News from Iowa

[Lord Xar]

The Ron Paul Revolution troops have arrived in Iowa! I was just downtown to deliver some things to the new Iowa Ron Paul HQ and as I'm stuck in traffic I look up and see a big Revolution sign hanging on a fence on 6th Avenue. I bet there will be a LOT more of these this weekend and next.

Tancredo is on WHO right now via phone. I'm hearing TONS of commercials now - Romney, Giuliani, Tancredo - even Ron Paul. I've had 3 phone calls today - invites to post-debate rallies for Romney, T. Thompson, and Giuliani. The full-court press is on to try to score at the debate and Straw Poll.

How do the Ron Paul ads sound? I am assuming these are 'different', right?
Are they better, fine, worse, cool? How does mine stack up against tancredos and such, and compare to Rons HQ ad?.. as a listener point of view.... this will help me and my posse (scribbler, freelancer, and libertyeagle) refine our scripts and presentation..

 

[LibertyEagle]

No kidding. I would love to listen to one of the ones from HQ to see what it sounded like.

 

[Dave]

How do the Ron Paul ads sound? I am assuming these are 'different', right?
Are they better, fine, worse, cool? How does mine stack up against tancredos and such, and compare to Rons HQ ad?.. as a listener point of view.... this will help me and my posse (scribbler, freelancer, and libertyeagle) refine our scripts and presentation..

I was referring to your ad, LX, which I have heard twice now. I haven't heard anything from HQ yet. Like yours the ads for Tancredo are kind of 'down-home'. The Romney and Giuliani ones have a polish to them where you can tell they come from the big advertising outfits. I don't really know how to explain it. Plus theirs seem to run at almost every commercial break. I'm even hearing ads for Hunter.

As I'm typing this I just heard yours again! 5:23 CDT on WHO! Love it!

 

[LibertyEagle]

I wonder when HQ is planning to start their advertisements?

 

[Lord Xar]

I was referring to your ad, LX, which I have heard twice now. I haven't heard anything from HQ yet. Like yours the ads for Tancredo are kind of 'down-home'. The Romney and Giuliani ones have a polish to them where you can tell they come from the big advertising outfits. I don't really know how to explain it. Plus theirs seem to run at almost every commercial break. I'm even hearing ads for Hunter.

As I'm typing this I just heard yours again! 5:23 CDT on WHO! Love it!

awesome.. that is great.... hearing it again - kinda bummed HQ isn't doing any... oh well.. Remember, they are on WOW 98.3 too!

as long as ours is right up there competing with them.. I'm good...

 

[LibertyEagle]

Well, supposedly HQ is going to advertise in Iowa. That was my understanding anyway.

 

[Dave]

Huckabee asks Iowa TV stations to stop airing ad

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has written a letter to Iowa television stations demanding they stop airing a commercial by an anti-tax conservative group attacking his record while he was Arkansas' governor.

Huckabee said the commercials - funded by Washington-based Club for Growth - are false and misleading. He said the ad accuses him of pushing for tax increases.

"The Club for Growth deliberately designed this commercial to mislead your viewers about the governor's views on fiscal issues," he said in the letter.
The commercials began airing this week in select markets across Iowa.

 

[Dave]

Iowa Gears Up for Straw Poll

This is a reminder of how high the stakes will be for some candidates next Saturday. I'm sure that well over half the votes will be cast before the speeches even start so the last line of this story isn't very meaningful:


DES MOINES — The center of GOP presidential politics will shift to Ames next Saturday as the Republican White House hopefuls aim for a strong finish in the Iowa Straw Poll, a closely watched test of their strength five months before the caucuses.

Republican Party of Iowa Executive Director Chuck Laudner said the campaigns are working overtime in the closing days to turn out supporters because the stakes are so high.

“It’s just the simple, awful truth that two or three candidates aren’t going to survive the day and so a lot rides on this event,” Laudner said.

Close to 40,000 Iowa Republican activists are expected to travel from across the state to the Iowa State University campus where the straw poll is held.

They will find a festive atmosphere where campaigns have pitched lavish hospitality tents for straw poll attendees, complete with musical entertainment and barbecue.

Inside Hilton Coliseum, the presidential candidates will deliver speeches they hope will convince activists to cast straw poll ballots for them.

 

[Lord Xar]

Huckabee asks Iowa TV stations to stop airing ad

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has written a letter to Iowa television stations demanding they stop airing a commercial by an anti-tax conservative group attacking his record while he was Arkansas' governor.

Huckabee said the commercials - funded by Washington-based Club for Growth - are false and misleading. He said the ad accuses him of pushing for tax increases.

"The Club for Growth deliberately designed this commercial to mislead your viewers about the governor's views on fiscal issues," he said in the letter.
The commercials began airing this week in select markets across Iowa.

I like these updates.. Dave, have you purchased the Ames Tribune or the Boone Republican today? I want to know if the ad looks good and what impression you get as a reader when you see it... 1/2 page color ad for ron paul.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Xar, just call the Ames Tribune and ask them to mail you one.

 

[Dave]

I like these updates.. Dave, have you purchased the Ames Tribune or the Boone Republican today? I want to know if the ad looks good and what impression you get as a reader when you see it... 1/2 page color ad for ron paul.

I'm 45 minutes from Ames so I don't see these local papers but I saw your ad online and I think it looks great!

 

[Dustancostine]

I'm sure he would like to know today.

 

[poppop_schell]

John Kerr and I have established an Umbrella Meetup for all the Iowa Meetup Groups so we can more easily communicate and coordinate our activities. It will have a state calender so anyone can see the important events going on around Iowa.

IF you are an Iowa Meetup Coordinator or Asst. Coordinator, you can sign up at [email protected]. Be sure to closely read the applicable file decsibing the Iowa Coordinator Meetup.

 

[Dave]

If things are on schedule, Ron Paul has landed here in Des Moines 30 minutes ago. I spoke with some of the faithful tonight and it sounds like about 50 people will meet Ron and the staff at the airport. I've heard that TV commercials are currently being delivered to stations in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Sioux City, and Omaha/Council Bluffs.

I thought I had a line on a ticket into the debate tomorrow but lost out at the last minute. I'm making some signs right now to wave tomorrow. Doors to Old Main open at 5:30 AM tomorrow so the local RP faithful are converging on Drake University at 4:00 to show our strength to the media and the other campaigns. Many of us will go to the Drake Diner at 8:00 to watch the debate. Some of us will watch outside the hall on portable TVs.

The excitement is so thick you could cut it with a knife! Everyone is on their toes and pure adrenaline will get us through the next 7 days in Iowa. It's Go Time!

 

[Badger Paul]

The surge is on!

 

[ghemminger]

DAVE....THanks to you we get to share in the excitement all over the country!!!! I can't sleep!!!!

 

[PatriotOne]

The excitement is so thick you could cut it with a knife! Everyone is on their toes and pure adrenaline will get us through the next 7 days in Iowa. It's Go Time!

I've got butterfly's about this already. I want my mommy :o

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

I want to be there! Video everything and YouTube it from tonight at the airport to after the debate.

I'm really getting excited -- and very, very nervous -- about the straw poll. Gonna have to come down Fri night to paint the town rEVOLution.

 

[Lord Xar]

If things are on schedule, Ron Paul has landed here in Des Moines 30 minutes ago. I spoke with some of the faithful tonight and it sounds like about 50 people will meet Ron and the staff at the airport. I've heard that TV commercials are currently being delivered to stations in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Sioux City, and Omaha/Council Bluffs.

I thought I had a line on a ticket into the debate tomorrow but lost out at the last minute. I'm making some signs right now to wave tomorrow. Doors to Old Main open at 5:30 AM tomorrow so the local RP faithful are converging on Drake University at 4:00 to show our strength to the media and the other campaigns. Many of us will go to the Drake Diner at 8:00 to watch the debate. Some of us will watch outside the hall on portable TVs.

The excitement is so thick you could cut it with a knife! Everyone is on their toes and pure adrenaline will get us through the next 7 days in Iowa. It's Go Time!

tv commericals.. any news on the content of them or anything about them????
that would be awesome..

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

I've heard that TV commercials are currently being delivered to stations in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Sioux City, and Omaha/Council Bluffs.

I picture guys in black trench coats and derbies hopping off Ron Paul's plane with big 8 mm reels under their arms, dashing off on foot in the directions of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Quad, etc., furtively looking around as they run in the event Romney is sneaking up to steal the ad.