List constructive criticisms for HQ here

If I were them, I'd have Paul do an unscripted 15-30 minutes talk directly into the camera, about the newsletters issue. This issue alone has the potential to not only turn away a lot of potential Ron Paul supporters but also to disaffect some existing Ron Paul supporters. Take Bill Maher and Andrew Sullivan.

Have Paul express what went on, how he felt, and what he did (or didn't) do about it.

Go on offense. Use this issue (and any other issues which may be perceived as attacks) to show the good and just points in Paul's views and potential policies. When the MSM gives you lemons...
 
We have to arrange free bus rides (especially during weekends) for Ron Paul supporters to (and from) the next caucus, from all nearby states. Two or three days before the caucus itself.

The existing meetup system can be used to coordinate this.

A 'strictly bring your own food and wear Dr. Paul shirts or caps - expect to stay for a day (travel early morning, back late in the evening)' arrangement. Supporters who join the bus trip will be asked to talk to people, hold signs, distribute slim jims, etc.

That is the only way you can guarantee that there will be a LOT of boots on the ground with still enough time to change the minds of the undecided and hopefully course of the caucuses.

The bigger the number of people supporting Dr. Paul that the voting public sees, the more likely that they (with their own eyes) would feel that they should vote for Dr. Paul.

Call it what you will: Critical mass, crowd psychology, whatever - it is effective.
 
rexsolomon has some great ideas:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=935301#post935301

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rexsolomon said:
The RP campaign badly needs a 'skunkworks' team. The best and the
brightest amongst ardent RP supporters, a strategic thinktank that RP can rely upon for advice, solutions and more importantly a team that knows how to execute on the plans.
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Definitely needs a mastermind, a strategic thinktank. Surround himself with professionals (e.g. campaign pros, marketing pros, etc). Almost treat this like a lean business where Ron Paul's the CEO. He sets the vision and his team confidently, strategically, surgically runs with it.
 
RPSignbomb said:
I'm sure each of these ideas have been expressed over and over again but wanted to weigh in myself:

1. Ron Paul's plan for the economy: A five, seven, ten point plan - Whatever it is, but lay out a bullet point plan that's easy to digest and something he can stump on.

2. National Security: He appears weak here because his stance against the war on foreign policy. Every time he discussed these two issues he must address he is strong on national security.

3. Commercials: Enough of the feel good only, hit back and hit back hard. Please figure out who we can bleed people from and go after them.

4. Hire a pollster: It will help you target your marketing. We have the money.

5. Organize the grassroots - support the money bombs, set up call blitzs.

6. Please answer the racism question more clearly.

7. When debating, please ask Dr. Paul to slow down, use all his time - and fire back.

8. Dumb down the message for the masses - BE STRONG ... people want to see a leader.

9. Dept. of Education: When you call for closing the department of education - remind people state and local governments do a better job than bureaucrats in Washington.

10. IRS: Get some figures! Speak to the numbers not just that you want to close it. No one wants the IRS but they don't think it's possible either.

11. Pull out of troops outside of Iraq: It does not have to be drastic, "slowly we will lessen the demand on the US military by pulling our troops out of low tension spots in the world - starting with Germany where we face no threat but spend $$$$ .. I would then take that money and secure our border"

12. Health Care: You are the only Dr. - anytime the issue comes up, remind people of this, and again have a bullet point plan.


Those are my ideas!
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One last thing: The Ron Paul Bus!!!!!!! We might be too late for it but at least Rand could ride around in it.
 
ronpaulitician said:
If I were them, I'd have Paul do an unscripted 15-30 minutes talk directly into the camera, about the newsletters issue. This issue alone has the potential to not only turn away a lot of potential Ron Paul supporters but also to disaffect some existing Ron Paul supporters. Take Bill Maher and Andrew Sullivan.

Have Paul express what went on, how he felt, and what he did (or didn't) do about it.

Go on offense. Use this issue (and any other issues which may be perceived as attacks) to show the good and just points in Paul's views and potential policies. When the MSM gives you lemons...
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WHAT IF he were to schedule a Mitt Romney kind of speech (he might not even have to pay for the airtime, because the press would love to try to trap him?) He could start with his "rebuttal," make it short and sweet and spend the rest of the time telling the American people his views on racism and his ideas on how to address the problem (a problem that will be solved around the time we get world peace).

IF he could get on a roll the way he does with Bernanke, it might work. It's a real craps shoot, but until he does something dramatic, this is NOT going to go away. When the press smells blood in the streets, they keep on it. To believe that this is going to blow over is delusional.

I'm not saying this would work. I'm just throwing it out there for greater minds than mine.
 
RPSignbomb said:
One last thing: The Ron Paul Bus!!!!!!! We might be too late for it but at least Rand could ride around in it.
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I've never seen a major campaign without a bus. In one of the campaigns that I worked, we used a train with a steam engine for a whistle stop tour. You can easily schedule (the operative word being schedule) 10 stops a day on a bus.
 
I second this one

Texan4RP said:
Doctor Paul,

We need a heart felt talk just like Reagan did. Some sort of media press conference just like Reagans where people are sitting in an arena. Where you put together the Speech of your LIFE. You talk straight into the Camera! Let the real Ron Paul step up to the Plate! We know you have it in you. We know it as a grassroots.Show the Passion you have for the Constitution. We the People should be strongly used. Talk about the hypocrites and what they have planned for us and why you are standing as a lone voice needing the help of We the People to fight this fight. Talk to the People! Not at them or a bunch of stats. Be extremely vulnerable to your emotions. I mean give this speech like it's the last speech you give on this Earth!!!

You know Romney almost tapped into what I'm talking about but he had no message. You have the Hope for America and we need you to show everyone including the other candidates and most definitely the World that RON PAUL, from Texas, is going to lead the Greatest nation on the Earth out of the Depths of Despotism!

Tell them what freedom can mean for all of them. Use the cadence that Reagan used to Orchestrate the structure of the Speech. Talk to the Elderly, Talk to the Youth, talk to the Families who are struggling to put their daughter through College while the mother doesn't work so that she can stay at home to school their other daughter, all while the Husband doesn't make enough to keep them out of debt, Yes, this is me, my life right now. Tell America to wake up! Actually say it! America Wake up! We can't choose like we are choosing a stuffed animal we must Decide what is best for America. We can't choose and then expect the Government to Bail us out. We must Decide that the time has come for us to take back America! We the People must decide! May God Bless this great nation and May the People of God be inspired to make the right Decision. Thank You and may God Bless us all.

This is what is needed. It will wake people up to see that We the People Are Ron Paul.

Run ads with the founding fathers signing the Constitution. Then say I'm Ron Paul and I approve of this and this Document. Then Smile real big.
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To flesh this out further: Put this together as a DVD and then also put out as infomercial on evening television with information on how they can sign up, get involved etc. But the main thing is to really show your message in some depth so people can understand rather than just getting slogans and soundbites. Infomercials are not that expensive. They can be mounted very quickly, I believe. And they are viewed nationally.

Again, this same 15 or 30 minute piece can go out as DVD's that are distributed locally. Also aired on local stations. Also played as audio streams on internet and via radio stations as infomercials.
 
PS: Organize a RP Town Hall meeting in SC soon with this in mind. Tape it. Edit it. Get out the infomercial and DVD within 48 hours. Then play regularly throughout US until Super Tuesday.
 
They should get the message out for their supporters to stop acting like assholes. Whenever Ron Paul gets snubbed in any manner, the supporters unleash their fury, from e-mails to harassing phone calls, to angry mobs chasing down TV pundits. Grow up guys! You're not going convince any voter to support Ron Paul if his supporters are going around acting like a bunch of brown shirts.
 
Hard hitting SHOCKER of an infomercial.....run it prime time in primary states...set it up and let grassroot advertise it in newspapers beforehand for viewing....run it nationwide before super tuesday. Hard core content...Paul speaking directly to the people...let it all hang out. Same DVD for mailing purposes....copies to grassroots available for grassroot reproduction/mailing efforts....make a hard move NOW dammit :mad:
 
Ad idea:

Do an anti-war ad that ties in the economics, show how it's bankrupting us. Show how if we don't stop the spending, we won't have enough to defend ourselves from terrorists.

Government Accountably Office David Walker (Top accountant of the nation) has the greatest threat to us is not terrorists, but our wasteful spending.

David Walker doesn't need to be in the ad, but someone can read his quote while it's being displayed on screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2fI2p9iVs

Dr. Paul has said the same thing.

This way the pro-war people will realize that we're bankrupting are kids in the future and won't have enough to defend ourselves against terrorists.
 
It is getting so late viz. ST that there are only 2 things now:

1. National media exposure: his message is different, intelligent and slightly complex even though it can be boiled down to one word: 'freedom'. An infomercial can be produced rapidly, provide sufficient length and depth of content and be widely distributed. Taping a Town Hall meeting with live supporters and real questions would work.

2. Organisation on the ground to do much better job of GOTV. The posters from NH have revealed that it was a mess. Yes, I gather this is always the case, but that is no excuse.

There is really not enough time now for subtle strategies etc. That time has passed. Now it is the final lap or two before the first main finish line, Super Tuesday.

So : 1) National media infomercial available in a few days 2) focus on GOTV organisation on the ground. Nothing else matters.
 
Some things need to be cleaned up here. Both of these points are alrrady being done:

"Get more endorsements--and then utilize them.
Encourage, enlist and utilize "Demographic subgroups for Ron Paul.""

The "People" tab on HQ website. and the "yes! Endorsements and Acclaim for Ron Paul!" page, as well as Kane and Barry Goldwater Jr. attending events and doing media spots for Ron Paul.

"More transparency from HQ."

This invalidates the whole list, as the list is about what HQ needs to do better or start doing, thus making it obviously less transparent.

"Open up the production of ads to the grassroots, YouTube style."

I think the legality of this must be explored, but its not always the answer anyway. The HQ should not choose a user-made ad over a professional one they made IF they honestly believe the one they had made is better.

"Concerns of data security of database, etc."

This should be a non-concern. Terra Eclipse makes highly professional and secure websites and has done an EXCELLENT job for Ron Paul's campaign. The worst that could happen is name lists get leaked, and other candidates grassroots supporters start calling them. The HQ's of other campaigns would never do that. We did the same thing to McCain supporters, used his list of people and started calling.
 
I dont' know about most states but the SC Coordinator is NOT a very good coordinator at all. In fact this guy down right sucks. He emailed me several months ago about cold calling and or canvassing on behalf on the RP campaign. I immedately responded that I would be more than willing to canvass in my local area. I gave them my address and phone numbers. Well I never heard a peep from this guy for weeks. So I emailed him again. Never did respond until weeks later asking if I was still interested. For christ sakes I email him several times saying I was. When he finally responded saying he was going to send me information all I got was a few hundred slim jims weeks later. They gave me no advice or guidance about what to do, how to approach a potential voter, Nothing. I have never heard from this guy again, except for mass emails he sends to all SC supporters. Its like someone throwing a complete novice an assignment without any direction whatsoever. With that said I have decided to do my own thing completely devoid of the campaign. I doubt my approach is that effective but thats what happens when you give a person who has never been involved in a campaign an assignment.

Here is my suggestion for what its worht.

1. If the campaign contacts a potential volunteer about helping, always and I mean always, get back to that volunteer within 48 hours. Nothing pisses me off more than to volunteer my time and to be bascially forgotten about and ignored.

2. Keep in constant communication with all volunteers, provide guidance, materials, etc on a timely basis. With it taking this guy so long to get back to me thats time I could have been out getting votes for DR Paul in this important state.
 
http://catholicsforronpaul.blogspot.com/2008/01/some-advice-for-ron-paul.html

This is what Ron Paul has to do.


1. He has to defend himself better and present his ideas in fresh terms that exposes the other candidates for what they are.


2. He has to stop the "class room style" tone, and adopt a "I'm here to save the nation" tone that is deeply seriousness and forceful (but not angry) [his voice should be deeper and stronger and he should talk more slowly when making his points]


3. When he is laughed at or set-up by the other candidates or Fox News, he has to chastise them for "playing fun" and "having a good time" when the American people are facing gravely serious issues in this election. He kind of did this last night when asked about 9/11 Truthers. He responded by saying, "May I contribute to this substantive debate?" That scored points. He needs to speak on behalf of the American people, so that when the others attack him, we see them attacking the American people.


As the campaign progresses, the economy will grow in importance as an issue. Ron Paul has to frame his arguments from the point of view of Ma and Pa American. He has to take on a populist tone, but with his substantive principles. He has to attack the other candidates as a champion and defender of the American people.


Yes our Constitutional Republic is at stake, yes Austrian Economics tells us that we are headed for a fall, yes the war is a fraud of the military industrial complex, but tell us from Ma and Pa perspective.


Ron Paul did this beautifully in the McCain exchange about 100 years in Iraq. He said that McCain had no right to commit 5 generations of boys and girls to die in Iraq. This kind of framing is what is needed for his arguments. And he needs to make these arguments in a deeply serious way, while directly going after the other candidates (and needs to prepare follow up comments for their likely comebacks).


For example, it is not enough to say we are going bankrupt, or that we don't have the money, Ron Paul has to talk about this from the perspective of middle class Americans in a concrete and personal way.


In short, the hero of this movie has to become the voice of the American people and fight for them. He has to be a zealous doctor fighting for his patient against the parasites that are killing her.


When the antagonists comes after Paul, it will be the American people who they are attacking, not him or his ideas.


Ron Paul has so much substance and principle, he just needs to place it in the service of the American people and fight for them on the issues, more so than his (very valid and powerful) ideas.
 
Constructive criticism...ok

I'm not sure about the logic behind hiring Libertarians to run a national republican campaign. I understand that Dr. Paul agrees with the Libertarian platform in many ways, but when it comes right down to it, he's a Republican running for office as a Republican, and therefore should have an experienced Republican staff. As it is, I don't have a great deal of confidence in the current staff. Maybe they're doing a better job than I think and maybe they do have a 'secret plan', but I'd feel a lot better if I knew that HQ knows what its doing. I think the Dr. needs to add people that have run a successful national campaign before.

I think Dr. Paul needs to come out a little harder against his opponents...well, maybe a lot harder. I think that everytime he has face time in front of a camera, he should be

1) Pounding McCain on his 100 years in Iraq statements, his burkas and plane ticket comments during the debate, as well as his assertions that the troop surge in Iraq is working after the US had more casualties in 2007 than any other year over there.

2) Going after Romney for his constantly changing positions, as well as for ridiculing Dr. Paul at the debate after RP stood up for him for his religion. If the American voters stand up for Romney in the election will he turn on them the same way?

3) Go after Guiliani for only being able to talk about 9/11 and how he's the great hero of 9/11. Why not ask Guiliani to talk about the real heroes of 9/11; the emergency service personnel who now dislike Rudy with a passion?

4) Expose Huckabee as being a liberal in conservative's clothes. Talk about tax hike Mike and his half a billion dollars in tax increases during his years of being governor of one of the poorest states in the nation.

5) Tell Fred to ask his writers for a better script.

I think the Dr. needs to not take the crap from his opponents that he has been taking during the debates and call them out on it. Ask them exactly what they find funny about US casualties or the economy or whatever the topic is at the moment. Shut em down quick and hard.

Focus more on the economy and explain in such a way that the average joe can get it. I realize just how complicated the economy is and how hard it is to explain, but most people don't know what Austrian Economics is or care. Dumb it down more and make people understand just how much 9 trillion dollars is.
(9000000000000)!

Talk more about borrowing money from China and how the Chinese could destroy America without firing a single shot just by dumping dollars. If that isn't a national security issue, I don't know what is.

My .02
 
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