FEC Results - When?
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r3volution
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took about 2.5 weeks last time i believe ..
That sucks. Iowa and NH will be long gone by then.
thats the point. the other campaigns dont want to come out and show how they got upped by a "fringe" candidate.
They MUST have the results filed with the FEC by Jan. 15th. They probably wait until then to do it.
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Quoted for truth. Ron should file immediately, it might get a couple news stories.
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FEC reports don't matter. At this point votes matter.
I would say the target day should the night of Jan. 5th/6th in order to maximize coverage.
If they release it before Iowa pundits will brush it off saying "he cant win any votes with it" and if he releases it the day of the caucus it will be overshadowed by the caucus. If he releases it too late it will not give people in NH enough time to react and further check out his positions once they see "he has a chance to win".
The sweet spot is to have it in the papers on the morning of Jan. 6th. That will be a sunday and it may be discussed on Sunday morning.
yea very true; though we do have something... we might as well attempt to use it to our advantage.
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At the end of the 3rd quarter, the campaign released their results in about 24 hours, and the corporate media did report on them shortly after. The FEC date does not matter.
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It does matter we raised more than any other candidate this quarter. Many people will believe Ron is a viable candidate just for that reason. I think that's why Rudy was ahead early on, people saw how much money he was raising and called him the front runner.
No one, not even Fox News, will be able to deny Ron is for real after Iowa and New Hampshire vote.
No one, not even Fox News, will be able to deny Ron is for real after Iowa and New Hampshire vote.
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It might be good for the campaign to hold off until the end of January. Everybody knows we have over 19.5 million. Nobody knows what the other candidates are going to claim, because they've hidden their donations. And since they're reknowned for dirty tricks, some of them may have bigger totals than we expect (from questionable contributions). Why don't we just hold off on officially putting in the amount until the end, that way the other candidates can sweat a little about what Ron Paul's strategy might be. "Does he have offline donations he hasn't claimed yet? Why's he holding off if we know what he's got already?" Even if they know it's a psychological trick, they're still gonna sweat a little about it.
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I disagree. I think Jan. 4-6 is the best time. This is after the Iowa Caucus where we likely will take 3rd place. Unless McCain replaces Huckabee at 2nd, Ron Paul taking 3rd will bet he most talked about development in N.H. and gives Ron Paul a lot credibility. Add that he pulled in almost 20 million (over 20 million with offline?) and has the most money in the bank and he will easily become a major threat to McRomney in N.H. With a 3rd place finish over McCain and public release of exact fundraising totals (shattered our 4th quarter goal that was considered very aggressive) we should be on every voters mind all week leading up to N.H. primary. A good finish there and we will have a lot of momentum going into S.C. and Super Tuesday.
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I didn't mean the numbers don't matter. I meant the date the FEC releases the numbers doesn't matter. The campaign will report the results long before the FEC, and the media will pick up on it shortly after.
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