I finally understand Ron Paul's 2012 campaign strategy. In essence its working. They're racking up delegates in the caucus states and winning over Republican State committee's and rules all over the country. The stage is set for 2016. Now all of this is fantastic if Rand is running. Here's hoping. Nonetheless controlling these Republican State Party's will pay huge dividends immediately. So I must say that I was wrong. This strategy is working. HOWEVER, and this is a big HOWEVER, we could have won or at least attained more delegates in the primary states. I think that was a mistake to not hit those hard.
I live in Iowa and I know if we had won there we probably would have come closer in New Hampshire and definitely been boosted in South Carolina, but really I still think we would have been overshadowed everywhere else because of the media. Now let me say, the campaign really, really tried in Iowa. Santorum just came out of nowhere and took it. He really is Paul's bane. Stealing his new votes left and right. What would this race have been without him?
I look forward to these upcoming primaries and caucuses. I think with Santorum finally out we can pick up some delegates with 10-25% popular vote totals. The problem was we scared everyone to death when we led in the Iowa polls just weeks before the vote. If only we had peaked at voting time.
This isn't a blanket praise of the campaign thought. His message still has to be clearer. He has to get his message through to senior citizens and women. He will have to change his message to suit them. Not the "message," but the focus. He must focus on why social security and medicare won't be there for them in the future and skip past monetary policy because they are entrenched in it. He must focus on freedom in medical care. These people want their local nurse practitioner and don't won't doctors from Washington telling them what Medicare will cover. They're willing to listen on foreign policy he just has to reinforce that with defense. Our troops here at home provide more protection than overseas.
I rambled a bit there, but I just want him to be PRESIDENT!!!! I know we all do and its frustrating to see him beating Obama in the polls and yet Romney is the Republican candidate. I've often wondered whether the Founders should have included in the Constitution the mandatory requirement that all citizens be educated in the Constitution, its reasoning's and influences at the time of writing. I truly think that in a society that hasn't had war at home in over 60 years that you can't have freedom if you don't teach your kids about it in the first place! Otherwise apathy grows and festers.
I live in Iowa and I know if we had won there we probably would have come closer in New Hampshire and definitely been boosted in South Carolina, but really I still think we would have been overshadowed everywhere else because of the media. Now let me say, the campaign really, really tried in Iowa. Santorum just came out of nowhere and took it. He really is Paul's bane. Stealing his new votes left and right. What would this race have been without him?
I look forward to these upcoming primaries and caucuses. I think with Santorum finally out we can pick up some delegates with 10-25% popular vote totals. The problem was we scared everyone to death when we led in the Iowa polls just weeks before the vote. If only we had peaked at voting time.
This isn't a blanket praise of the campaign thought. His message still has to be clearer. He has to get his message through to senior citizens and women. He will have to change his message to suit them. Not the "message," but the focus. He must focus on why social security and medicare won't be there for them in the future and skip past monetary policy because they are entrenched in it. He must focus on freedom in medical care. These people want their local nurse practitioner and don't won't doctors from Washington telling them what Medicare will cover. They're willing to listen on foreign policy he just has to reinforce that with defense. Our troops here at home provide more protection than overseas.
I rambled a bit there, but I just want him to be PRESIDENT!!!! I know we all do and its frustrating to see him beating Obama in the polls and yet Romney is the Republican candidate. I've often wondered whether the Founders should have included in the Constitution the mandatory requirement that all citizens be educated in the Constitution, its reasoning's and influences at the time of writing. I truly think that in a society that hasn't had war at home in over 60 years that you can't have freedom if you don't teach your kids about it in the first place! Otherwise apathy grows and festers.
