Jesse Benton interview on MSNBC: 'We're hoarding cash' for Texas, California

[FSP-Rebel]

"We're HOARDING CASH"

Hahahahaa nice. This while Gangrene Gingrich goes all-in for La.

I wonder if this opens the door for him to gracefully bow out in the case that this finale doesn't work for him.

 

[sailingaway]

"We're HOARDING CASH"

Hahahahaa nice. This while Gangrene Gingrich goes all-in for La.

Grinch is already in debt beyond his cash on hand.

 

[PaulSoHard]

Grinch is already in debt beyond his cash on hand.

Slated for a 3rd place finish in the primary tonight? Dear lord, I hope he finds some living hope to stay in

 

[PolicyReader]

Cheers!

Love it

Also someone please tell me you know what name mr. slappy up there goes by when he's not covering the airwaves with ignorance

 

[bluesc]

Cheers!

Post of the year.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

bromance? What an unprofessional term. I guess it's better than calling us teabaggers on live television.

 

[Carlybee]

bromance? What an unprofessional term. I guess it's better than calling us teabaggers on live television.

I'm surprised they haven't come up with some cutesy name like Paulney or RomPaul (ie, Brangelina). Stupid MSM. What passes for journalism these days is embarrassing.

 

[Paulistinian]

I'm surprised they haven't come up with some cutesy name like Paulney or RomPaul (ie, Brangelina). Stupid MSM. What passes for journalism these days is embarrassing.

Dear god I hope they're not reading this forum or you may have created a monster

 

[Carlybee]

Dear god I hope they're not reading this forum or you may have created a monster

haha...I hope not too!

 

[Supernaut]

Ive heard that the Ron Paul 2012 campaign has the worst money spent to votes received margin in modern election history. Is there any truth to this? If so, does Jesse Benton deserve any of the blame, or does he get a free pass?

 

[eduardo89]

If we have 50+% of those 5 States that Jesse mentioned how many delegates is that?

Iowa: 25 delegates
Nevada: 28 delegates (bound proportionally to straw poll results, but could be unbound at the state convention)
Maine: 21 delegates
Colorado: 33 delegates
Minnesota: 37 delegates
Washington: 40 delegates
Alaska: 24 delegates
North Dakota: 28 delegates

Ron could realistically get at least 50% of the delegates in all those states.

 

[sailingaway]

Ive heard that the Ron Paul 2012 campaign has the worst money spent to votes received margin in modern election history. Is there any truth to this? If so, does Jesse Benton deserve any of the blame, or does he get a free pass?

are you trying to pick a fight? Ron Paul gets the least media coverage even when he was in third nationally and there were 8 in the race, per studies. Under those circumstances OF COURSE he has to spend the most.

 

[MikeStanart]

Cheers!

Hahahahaha + Rep man

 

[Bruno]

Ive heard that the Ron Paul 2012 campaign has the worst money spent to votes received margin in modern election history. Is there any truth to this? If so, does Jesse Benton deserve any of the blame, or does he get a free pass?

The uneducated, pathetic, war-mongering, misguided, status-quo supporting voters deserve the blame.

 

[mello]

Iowa: 25 delegates
Nevada: 28 delegates (bound proportionally to straw poll results, but could be unbound at the state convention)
Maine: 21 delegates
Colorado: 33 delegates
Minnesota: 37 delegates
Washington: 40 delegates
Alaska: 24 delegates
North Dakota: 28 delegates

Ron could realistically get at least 50% of the delegates in all those states.

So if Ron Paul got 51% of the delegates from those 5 states, then he has 120 delegates.

According the the New York Times their most recent delegate count total for the 34 caucus/primaries:

Romney: 568
Santorum: 273
Gingrich: 135
Paul: 50

Now if Ron has at least 120 delegates from just 5 States, I'm really curious to know what his actual delegate total is.

 

[coffeewithchess]

are you trying to pick a fight? Ron Paul gets the least media coverage even when he was in third nationally and there were 8 in the race, per studies. Under those circumstances OF COURSE he has to spend the most.

It goes both ways though. The campaign does have to bare some of the blame as well. Ignoring/turning down media invites, does not help our cause.
If you are about expanding the voter base, but you ignore invites on the biggest "news" show...there's some serious issues somewhere.

 

[cooper56]

Not sure if he can win texas. Alot of people will spend money there and gingrich has Rick Perry to back him.

 

[devil21]

I just rewatched the vid.....Did Jesse say that the campaign will report a $10 million quarter?? That's really not bad at all. The grassroots hasn't had a moneybomb in a month and a half before today.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Ive heard that the Ron Paul 2012 campaign has the worst money spent to votes received margin in modern election history. Is there any truth to this? If so, does Jesse Benton deserve any of the blame, or does he get a free pass?

Benton isn't even the campaign manager. But, it's interesting that you join this forum and one of your first posts is to bash the campaign.

 

[devil21]

Ive heard that the Ron Paul 2012 campaign has the worst money spent to votes received margin in modern election history. Is there any truth to this? If so, does Jesse Benton deserve any of the blame, or does he get a free pass?

I've bashed him at times and praised him at times. Like anyone...no one is perfect. The cost per vote sorta disappears when you consider the delegate aspect. Is a delegate vote worth more than a primary vote? HELL YES. In that context, how much does a Santorum primary or caucus vote cost, vs how many delegates he actually turns out? A lot more cost per Santorum vote when/if he's losing delegates to Paul. The stat is misleading because it only considers one set of "votes" while ignoring another set that's arguably much more important.