Dr. Paul and New Hampshire?
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This is not necessarily a given. The straw poll in Texas is not open to just everyone, like it was in Iowa.
I have lived in NH my entire life and I second this notion. 
He has a lot of support here.
He has a lot of support here.
JD how much support are we talking? I know the polls are not accurate, but the last I saw he's only polling about 3% which is probably more like 10 or so. My question is do the Buchannan voters know about him and if so will they come out in swarms to vote for him like they did Buchannan?
No, he is not a "favorite son" in the Texas GOP
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He can get Texas, which will give him a lot of primary votes...
This is not necessarily a given. The straw poll in Texas is not open to just everyone, like it was in Iowa."
Yes, he is a Republican congressman from Texas.
No, he is not a favorite son.
Mind you, this is the state where
1. Gramm clobbered him in the 1984 Senate primary, where Gramm got 70% of the vote and Ron only got 17%;
2. In 1994, the Texas and national GOP pulled out all the stops to see him lose in not only the primary, but even the GENERAL election after he had won the primary! And he still won the general, despite the GOP opposition!
3. Years later, with congressional re-districting, his district was carved out to make it a majority democrat. And who helped engineer that effort to try and again undermine him? You guessed it, the Texas GOP.
Ron Paul is not supported anywhere by the GOP Party Machine. Are there actually regulars on this board who have not figured this out yet???
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He can get Texas, which will give him a lot of primary votes...
This is not necessarily a given. The straw poll in Texas is not open to just everyone, like it was in Iowa."
Yes, he is a Republican congressman from Texas.
No, he is not a favorite son.
Mind you, this is the state where
1. Gramm clobbered him in the 1984 Senate primary, where Gramm got 70% of the vote and Ron only got 17%;
2. In 1994, the Texas and national GOP pulled out all the stops to see him lose in not only the primary, but even the GENERAL election after he had won the primary! And he still won the general, despite the GOP opposition!
3. Years later, with congressional re-districting, his district was carved out to make it a majority democrat. And who helped engineer that effort to try and again undermine him? You guessed it, the Texas GOP.
Ron Paul is not supported anywhere by the GOP Party Machine. Are there actually regulars on this board who have not figured this out yet???
well as long as they are still following Buchannan, they know about him. Buchannan is endorsing him, wirtes blogs about him, and will become more vocal as primaries draw near. I'm pretty sure the warhawk amnesty loving McCain has lost most of his support there too.
Does anyone elese know where Buchanan fared well?
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I realize that as far as the TX straw poll, my prediction is maybe 10 votes in the straw poll in September.
I'm talking about the primaries next year.
I base this solely on the amount of grassroots support here and the fact that I am here in Texas and will be doing everything I can to drag people to the polls to vote for him
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dr. paul is gonna do great in new hampshire.........the free state project is gonna be the biggest boost for him........there are 1000's of free staters and all love the good doctor.
there are lots of libertarians in the legislature there already - the most of any state as far as i know.
i betch michael badnarik will be there rallying the troops! when he hosted the keynote dinner on friday evening his entire dialogue was about all parties need to unite and stand behind dr. paul! it was wonderful!
he's gonna take new hampshire - mark my words!
rand paul announced that in september his entire family and whoever wants to join them are gonna go door to door and hand out info - for 3 or 4 days - i guess divide up into groups and canvas the state. i plan on going. it will be a hoot!
anyone is invited!
ps - good to have the forums back!
there are lots of libertarians in the legislature there already - the most of any state as far as i know.
i betch michael badnarik will be there rallying the troops! when he hosted the keynote dinner on friday evening his entire dialogue was about all parties need to unite and stand behind dr. paul! it was wonderful!
he's gonna take new hampshire - mark my words!
rand paul announced that in september his entire family and whoever wants to join them are gonna go door to door and hand out info - for 3 or 4 days - i guess divide up into groups and canvas the state. i plan on going. it will be a hoot!
anyone is invited!
ps - good to have the forums back!
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Agreed. He needs to WIN..not place 2nd or 3rd.
F'ing Diebolds are gonna give me a heart attack.
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Wait there's a straw poll in Texas coming up? Jeez,I can get me and atleast 8 other registered republicans to vote for him straight up. When where?
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I am a New Hampshire-ite for Ron Paul. A couple things briefly about New Hampshire, and I am not saying we can't win here because I believe we can but I think it also helps to explain why he has spent more time in Nevada than New Hampshire thus far:
New Hampshire has become more of a liberal state in recent years with the election of a Democrat Governor John Lynch by a landslide over our Libertarian-esque Governor Craig Benson; only the second time in 78 years that an incumbent New Hampshire governor was denied a second term.
The state is a far cry from what it was 11 years ago when Pat Buchanan won the primary. They have kicked great conservatives like Gordon Humphrey and Bob Smith to the curb to go with the more main stream candidates like John Sununu and Jeanne Shaheen.... And lets not forget that both of our Republican congressman were defeated by liberals in 2006.
The free state project is a great thing and an awesome idea... But they don't have pull in this state and we shouldn't expect them to provide miracles.
To win New Hampshire it is going to take an awesome show of the grassroots movement which in my opinion has been lagging in the state thus far, the same way it had in Iowa up until a week ago... Once again, I don't want to sound like a downer but we need to do better!
Anyway, I am buying 200 yard signs and 200 wooden stakes and plan on posting them around the seacoast areas of New Hampshire and Maine.. Anyone who would like to help out it would be greatly appreciated.
New Hampshire has become more of a liberal state in recent years with the election of a Democrat Governor John Lynch by a landslide over our Libertarian-esque Governor Craig Benson; only the second time in 78 years that an incumbent New Hampshire governor was denied a second term.
The state is a far cry from what it was 11 years ago when Pat Buchanan won the primary. They have kicked great conservatives like Gordon Humphrey and Bob Smith to the curb to go with the more main stream candidates like John Sununu and Jeanne Shaheen.... And lets not forget that both of our Republican congressman were defeated by liberals in 2006.
The free state project is a great thing and an awesome idea... But they don't have pull in this state and we shouldn't expect them to provide miracles.
To win New Hampshire it is going to take an awesome show of the grassroots movement which in my opinion has been lagging in the state thus far, the same way it had in Iowa up until a week ago... Once again, I don't want to sound like a downer but we need to do better!
Anyway, I am buying 200 yard signs and 200 wooden stakes and plan on posting them around the seacoast areas of New Hampshire and Maine.. Anyone who would like to help out it would be greatly appreciated.
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Go to your state criminal GOP website and check it out. Then start harrassing them about transparent voting.
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Are you saying that NH is going to the dark side?! Oh no this must be stopped.
More Free Staters need to move there STAT.
Jared, get in touch with your meetup group and get them to formulate a game plan ASAP. Then put a call out to all other meetups for help with whatever you guys need - reinforcements, money, artistic ability, muscle....
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