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Anyone know the rules for where we can put signs? Private property is okay (with permission, of course), but what about public property? Now that we are within 45 days of the election, we're allowed to put signs where we were not allowed to put signs before the 45 day limit, but where exactly...

Maryland has delegates who are awarded at the congressional district level (3 per CD), and 10 'at-large' delegates who are awarded at the state level. The CD delegates are bound to vote for the candidate who wins the primary vote in their congressional district; the 'at-large' delegates are...

Maryland is a closed primary. If they are already registered to vote, it is too late for them to change registration to Republican. We can register new voters (currently not registered) until January 22.

It's very hard to say. The districts are gerrymandered so that 6 are safe for the Democrats, and 1 is safe for Republicans, and 1 is a tossup (currently held by a big spending Republican). One strategy would target the heavily Democratic districts, since we would need fewer Republican votes in...

Delegate rules Delegates are bound to vote for the candidate that wins in their respective congressional district.... provided that candidate has not specifically released them. If they have not been released, then the delegate is bound to their district's winning candidate for the 1st ballot...

There was an interesting article in Commentary on how difficult it is to produce accurate polls. No mention of the good doctor, but good confirmation on why the polls are under reporting our favorite guy: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/jpodhoretz/1640

Turns out Ron and McCain are the only candidates with full delegates slates here in MD. Rudy is missing a delegate in CD5, and is missing alternates in CD4, and CD5. Romney is missing an alternate in CD2. Huckabee is missing a lot of alternates: 2 in CD1, 2 in CD2, 1 in CD3, all of CD4, and 1...

Here are some statistics from previous Maryland primaries: CD1 Registered Republicans:183,348 Voted in 2006 Primary:57,723 Voted in 2004 Primary:35,752 Voted in 2000 Primary:49,574 CD2 Registered Republicans:88,181 Voted in 2006 Primary:21,631 Voted in 2004 Primary:13,036 Voted in 2000...

There are some pro-war people who were against the war to begin with, but then currently support the war because they think we should finish what we started. They are not rabidly pro-war like the neo-cons. It's that non neo-con population of pro-war folk who can be moved to our camp. I don't...

Our current support is narrow and deep, but not broad enough to win... so how do we broaden the support without losing the deep support? One thought is to begin to harvest some (not all) of the pro-war vote. Here's how to sow the seeds: Ron won't become president until Jan. 2009. When he...

Visualize a tsunami What's happening with donations is like a tsunami -- the water is receding, receding, receding.... on December 16, the tsunami will arrive.:D

Here's a scenario for the Republican convention: First, the setup: 1. No candidate has enough delegates going in to the convention to win on the first ballot. 2. Ron has some delegates, but not enough to win on the first ballot. The convention closer for Ron: 1. The Constitution Party drafts...

Fred Thompson bailing on Morgan State Debate? Fred apparently is going to pass on the debate in Baltimore: http://www.mdforfred.com/2007/09/18/thompsons-first-debate-scheduled-for-october-9th-in-michigan/

MD Straw Poll Results I posted these results on another thread, but thought I should post them here also. I was there to help count the ballots. These results should match the 'official' results which will be announced by the MD GOP in a news release tomorrow. Here are the results: Ron...

Ron Paul wins MD straw poll Here are the results: Ron Paul - 263 (28%) Rudy Giuliani - 220 (24%) Fred Thompson - 188 (20%) Mitt Romney - 89 (10%) John McCain - 54 (6%) Mike Huckabee - 35 (4%) Tom Tancredo - 16 (2%) Sam Brownback - 12 (1%) Duncan Hunter - 3 (0%) Write Ins: New Gingrich - 17...