http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/09/press-release-1.html Press Release That's a lot of free volunteers.
If you followed the fund raising leaderboard, I think you would know that Paul has likely leveraged the MeetUp community into another $1 million in campaign funds. The announcement comes out on Sept 7th. As a Paul supporter and as a webmaster, I'm finding this incredible example of viral marketing really fascinating. His handlers are talented marketers.
If you followed national polls, you would know that RP has 0% national support. Howard Dean had a lot more and he flopped too. It's going to be fun when all these "battered wives" that register as Republicans in order to vote for a kook candidate have nothing left when a real candidate wins the nomination!
My guess would be Americas Fake Mayor or Romney. Even GTech is too insane to back "Insane McCain." They are not real candidates though, they are just controlled muppets, which is exactly why GTech will back them.
Like ones who actually register in national polls? psst, not like the one alex jones tries to portray a conspiracy around
Really? Who controls them? I bet guerilla won't let that one slide either. He's not the "partisan" type
I'm pretty sure that Paul is polling between 1 and 2 % for the GOP nomination in many states. The difference however, is who is called on these polls. Paul's has shown at the recent straw polls that he is able to muster 1000's (likely with the help of the MeetUp groups) to actually march and campaign on the ground. Again, what is most interesting is that aside from Rudy Giuliani, no one in the GOP has been able to manage their campaign finances as well as Paul. When it comes down to the final decision, he's going to have substantial resources to make his play. Again, those MeetUp groups serve as a pseudo national campaign staff, producing banners, going door to door, conducting their own phone campaigns etc., all without tapping into the campaign war chest. When one reads the FEC reports, it's interesting how much money Romney, Clinton et al generate, and yet also how much they are spending to maintain their position. McCain has literally spent himself out of the running, ending up with less cash in hand than Paul last quarter, despite raising 10 times as much.
I don't agree with AGS. They are real candidates. I have a lot of respect for everyone who runs, even down to the absolute fringers like Mike Gravel. A true democracy means having options before narrowing down to the significant party candidates, and the more people who run, with a variety of platforms and positions, the better the voter is served. I don't agree with Giuliani on abortion or his war stance. Romney is a flat out hypocrite and a bully. Giuliani is a bully the way your mother's single older brother, who drinks too much at Christmas is. It's endearing in a pain in the ass way. But Romney just reeks of production, incompetence and fake smiles. His positions on the major issues (except the war) are much closer to the left than most of the other Republican candidates.
Last one I saw showed 0%. Ah, but there were all those "straw polls" setup by his minions to fake his popularity. Let's not forget those To this, we very much agree on something for a change. Ironically, I was chastised by *someone* for this in the past. However, once I learn more about Thompson's issues, I'll be able to narrow down a little more. One thing is for sure, I will not be supporting a pre-determined loser, no matter how popular it may be. Our country deserves better. It deserves a leader who will lead, not write letters when we are attacked.
It really depends on what day you ask him his position though. Sometimes he's pretty mainstream. Other times, he's not. It's interesting
That's dated information and likely before the debates. If you want to call the Utah GOP Convention or Texas GOP Straw Poll a "setup". I think you're arguing that Paul has a lot more clout than he has. And it is a little disingenuous to imply that he's rigging the straw polls when you won't acknowledge that the Executive branch is capable of any deception. But see, we don't agree all of the way. You're kinda indicating that you will side with incompetent popularity over competent obscurity. And that's why we have elections where most if not all of the candidates are distasteful. Because we continue to support form over function. Government doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to be effective. Unfortunately, the idea seems to be dead in the current age of American narcissism. The flip flopping doesn't even bother me that much. Check out his website and his speeches. It's mostly vague rhetoric without any concrete ideas, proposals or stands. If you read through all of his "positions" he's got the same logical fallacy most of the anti-tax, smaller government candidates) suffer from. He wants to continue the war, he wants to expand public education, he wants to participate in global politics, he wants to provide national (read: socialized health care) while lowering taxes AND not borrowing. Someone needs to explain to this guy how Federal economics works, because his experience at the State level obviously has not been enough.