Did we let HQ down?

yongrel said:
That's no excuse.
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not excusing, just explaining. Do you think twice as many canvassers would have helped Paul to win? 25k precinct captains instead of 18k? How about websites, maybe we didn't have enough people devoting their time to maintaining pro-Paul websites?

No. As far as I can tell, the media made the difference.
 
No. The campaign would've received buttloads of money if they had used what they had wisely and done better in the early primaries. RP was saying he was getting so much money he didn't know what to do with it? Well, he should've won some primaries....thats what he should've done with it.
 
Blaming the media is the easy thing to do of course. I blame myself for not canvassing my precinct early enough. I only covered 90% of a precinct with 1800 registered republicans, and only about half of those were knocks while the others were lit drops, and zero followups with phone calls.

I'm pretty sure I could've WON my precinct if I had given up 2 months of ANY free-time prior to our primary.

I know that I'M to blame. If I only knew what I did now, it would be much different. I just wish that the late primary states would learn from some of us and utilize the precint leader tool that campaign gives us and really WORK 100% for a victory.
 
No, I don't think we let HQ. I did more for this campaign than I've ever done for any candidate -- donated; canvassed, lit. drop, mailings, local newspaper advertisement, asst. orgainze meetup group .... I honestly don't understand how people can't fall in love with this man once they hear the message.
 
Sure, the fundraising was lackluster, but a lot of the problem is the rigged machines and other election fraud. I voted for Badnarik along with my husband in 2004, but there was only 1 Badnarik vote from our precinct. :mad:
 
20 million raised would not have propelled Ron into first place anywhere, IMO. The Republican Party is too full of evil bastards that want to kill, maim, and torture people. Ron will most likely never appeal to them because they are too stupid to be intellectually honest and introspective of their own beliefs.
 
Eponym_mi said:
No. The campaign would've received buttloads of money if they had used what they had wisely and done better in the early primaries. RP was saying he was getting so much money he didn't know what to do with it? Well, he should've won some primaries....thats what he should've done with it.
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I really wouldn't even have cared if he won any primaries, but the simple fact that he said he had so much money he didn't know how to spend it then seeing nothing spent in Michigan while others doing far worse than us were spending away in Michigan i sincerely think really hurt fundraising here in Michigan at least.
 
The only people who let the campaign down are the people who liked Ron Paul issues the best, but felt he was not electable and voted for the lesser of many evils. Those people in my opinion should be ashamed of themselves and is part of the problem and not part of the solution.
 
JMO said:
The only people who let the campaign down are the people who liked Ron Paul issues the best, but felt he was not electable and voted for the lesser of many evils. Those people in my opinion should be ashamed of themselves and is part of the problem and not part of the solution.
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hear hear
 
westmich4paul said:
I really wouldn't even have cared if he won any primaries, but the simple fact that he said he had so much money he didn't know how to spend it then seeing nothing spent in Michigan while others doing far worse than us were spending away in Michigan i sincerely think really hurt fundraising here in Michigan at least.
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Yeah, I said won, but even 2nd in IA, NH, and MI would've generated a lot of publicity AND money. He didn't even compete in MI. I don't know this failure falls in RP's lap or his staff, but in the end HE is the candidate and responsible for the conduct of his campaign. :mad:
 
Some people have let the campaign down - leaving their voter registration too late, not finding out where they should vote until the very last minute, not remaining for the delegate selection at caucuses, not standing up to be a delegate or poll watcher, not taking the trouble to learn about the process, not signing up with the campaign as a volunteer, not joining a local meetup group, ... It goes on and on.

In other words, there have been too many among the grassroots who've been all hot air and no substance when it came down to actually doing some work.

The campaign needed a larger volunteer army than the better funded campaigns, because - contrary to the perception of certain people here, who are new to the political process - $20 to $30 million for an entire year's worth of campaigning is bargain basement loose change. I'm frankly amazed at what HQ has been able to accomplish with so little.

I'm also convinced that RP isn't done yet either.

Recall his email of a week or so ago? Something about looking beyond Super Tuesday? He was clearly trying then to prepare supporters to be disappointed with today's results.
 
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I believe a part of the reason is that we let down by ourselves. We only heard that people hate wars but we forget to hear the rest.

"Yeah I hate wars.. but I love OIL!"
 
Yes. I can understand not being able to raise the money, but falling 8,000 short of the goal for precinct leaders?

Being in a state whose primary isn't until May, I don't feel as bad, but I still think I could have done more.
 
I'm still voting for Ron Paul. Even if he drops out, and even if I have to write-in his name on the ballot in November. I refuse to have 'blood on my hands' (voting for any of the evils, lesser or whatever) when the elites on the democratic and republican sides ruin this country. :mad:
 
what the hell happened in Minnesota? They had a rally of 4,000 people at one of the universities and currently 4th place! I'm dissapointed, to say the least. We did what we could...
 
The grassroots did not let HQ down.

HQ let down the grassroots. No question. Self-imposed media blackout, etc.

Happily, they now have adult supervision with Messrs. Tate and Elam, but we can't expect them to turn everything around overnight.
 
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