List constructive criticisms for HQ here

[Sesshomaru]

BETTER ADS that actually talk about Ron's issues - the war, monetary policy, etc.

This post has really good commentary:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=885276&postcount=1

I think HQ should work more with the grassroots ads (like operation broadcast freedom) that are much better and free in the sense that the grassroots would not charge for them.

Ron's message needs to have more zeal and he has to really fight back. Todays speech with Blitzer is more of what we need to see.

Also, materials need to be sent in a timely matter. It takes way too long to get anything if you run out.

The campaign needs to be aggressive of getting Ron on national radio (i.e. the Howard Stern show), the Superbowl (please use a grassroots ad or ask them to make one specifically tailored for it), and others where he has a chance to do all of the above.

 

[thexjib]

RUN BETTER ADS!!!!!!!!!

and keep challenging Rudy McRomny on the war!!!!

 

[BrianH]

Allocate a percentage, say at least 5% of donations from an area to be immediately and automatically available for grassroots initiatives from the area.
Have a dedicated staffer at HQ approve grassroots print ads which the campaign will pay for from the above budget.

 

[bgoldwater]

Stop making ads about the life issue. Make ads showing his credibility on fiscal conservatism. Also, make anti war ads

 

[jj111]

RP2008 website has multiple problems in its making it very difficult for people to find out about Meetup Groups. Separate website sections under "Get Involved" and "Join Us" should be consolidated into one section. Several of the submenus under "Get Involved" should be deleted or buried into further sub-sub menus, especially the boring, arcane, legal disclaimers.

A submenu under "Get Involved" or "Join Us" needs to mention the word either "Local" or "Meetup" or both. There is no mention of either of those words in any of the menu or submenu titles.

The one page that mentions Meetups is far too difficult to find, and secondly, the information about Meetups on that page is buried in fine print at the bottom of the page and requires a scroll up to even notice it.

In other words, the website needs MAJOR restructuring to make it easier to find out about Meetup Groups.

www.MikeHuckabee.com does a much simpler, and more effective, way of advertising and describing Meetup groups and getting people connected. I recommend the Ron Paul web designer look at the Huckabee site and consider emulating it, as it is simpler and more effective.

The need for this issue is to KISS it, that is keep is shorter and simpler.

 

[Jimmy]

RUN BETTER TV ADS!!! Get a few HARD CORE SHOCKER type ads as well...run the livin hell out of them!!

 

[thexjib]

an overhaul of the Website is a great idea.

 

[murrayrothbard]

ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!

And go a lot more populist in the rhetoric. Don't have change the goods just wrap'm up better.

 

[Mark Rushmore]

Fight. Communicate. Fight. Communicate.

 

[freelance]

Campaign 101:

I'll be brief, because there's a link at the bottom, and I'm not going to reinvent the wheel.

Media
Develop a cordial working relationship with the media. This means that you RETURN phone calls, you show up and don't leave a host with airtime to fill at the last minute, etc.

Scheduling
Get a campaign scheduler (someone with prior campaign experience who knows what they're doing). The scheduler will work with the senior staff to distribute the candidate's appearances based on a recognized set of priorities, not based on where the candidate can best preach to the choir. List all events on the Web site so that people can show up with plenty of notice. Schedule Town Hall Meetings. Dr. Paul needs to hear what concerned voters have on their minds.

About his presentation
PLEASE get someone (a coach or whatever) to help him slow down, modulate his voice and breath from the diaphragm when he speaks. Also, he needs to be assertive in the debates. He can be polite and assertive at the same time.

Primaries
The people on the ground in IA and NH need to be FULLY debriefed to find out what went right, what went wrong. Develop a checklist based on those findings, fully brief grassroots volunteers on the ground elsewhere, and tweak as necessary. Rinse, lather, repeat.

Develop an active surrogate speaker list and utilize these people. The scheduler can use the surrogates when the candidate is unavailable for maximum coverage. There should be NO GOP event where we are not represented by a competent surrogate, even if it's not a surrogate speaker. The scheduler simply contacts the state person, who contacts the county and surrounding county people. It's a basic drill down exercise.

PLAN, DON'T REACT

Utilize the e-mail database for more than fund raising. Send reminder e-mails about cut-off dates for everything and reminders to vote.

Check out this thread:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=85321

HTH

 

[stevedasbach]

Better communications with supporters, especially when they do things that seem counter-intuitive. Transparancy led to incredible fundraising success. The rest of the campaign needs to move in that direction.

For example, how about announcing major ad buys?

 

[roversaurus]

Town hall meetings

Have town hall meetings where he takes questions from Real people who
are undecided or opposed to him - be nice and friendly to these people.

Be on talk radio or TV no matter how small a market from dawn until dusk.

Do not let someone else write (unless all they do is type the dictation) emails
to your supporters.

Have your campaign communicate with the grass roots. Multiple times each day.

Cut down on frivolous expenses. Make sure your money is still coming in.

Make some TV ads that are FUNNY - These will be forwarded in emails
all over.

Make it clear you want to kill Osama Bin Ladin

Tell people the cost of the war has and will continue to destroy the
economy. "It's the war *IS* the economy, Stupid".

Kiss puppies and babies and shake hands.

 

[Dlynne]

Hire professional people to coordiante and run the campaign. Expecially a media relations person. Please.

 

[quantized]

Spokewomen is needed to capture the women votes. We need Carol Paul and his daughters to be more active in the campaign trail.

 

[Created4]

From other threads:

----begin quote --------

I support Hillary Clinton. Yes, I am a sheep of the Democratic party powerbrokers

Personally, I think Ron Paul has some very "out there" ideas that he alone as President could not accomplish. He would have to have a large Libertarian balance in the House and Senate. I think he means well. I think he is extremely intelligent. Some of his ideas are fantastic and I think out of all of the Republicans he is the only candidate who actually believes what he says and not what his staffers, polls or pundits say. However, people like a "polished" politician. Ron is not. That might hurt him more than anything. He is goofy looking, not the best dresser and such. Like it or not, that stuff matters to the American people.

You have the most money. Use it. Ron Paul is/was not a very well known candidate. The whole "national" strategy may work for Rudy, but everyone knows him. He can take a big hit in the first two states. Ron needed to do more "real" and retail politiking. He did not. The other candidates had 4 or 5 events/rallys a day. That is why they got a lot more MSM media coverage. You cannot cover a candidate who is not out there holding big events. Ron's campaign has the money to do it. They need to use it!

Without changing who Ron Paul is, they need to "clean him up." Clean up his speeches, his apperance and his family. This is an age of 24-hour cable news and photos taken and posted on the internet in seconds. People look at his picture more than listen to his words. He needs to 'look presidential'.

He needs a national media spokesperson who has real national media contacts. I guarantee you (know for a fact) every major candidates press secretary has Larry King, Chris Matthews, etc's cell phone number in their phone. They also have a relationship with the media that helps give them this coverage.
-----end quote --------

And here is what a Ron Paul supporter in New Hampshire, who campaigned for Dr. Paul, wrote:

-----start quote------

It's not the way Ron Paul himself is delivering his message. Howard Dean went out there on every stump speech in New Hampshire, rolled his sleeves up so everyone could see him doing it, and went on an angry tirade for an hour and a half about why Republicans are horrible. Ya know what? Howard Dean didn't win New Hampshire but he finished very well here and is still a much liked figure in this state. The problem is, Ron Paul hasn't traveled to every corner of this state doing Town Hall meetings. John McCain knows how to win New Hampshire, he stationed out here, did a couple thousand town hall meetings, and tired to meet every person that he could. Ron Paul has campaigned in this state less than every major contender in the race but a very large proportion. You can't expect to win any state when you are being out spent, your not getting equal time coverage, the networks are keeping you out of debates, and you aren't campaigning here anywhere close to your competition. That's politics, and it's simple as that, we don't have to try dissect this issue.

-----end quote-----

 

[roversaurus]

Good stuff

Campaign 101:

I'll be brief, because there's a link at the bottom, and I'm not going to reinvent the wheel.

Media
Develop a cordial working relationship with the media. This means that you RETURN phone calls, you show up and don't leave a host with airtime to fill at the last minute, etc.

Scheduling
Get a campaign scheduler (someone with prior campaign experience who knows what they're doing). The scheduler will work with the senior staff to distribute the candidate's appearances based on a recognized set of priorities, not based on where the candidate can best preach to the choir. List all events on the Web site so that people can show up with plenty of notice. Schedule Town Hall Meetings. Dr. Paul needs to hear what concerned voters have on their minds.

About his presentation
PLEASE get someone (a coach or whatever) to help him slow down, modulate his voice and breath from the diaphragm when he speaks. Also, he needs to be assertive in the debates. He can be polite and assertive at the same time.

Primaries
The people on the ground in IA and NH need to be FULLY debriefed to find out what went right, what went wrong. Develop a checklist based on those findings, fully brief grassroots volunteers on the ground elsewhere, and tweak as necessary. Rinse, lather, repeat.

Develop an active surrogate speaker list and utilize these people. The scheduler can use the surrogates when the candidate is unavailable for maximum coverage. There should be NO GOP event where we are not represented by a competent surrogate, even if it's not a surrogate speaker. The scheduler simply contacts the state person, who contacts the county and surrounding county people. It's a basic drill down exercise.

PLAN, DON'T REACT

Utilize the e-mail database for more than fund raising. Send reminder e-mails about cut-off dates for everything and reminders to vote.

Check out this thread:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=85321

HTH

I like what this person said.

 

[lynnf]

delivery needs improvement

Dr. Paul asks in his last email for constructive criticism and recognizes (belatedly) that there are problems at HQ (as if we didn't know ). So, please take Dr. Paul up on his request and list your calls for constructive criticism here.

I think he needs some debate coaching and mock debate practice -- during debates and some interviews, he starts a sentence, then backs up and restates, which has him not exactly speaking in complete, coherent sentences. That is hard to follow. I know he can speak properly because I saw him do it in the speeches that he did at the Ft. Worth straw poll at the party the night before and the breakfast on the day of.

I think he has improved in the delivery by eliminating some of the shrillness that he exhibited in the first debates, and that is good. needs to up the game a notch just like the pros in sports do and talk a little like the "upper tier" candidates do - not in content, but in delivery!

lynn

 

[manny]

This is a great thread. Thanks Bradley

Can the mods sticky it please?

I won't put forward suggestions since I know precisely zero about political campaigning on a national scale. But many of the suggestions given above sound very sensible ones, especially considering that so many people find out about politics in a fairly superficial way/through TV etc - annoying but true.

Also thanks in advance ghemminger if you're able to get this to the campaign somehow.

 

[Mike S.]

Make the message simple, understandable, and framed in a way to appeal to the average uninformed joe or jane. Instead of saying "abolish the income tax" say "cut unneeded government spending'. Give good reasons for the immigration plan. Instead of saying "deport all illegals immediately" say "save $XXXXXXX per year in government and medical services spent on people illegally in the country". Focus on the money spent on our foreign military ventures and how our children and grandchildren will have to pay the price - give specific dollar amounts. Explain the 1/2 trillion spent in a way folks can understand - this is $xxxxxx for every man, woman, and child in America.

 

[Rintrah]

1. Focus more on the Future under your presidency when you address the public. You point out the problems very well and offer the constitution as the remedy. Which is all well and good but its over the heads of most Americans. They want to know what you'll do for them. Paint the vision of a Free America in their minds.

2. Some sort of Voice coach assistance. Your thoughts are faster than you tongue which is a sign of your great intelligence but its makes it difficult for those unfamiliar with the philosophy to follow.

3. A more aggressive demeanor. (Not to much though. Mike Gravel overdid it.)
"The Voice of Honest Indignation is the Voice of God"- W. Blake.