Giuliani. That will make it very difficult for anyone to get the necessary 50% for the convention, and open it up to an unbound vote or round of votes. My only concern after the Florida primary is if Thompson drops out, and he endorses another candidate. He splits Huckabee's southern block, and it would be bad for him to throw his people behind Huck or Romney. I can't see his endorsement helping Giuliani or McCain, which is fine by me. Same thing when Tancredo endorsed Romney, most of his support went to Thompson and Ron Paul. Understand, this will be a tooth and nails fight, every inch of the way to September. It's going to take a long time to resolve this unless McCain wins Florida, in which case he might be the clear party choice for the nomination and be able to gather enough delegates on his own to take it.
Yea, I see a McCain win as extremely dangerous. I think that could very well lock it up for him going into Super Tuesday, effectively ending everyone else's chances. Do you really see Thompson endorsing Huckabee following South Carolina? Considering people like to paint Thompson as the most conservative, I can't imagine him endorsing Huckabee. I definitely concur with your McCain/Guiliani statement, so the only danger would be a Romney endorsement. I know a bunch of people on the Facebook group who have older family with Paul as their second choice following Thompson, so as long as we can appear electable and have a decent showing in Florida, we could win a lot of Thompson votes, IMO. I know I've heard good things about California as a result of their new primary structure, but what is this special plan? Also, I've heard nothing about New York. Some people on the FB boards also were calling for Paul to head to Maine. I'm glad he chose Florida. Their point was essentially that on the ground efforts by Paul would do little in such a large state so we should try and earn delegates in a small uncontested market, but I kept trying to explain that there are a lot of metropolitan areas of Florida that aren't dominated by the older snowbird demographic that Guiliani has locked up. My town of Orlando in particular is heavily Hispanic and generally very young, and with very few candidate visits by anyone, any candidate coming to town would be all over the local news. Any word on where the Hispanic vote is trending right now? In any case, I'm glad he's putting his focus into Florida. Any gain in percentage points is much needed, as that will be on the minds of voters going into Super Tuesday when Florida is touted all over the news for the entire week beforehand.
We can pick up some support from Thompson, but a Huckabee endorsement could really hurt because it would make Mike a power house in the Southern States. Huck and Thompson don't have anything in common besides the 2nd Amendment, Pro-Life and Evangelical support, but that might be enough. Romney, Giuliani and McCain are all weak on those positions. NY and Cali are the two largest concentrations of active Ron Paul supporters outside Texas. The less you hear, the more that is going on. Suffice it to say, that there has been a lot of quiet and consistent work being done to lay down a solid showing in California, and an upset in NY if Giuliani falters. I think focusing on Florida is a strategic decision, to try and dilute the vote. Every % point he can gain will bring one other candidate closer to dropping out. Maine is a caucus, as long as delegates are in place, the actual straw poll is meaningless, and will probably get little attention.
Ron Paul in New Orleans video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkvXggWVtRA (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ZgQg0M5es (Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078lMFvGATE (Part 3) You gotta love the enthusiasm of the supporters. I think they are more pumped about the campaign than Dr. Paul. -------------------- The Paulonomics Factor http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2Q5MDM2NzZkNzU5ZDEwYTI3ODg5YjY2YWZlMjFkYTc= Excerpt Fantastic article, well worth reading. Btw, the author, Don Luskin formally endorsed Paul today.
Paul brings in cash on King holiday http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/01/paul_brings_in.html ---------------------- http://primaries.techcrunch.com./results ---------------------- National Catholic Reporter : Ron Paul is the mutineer candidate http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2008a/012508/012508zb.htm Excerpt ---------------------- Ron Paul endorses Murray Sabrin for Senate (NJ) http://www.sabrinforsenate.com/ ----------------------
From RPForums http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=98336 ----------------- Obama, Paul Win Student Straw Poll http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wusf/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1215669§ionID=1