How are we looking in Hawaii ?

[RPDelegate]

Are there lots of signs up? Does there seem to be a lot of RP supporters, canvassing, TV ads, radio ads, precinct captains, etc??? Let us know.

 

[christagious]

I bet it's pretty warm over there

 

[Physics]

I'm accepting donations to go canvas there.

 

[RPDelegate]

Sounds like it's going as badly as I suspected...

 

[Shii]

Sounds like it's going as badly as I suspected...

The only candidate who visited Hawaii was Kucinich. It's historic because no candidate has ever gone to Hawaii before.

 

[CavortingChicken]

wow rp should go!!!! why not how much could it cost?

 

[r3volution1776]

People are probably just getting out of work in hawaii, that may be why they don't respond. Just a guess though.

 

[blakjak]

I'm accepting donations to go canvas there.

as am i

 

[andrewk78]

My parents and two sisters live on Maui. I went on vacation there in Dec. I saw a bunch people with signs for him on the main roads there. My sister is a waitress and told me that there have been multiple people talking to her about RP and that she has seen quite a bit of his literature around.

 

[hueylong]

Kent Snyder went out there in December. Apparently, we've got good grassroots there.

 

[rmholla]

I was stationed in Hawaii for 3 years.

Ron Paul supporters should canvass every restaurant and bar in Honolulu handing out the No Taxes on Tips flyer.

Hawaii is very much a Donkey state though.

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[sidster]

as am i

LOL! Count me in too... and you guys donating for me don't
have to worry about boarding costs. I can stay w/someone
I know over there Still working on getting her to vote for
Ron ...

 

[sidster]

Obama lived in HI and I think went to school there. I think
it'll be hard convincing locals to vote Republican.

 

[theseus51]

Hawaii Update

Yeah, this is a very, very, very Democratic state. But in some ways that works to our advantage, because we just need a few people here and there to win our caucus. Of course being such a Democrat state, that also means we only account for about 20 of the 2,000 delegates at the National Convention (since they allocate delegates based on population, plus # of elected Republicans).

Hawaii has a weird caucus system. From Jan 25 - Feb 5 registered Republicans meet up and selected locations, and select delegates to the state GOP convention in May. People selected as delegates show up to this GOP convention and vote on the 17 at-large delegates to the national convention. Last year there were about 300 delegates. There's lots of good news and bad news.

The bad news is that we only have about 160 people confirmed, and maybe up to 200. Also there is more competition in the state, being a contested Presidential election, so that 300 number might rise.

The good news is that in prior years, district chairs could fill the vacant seats with whoever they wanted, as long as they were registered Republican and from the district, up until convention. This year they only have a week after the district meeting to get delegates, suppressing the amount of people going to convention. Also, we vote for delegates, so while other camps (Giuliani, Mccain, and Romney have campaigns here) split their vote up, we should be strong. So even with only 30% we have a shot at getting most of the at-large delegates.

Bad news is that the main Hawaii GOP is aware of what we're doing, but the good news is that they are not actively hostile, and have been totally fair when dealing with each of the campaigns here. So if we don't make it, it's not because of sabotage or dirty tricks. Also, because the convention is in May, people may lose their energy and decide not to attend the actual convention.

I guess that's a summary of what we have so far.

 

[Badger Paul]

Make damn sure to watch out for any kind of "fusion" by the other candidates and if such efforst are going on make sure the state GOP has no hand in it because it appears that may well have happened in Louisiana.

 

[Badger Paul]

Thanks for all you guys and gals in Hawaii have done! Good Luck!

 

[ronpauleddy]

Any news yet??

 

[Sarge]

With only two remaining, on Feb. 5th, can we get some feel how it is going?

Any good news, early, might help pump up Maine that has 10 locations to caucus later today.

It is your call.

Thank you for the hard work.

 

[diver4paul]

Delegates in Hawaii

[Del per HI RQ]

 

[diver4paul]

Hawaii Elected a Republican Gov.

Hawaii voters elected Gov. Lingle (R) on two occasions.

So it is possible that we can win Hawaii.