News from Iowa

[Johnnybags]

I would think the DesMoines meetup group

could get it together at the fair and Rons gonna be there anyway, likely, since the debate is the 5th and straw poll the 11th. Maybe he could do a freedom speech before the "Alice Cooper show", heck Alice would love the left over crowd at this point.

 

[Dave]

Aug 9th and 10th, before straw poll might be a good spot for Iowans supporting Ron to get the message out, I think he outta show up there as well, maybe they could give him the stage at the fair for an hour. A freedom rally at the state fair with raucus supportors? Any thoughts.

Dr. Paul is tentatively schedule to attend the Iowa State Fair, which has 80,000 to 125,000 guests on any given day. Several sitting presidents have visited the fair over the years and it's a blast. There's always an opportunity for candidates to take a mike and give a stump speech, though people are milling all over the fairgrounds so most people won't hear them. But I bet we can get a big crowd there to hear Ron Paul!

I hope lots of RP supporters will come to Iowa for the Aug. 5 debate and stay through the Aug. 11 Ames Straw Poll. The fair will be just one of the great events where we can turn out to support Ron Paul.

 

[Johnnybags]

How about we demand a rally before this?

ALICE COOPER
WITH BLUE OYSTER CULT
IA STATE FAIR GRANDSTAND
PRESENTED BY US CELLULAR
FRI AUG 10 2007 8:00PM

I am sure the campaign and Alice could reach an agreement to show up before this for a speech. Cooper loves freedom. Press would be huge and a gauranteed sellout for Alice. Heck, they would be scalping tickets.

 

[Dave]

Rudy starts commercials in IA and NH tomorrow

Giuliani will start radio ads in IA and NH on Tuesday:


The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced it will launch radio ads in New Hampshire and Iowa on Tuesday entitled: “Out of Control,” “Will Do” and “Garbage Can.”

“Today’s ads once again make clear Mayor Giuliani is the true fiscal conservative in this race with the track record to back it up, not just empty rhetoric,” said Director of Strategy Brent Seaborn. ‘“Out of Control,’ ‘Will Do’ and ‘Garbage Can’ – which will air across New Hampshire and Iowa – are the first of many ads our campaign will release in the months to come.”

“Out of Control” highlights Rudy Giuliani’s accomplishments as Mayor of New York City including reducing crime and cutting the welfare rolls. Giuliani’s 12 Commitments to the American People, specifically his commitment to restore fiscal discipline, cut wasteful Washington spending and reform the tax code, are the focus of “Will Do” and “Garbage Can.”


You can read the full commercials here:

http://www.joinrudy2008.com/news/pr/500

 

[beermotor]

Are people buying the crap Giuliani is selling in IA? I'm curious.

 

[Dave]

Good grief - first it was Tancredo on WHO radio today, then Duncan Hunter, then Robert Novak, and then McCain was on. The candidates are covering Iowa like stink on a pig.

Conservative pundit Phyllis Schlafly is on now. Mickelson told her she sounds like someone who would like Ron Paul. She says she likes Paul but thinks Tancredo and Hunter are great candidates.

Also, I heard a new radio commercial for Tancredo today. It's the first I've heard that sounds negative. It portrays Romney as a flip-flopper on several issues and then says that Brownback, Huckabee, and Tommy Thompson are pro-amnesty.

It's getting hot out here!

 

[Dave]

Are people buying the crap Giuliani is selling in IA? I'm curious.

We'll find out. He hasn't had much of a presence here yet but he was in Iowa last week and here come the commercials.

Iowa GOP members tend to be more socially conservative than Rudy - I think Iowans will gravitate elsewhere.

 

[Shatterhand]

Dave,

Is there a strong grass roots presence in Iowa? Banners and posters hanging places? And are people starting to hear about Dr. Paul or is he still somewhat unknown?

 

[Lord Xar]

Good grief - first it was Tancredo on WHO radio today, then Duncan Hunter, then Robert Novak, and then McCain was on. The candidates are covering Iowa like stink on a pig.

Conservative pundit Phyllis Schlafly is on now. Mickelson told her she sounds like someone who would like Ron Paul. She says she likes Paul but thinks Tancredo and Hunter are great candidates.

Also, I heard a new radio commercial for Tancredo today. It's the first I've heard that sounds negative. It portrays Romney as a flip-flopper on several issues and then says that Brownback, Huckabee, and Tommy Thompson are pro-amnesty.

It's getting hot out here!

Hey, can you PM me the radio stations you are hearing them on? and at about what times....

 

[Dave]

Dave,

Is there a strong grass roots presence in Iowa? Banners and posters hanging places? And are people starting to hear about Dr. Paul or is he still somewhat unknown?

There's almost 500 people in the Iowa meetups (some are duplicates). I'm just beginning to hear reports of signs and bumper stickers.

I'd say Ron Paul is still very much unknown in Iowa. Hopefully this is starting to change.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Author asked RP HQ TWICE and received no feedback

Today the Des Moines Register continued their feature (2nd in a series) where they have a big table comparing the candidates' stands on this issues. Ron Paul was LEFT OFF the table!

Wait, it gets worse. The featured topic today was health care. No, don't ask the only physician in the running anything about health care.

Wait, it gets worse yet. The only list 7 candidates and they include Giuliani and McCain. It says right at the top of the table that this is the paper's effort to distinguish the candidates in advance of the Ames Straw Poll. I guess nobody told them that Giuliani and McCain aren't participating!

The table also includes Brownback, Huckabee, Romney, Tancredo, and T. Thompson. Ron Paul has more money in the bank than 4 of these guys combined! And since when has Tancredo talked about anything but illegal immigration?

This is supposedly 'the paper Iowa depends on'. What unbelievably lazy journalism.

I emailed the author yesterday and today, I received a reply.

I contacted Mr. Paul’s campaign twice and asked for his participation. They said they would respond, but did not do so. In retrospect, I wish we would have placed an asterisk on the chart, noting that.

Tony Leys

A little disheartening. At least to me. Why isn't the campaign keeping on top of this stuff? They darn sure had better get their act together and SOON.

 

[tiznow]

Yeah from my door to door experiences overall iowans have never heard his name, that said they are very open to listening and willing to read up on him. Hopefully Ron Paul himself will help us out by touring iowa between the debates and the straw poll to get more name recognition on the state.

 

[Bergie Bergeron]

I emailed the author yesterday and today, I received a reply.

A little disheartening. At least to me. Why isn't the campaign keeping on top of this stuff? They darn sure had better get their act together and SOON.

I totally agree with you, the campaign should be informed of this ASAP.

 

[Dave]

Hey, can you PM me the radio stations you are hearing them on? and at about what times....

No need for PM...Newsradio 1040 WHO in Des Moines is all talk and generally conservative. It covers virtually all of Iowa and sometimes at night can be heard a thousand miles away. You might also try WMT out of Cedar Rapids, which is big in eastern Iowa. They're both ClearChannel stations so there might be some economies of scale there.

98.3 WOW FM in Des Moines is all talk but being FM has much less coverage. I don't know who owns them.

I only listen to talk radio so I can't tell you about much else. That's generally where candidates advertise.

WHO is clearly the granddaddy (Ronald Reagan started his career doing sports at WHO). The morning show is silly but Jan Mickelson from 9-11:30 CT is excellent - this is where I've heard most of the commercials. 11:30 to 1:00 is the farm show, 1 to 4 is Rush Limbaugh. Steve Deace from 4 to 7 PM would be good - he has the #1 drive time show in Iowa. He's supporting Huckabee but has said some very good things about Ron Paul.

 

[LibertyEagle]

I totally agree with you, the campaign should be informed of this ASAP.

What good is it going to do now? The article has already been printed.

 

[Bergie Bergeron]

So that it won't happen again with other newspapers and the Des Moines Register if they continue their coverage?

 

[Dave]

I totally agree with you, the campaign should be informed of this ASAP.

I got a similar response from the reporter and forwarded everything to Jesse Benton, Joe Seehusen, and the other 2 Iowa employees of the campaign.

 

[Dave]

So that it won't happen again?

Exactly. I kept my tone very positive with the reporter and encouraged him include Dr. Paul in these features in the future (they're going to keep doing these comparisons from time to time. As long as we don't beat him up I think he will try.

 

[Dave]

The gloves are starting to come off in Iowa. As the Ames Straw Poll approaches the candidates are getting more desparate to try to score some points and distance themselves from the competition. Tancredo has a negative ad going today and here's something from today's paper about a dust-up between Brownback and Tancredo. Just wait for the August 5 debate in Des Moines. This won't be like the first 3 where they were pretty much hands-off with each other. Expect some fireworks since it's just days before Ames.

From DM Register:

Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo today said an automated phone call to Iowa pro-life voters, paid for by Sen. Sam Brownback's campaign, that questions Tancredo's commitment to anti-abortion policy is "despicable."

"No one can attack me for my position on life; no one," Tancredo said during an appearance on Jan Mickelson's morning program on WHO Radio.

Brownback's campaign in the phone call questions Tancredo's financial ties to John Tanton, a physician who helped found the Northern Michigan Planned Parenthood Association, which provides women's health services that include abortion.

Tanton has donated money to Tancredo.

Tancredo said Tanton's support stems from their mutual interest in the immigration issue and has nothing to do with the Colorado congressman's stance on abortion.

"I have been pro-life since I was in the state legislature 30 years ago," Tancredo said.

The phone call to pro-life voters says Tancredo should donate dollars received from Tanton to pro-life efforts in Iowa.

Tancredo declined to return the money, saying such a move would suggest the donations somehow influenced his anti-abortion position.

"What I do is more important than who I take money from," Tancredo said.

The Brownback campaign stands behind its calls for Tancredo to return the money, describing Tanton's views on population control as "racist."

John Rankin, Brownback's Iowa communications director in a statement today questioned Tancredo's commitment to the pro-life movement given his acceptance of donations from Tanton.

"Conservatives and liberals alike have abandoned Tanton once they learn about his bizarre obsession with population control," John Rankin, Brownback's Iowa communications director said in a statement last week. "Tom Tancredo's ties to Tanton are an embarrassment to his campaign and he should donate the funds to an Iowa crisis pregnancy center."

 

[Lord Xar]

I want to be honest hear.... the way Dr. Pauls staff is handling alot of these 'bungles' -- this isn't the first time "they didn't get back to us..." , it seems to be a recurring theme.

I don't know if they have a "special" email that people try to get a hold of them..
but I don't know.. Why is DR. Paul surrounding himself with people that don't get thigns done????

I emailed 2x now for my addresses.. still haven't gotten them... I am sure someone is gonna bring up the "spam folder" and some other bogus issue.

But the fact remains... A NEWSPAPER CONTACTED His office, and NOBODY GOT BACK TO HIM.. THAT IS HUGE!!

I mean, shit -- you might as well get someone from this forum to field the calls and important media info.. something will actually get done!!!

Maybe they have a "plan" -- who knows.