A Message from the trenches

Cawdor said:
Hi all,

I realize this is my 1st post but I wanted to interject some news from the front lines here in Nevada

For the last 4 weeks, I have been solo canvassing my precinct (460+ republicans). This has been hard in the midst of the cold weather (I am disabled) and the holidays. What I have to show for this is:

235 of them I have met at their door and talked to ( a little over 50%). This is pretty good since Las Vegas is a 24/7 town with a lot of people working weird hours

Of the 235, I have convinced 20 of them to come to the caucus and vote for me as a delegate.

I have another person in the precinct to run as a Ron Paul delegate as well and am convincing a 3rd to do so as well. (our precinct has 9 delegate slots)

Of the 20, I have have followed up and reconfirmed with 10 that they are still coming .. I will touch base with the other 10 this week

I have handed out 3 lawn signs for these supporters.

I have attended caucus chair training and expect to be the temp caucus chair for my precinct.

I have done some coordination with the local RP HQ but they are focusing on after the election mostly and have given me the supplies I need to complete my task.

My final goal is 24 people for Ron Paul and 3-4 of them to be delegates.

I have some obstacles. There are some big families here for Romney (ie 4-5 registered voters to a house), and I have one of our State senators in my precinct and he is for Thompson. So I don't know how the caucus will go which is why i am trying to get more people.


As for my views, I am realistic about RP's chances and believe more in the message. I would like to see the RP staff coalesce and become a force like the neo-cons were in the 90s and shift the party up and to the right. So we need to look long-term (Reagan was not elected in 76)

I also want to tell those supporters in NV, that you have 3 days... I challenge all RP supporters to knock on 50 doors today, tomorrow, and Friday and make the effort.

We are RP's foot soldiers and we have our orders. The battles at IA, WY, MI and NH are not in our scope and should not impair us as we perform our duties and responsibilities here in NV.

Do your best, be creative,accept my challenge. Move with a sense of purpose so that when all is said an done no one cannot say we did not try.

That is all

Cawdor
Precinct Captain
Las Vegas, NV
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You sir are a great American!
 
Awesome work. Thank you. Light bulb moment now.

If 999 others get 24 lined up, we would be looking at 24K showing up.

I hope during the short speach someone hits on the 17 year high on inflation news and the Fed printing funny money. ie another rate cut is going to drive up inflation further. Short and hits home.

You might want to consider these comments when hitting the rest of the houses you are going to convert. Dr. Paul is the only one talking about stopping the Fed. It might get them to show up.

Thank you again and let's roll. Good Luck.
 
This is quite possibly one of the most inspiring and best posts I have seen on here! Gives me hope for my canvassing in TN. So far its going Huckabee, Thompson, then Paul in my little precinct. Making progress I think though!

Thank you very much for your hard work and efforts! Good luck in NV.
 
<I>I have some obstacles. There are some big families here for Romney (ie 4-5 registered voters to a house</i>

Mormons are very organized!
 
Cawdor said:
Hi all,

I realize this is my 1st post but I wanted to interject some news from the front lines here in Nevada

For the last 4 weeks, I have been solo canvassing my precinct (460+ republicans). This has been hard in the midst of the cold weather (I am disabled) and the holidays. What I have to show for this is:

235 of them I have met at their door and talked to ( a little over 50%). This is pretty good since Las Vegas is a 24/7 town with a lot of people working weird hours

Of the 235, I have convinced 20 of them to come to the caucus and vote for me as a delegate.

I have another person in the precinct to run as a Ron Paul delegate as well and am convincing a 3rd to do so as well. (our precinct has 9 delegate slots)

Of the 20, I have have followed up and reconfirmed with 10 that they are still coming .. I will touch base with the other 10 this week

I have handed out 3 lawn signs for these supporters.

I have attended caucus chair training and expect to be the temp caucus chair for my precinct.

I have done some coordination with the local RP HQ but they are focusing on after the election mostly and have given me the supplies I need to complete my task.

My final goal is 24 people for Ron Paul and 3-4 of them to be delegates.

I have some obstacles. There are some big families here for Romney (ie 4-5 registered voters to a house), and I have one of our State senators in my precinct and he is for Thompson. So I don't know how the caucus will go which is why i am trying to get more people.


As for my views, I am realistic about RP's chances and believe more in the message. I would like to see the RP staff coalesce and become a force like the neo-cons were in the 90s and shift the party up and to the right. So we need to look long-term (Reagan was not elected in 76)

I also want to tell those supporters in NV, that you have 3 days... I challenge all RP supporters to knock on 50 doors today, tomorrow, and Friday and make the effort.

We are RP's foot soldiers and we have our orders. The battles at IA, WY, MI and NH are not in our scope and should not impair us as we perform our duties and responsibilities here in NV.

Do your best, be creative,accept my challenge. Move with a sense of purpose so that when all is said an done no one cannot say we did not try.

That is all

Cawdor
Precinct Captain
Las Vegas, NV
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You're doing great work. But I'm at HQ every day and we're not focusing one second of energy on "after the caucus." Let us know if you need anything. You know where we are.
 
I drove here from Oregon (850mi) and have done a couple packets in two days. We basically hit as many doors as possible, fishing for Ron supporters then convince them to caucus or even become a delegate. It's been pretty good thus far. Day 1 I canvassed with one guy in my truck and we got a delegate and perhaps one more. Day 2 I canvassed with two others and we got six supporters and one possible delegate. I wish I could have gotten here earlier, but I'll make the best of the last three days.

The organization is definitely a lot better here than it was in NH. Generally speaking, I think we'll do better in caucuses than in primaries.
 
Also, if you can drive here and canvass even for a day, please do. You will make a difference!
 
Cawdor said:
Hi all,

I realize this is my 1st post but I wanted to interject some news from the front lines here in Nevada

For the last 4 weeks, I have been solo canvassing my precinct (460+ republicans). This has been hard in the midst of the cold weather (I am disabled) and the holidays. What I have to show for this is:

235 of them I have met at their door and talked to ( a little over 50%). This is pretty good since Las Vegas is a 24/7 town with a lot of people working weird hours

Of the 235, I have convinced 20 of them to come to the caucus and vote for me as a delegate.

I have another person in the precinct to run as a Ron Paul delegate as well and am convincing a 3rd to do so as well. (our precinct has 9 delegate slots)

Of the 20, I have have followed up and reconfirmed with 10 that they are still coming .. I will touch base with the other 10 this week

I have handed out 3 lawn signs for these supporters.

I have attended caucus chair training and expect to be the temp caucus chair for my precinct.

I have done some coordination with the local RP HQ but they are focusing on after the election mostly and have given me the supplies I need to complete my task.

My final goal is 24 people for Ron Paul and 3-4 of them to be delegates.

I have some obstacles. There are some big families here for Romney (ie 4-5 registered voters to a house), and I have one of our State senators in my precinct and he is for Thompson. So I don't know how the caucus will go which is why i am trying to get more people.


As for my views, I am realistic about RP's chances and believe more in the message. I would like to see the RP staff coalesce and become a force like the neo-cons were in the 90s and shift the party up and to the right. So we need to look long-term (Reagan was not elected in 76)

I also want to tell those supporters in NV, that you have 3 days... I challenge all RP supporters to knock on 50 doors today, tomorrow, and Friday and make the effort.

We are RP's foot soldiers and we have our orders. The battles at IA, WY, MI and NH are not in our scope and should not impair us as we perform our duties and responsibilities here in NV.

Do your best, be creative,accept my challenge. Move with a sense of purpose so that when all is said an done no one cannot say we did not try.

That is all

Cawdor
Precinct Captain
Las Vegas, NV
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If every person who supported Ron Paul did half as much, there's no way we'd lose.
 
Great Post I wish all the posts were words of encouragement and things WE can all learn from and use for the good of spreading the word!!!
 
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