News from Iowa

Ron Paul Fan said:
Great news Dave. The more people we can reach in Iowa the better. Have you seen any of the tv ads they bought and are supposed to run there? I think we can get at least 3rd in Iowa if the message spreads like it's supposed to. Thompson and McCain are sinking and Giuliani doesn't seem too interested in competing there.
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I haven't seen the tv ad but I rarely watch tv so that's no surprise. I know RockEnds has seen it down in southeast Iowa so they're definitely running.

I don't feel like Thompson has much traction and McCain seems stable right now. Giuliani is trying harder than you might think - I've gotten several pieces of mail from him and heard radio commercials. Of course Romney is still everywhere. Huckabee is getting quite a bit of traction right now but I'm hopeful this will wear off when conservatives learn he's no fiscal conservative. Plus I hear he's weak on illegal immigration.
 
I just watched a new Ron Paul television ad on cable this time. I've never seen this commercial before, and I couldn't find it on the RonPaul2008 site. It ran on CNN during AC360. It took me by surprise, and I didn't catch it all, but the main point was that Dr. Paul wanted to give people more freedom to make their own decisions without government interference. The ad had several pictures of Dr. Paul in his military uniform, working as a doctor, and serving in Congress. It was a good ad. The ads are definitely up in Iowa.

Oh, and name recognition is beginning to improve as well.
 
RP's phone messages and radio ads are ubiquitous here in Iowa. By the time January 3rd rolls around, everyone will know who he is and what he stands for.

Chad
 
I think we have a very good chance of finishing third in Iowa behind Huckabee and Romney if not better if we catch fire. To do well in Iowa you need two things: active campaiging (appearances, ads, phone calling etc.) and a ground operating that can identify voters and get them to the caucuses. Romney and Huckabee have both which is why they are in front. RP has the ground operation but until now didn't have the active campaign, which is why he's so low in name recognition. Guliani has an active campaign but I don't think (and you may correct me if I'm wrong Davesince I'm not in Iowa) he's put a lot of time into ground work and rest of the candidates have little or nothing of either two elements.

With the active camapaign now starting to work with ground operation, we stand good chance of coming out of Iowa in strong shape.
 
Any Iowans willing to be delegates please PM me. Im trying to get a handle on what we have here and point people in the right direction.

(Note: I'm just a normal college student trying to help, not anyone from the campaign)
 
Ron Paul Mail! I got mail from the Ron Paul campaign today - and it's a doozie - the 12-page Ron Paul Bio Book!

It's absolutely beautiful. It's all customized with the Iowa HQ phone number and the reply card will go to Iowa HQ. I had just heard today that some of these were going out to Iowans but I wasn't sure of the target. I can't wait to hear the response to these.

By the way, I see you can now buy these in the campaign store for two bucks. (The one I got in the mail is 5.5 by 11, not 8.5 by 11).

p.s. Wifey saw a Ron Paul commercial on tv last night.
 
Dave said:
Ron Paul Mail! I got mail from the Ron Paul campaign today - and it's a doozie - the 12-page Ron Paul Bio Book!

It's absolutely beautiful. It's all customized with the Iowa HQ phone number and the reply card will go to Iowa HQ. I had just heard today that some of these were going out to Iowans but I wasn't sure of the target. I can't wait to hear the response to these.

By the way, I see you can now buy these in the campaign store for two bucks. (The one I got in the mail is 5.5 by 11, not 8.5 by 11).

p.s. Wifey saw a Ron Paul commercial on tv last night.
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Thanks for the report from the front lines. It is good to hear that RP is spending some of the money we sent him.
 
Dave said:
Ron Paul Mail! I got mail from the Ron Paul campaign today - and it's a doozie - the 12-page Ron Paul Bio Book!

It's absolutely beautiful. It's all customized with the Iowa HQ phone number and the reply card will go to Iowa HQ. I had just heard today that some of these were going out to Iowans but I wasn't sure of the target. I can't wait to hear the response to these.

By the way, I see you can now buy these in the campaign store for two bucks. (The one I got in the mail is 5.5 by 11, not 8.5 by 11).

p.s. Wifey saw a Ron Paul commercial on tv last night.
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YES!!!!! :D:D:D:D
 
I watched the last half of the late news tonight hoping to see a Ron Paul commercial and was treated to commercials for Tancredo, Thompson, Obama, Clinton, and Edwards.

I've gotta go get some fresh air...

Hey! Just as I was about to submit this Ron's came on! He was followed by Romney and another Tancredo.

That's 7 presidential commercials in under 20 minutes. I had no idea the airwaves were this saturated. This is why we need big bux to compete.
 
I saw Ron Paul's commercial during the debate here in Eastern Iowa, Dave. I also saw it once before that on CNBC during Kudlow and Company. Haven't seen Tancredo's air yet. Romney and Obama's run all the time. Thompson, Clinton, and Edwards every now and then. Paul is spreading the message via the ads and the mailers and moving up in the polls! Hopefully the upward trend continues.
 
this ron paul tailgating at U of iowa could be huge we've been working hard this week

had a booth in the student union since wednesday and will be promoting it hard again tomorrow...

plus the location is great already thousands of people out and about with nothing to do but drink and eat etc....so could convert alot of people hopefully ron paul knocks it outta the park....

it should be interesting this tailgating area we are setting up in is pretty wild
 
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Yeah maybe I'll go the accursed hawkeye country in Iowa City this weekend. The things I do for Ron Paul.
 
Thompson has been running tv commercials (focused on illegal immigration) and Saturday I got my first mail from him. A nice piece about the 'consistent conservative'.

Of note is the tear-off card (designed to be stuck on your fridge) suggesting how to help him. I thought the suggestions were really good so I substitued RP for FT:
  1. Organize your precinct for Ron Paul
  2. Bring 5 friends to the caucus on January 3rd
  3. Go to www.RonPaul2008.com and "sign up"
  4. Urge coworkers and family to "sign up"
  5. Call talk radio and voice support for Ron
  6. Host a debate party on December 12th
 
The pundits were saying Sunday morning that McCain has basically tanked his campaign Iowa so that leaves just Fred and Rudy to get past for third place and hopefully do even better than.

Keep up the good work!
 
Iowa ads bleeding over into wisconsin

I had a friend tell me last night he saw an ad for Ron Paul on TV here in Wisconsin :) I forget sometimes we get a bunch of Iowa stations. Makes me want to donate so he can buy more ads :)
 
The Iowa HQ for both Ron Paul and Huckabee are in the same building in downtown Des Moines. I learned tonight that Huckabee just added 5,000 more square feet of office space up on the 3rd floor.
 
Moving up

Dave, I don't know if you've heard but RP is now polling at 6% in Iowa in the ABC-WP poll, up from 2% in their last poll. This poll was done of likely GOP caucus goers (the hardcore types) and taken last week when RP's ad were just going on the air in Iowa. Keep up the good work and hopefully we can reach that top three plateau.
 
Badger Paul said:
Dave, I don't know if you've heard but RP is now polling at 6% in Iowa in the ABC-WP poll, up from 2% in their last poll. This poll was done of likely GOP caucus goers (the hardcore types) and taken last week when RP's ad were just going on the air in Iowa. Keep up the good work and hopefully we can reach that top three plateau.
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6% is great - though I plan to be scoffing at such a number in the weeks ahead.

It's said that there's only 3 tickets out of Iowa - first class, business, and coach. This is another way of saying that no candidate from either party has ever finished below 3rd in Iowa and gone on to win their party's nomination.

The goal is to win, but anything below 3rd and we're sailing in uncharted waters.
 
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