News from Iowa

[BLS]

Folks, PLEASE......PLEASE don't get discouraged.

Just do whatever you can. The RP campaign IS US.

 

[freelance]

Bradley in D.C. seems to have the ear of the campaign staff. Maybe he could pass along all of the concerns along in one phone call or e-mail.

BTW, they DID just move into their new headquarters. I'm sure that it takes a few days to get up and running. They've had their few days, so maybe now is a good time for ONE person to pass along the concerns succinctly to someone at HQ who can do something about this or at least communicate what they're doing.

 

[Dave]

GOP on track to lose in 2008

Des Moines Register political honcho David Yepsen (who will be asking some of the questions at the Aug. 5 debate) has a really interesting piece on the Ames Straw Poll today.

He points out that it's time for someone in the GOP to really distance himself from GWBush or they don't have a chance to beat the democrats.

Ron Paul will give him an education live on August 5 in Des Moines!

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070724/OPINION01/707240357/1036

 

[Kuldebar]

So, all 2.4 million dollars, or most of it should be spent in Iowa?

Make or break moment?

All, or nothing?

Play the game!

http://www.politicalmachine.com/game.aspx

Has the Campaign purchased any air time? (radio/TV)

Billboards?

Do WE know what the Campaign is doing, or not doing, for a fact?

 

[LibertyEagle]

Nope, we don't know. I doubt I'll get an answer back, but I'll try emailing Joe Seehusen and asking him.

 

[Dave]

Ron Paul gets rare Des Moines Register mention

Here's a feature comparing candidates' stands on cancer research funding. Only 6 republicans were listed and one was Ron Paul:


RUDY GIULIANI
Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000 and had radiation treatment. He is a strong advocate of prostate cancer screening. He has not specifically addressed cancer research in discussing his proposals for revamping the nation’s health care system. Giuliani would move the country in the direction of private health insurance purchases tailored to individuals’ needs. Giuliani advocates creation of a $15,000 tax deduction for buying individual insurance and putting money in health savings accounts for other medical expenses.

MIKE HUCKABEE
Huckabee supports increased funding for research to find cancer cures, but he wants more emphasis on prevention. He said encouraging nonsmoking lifestyles with exercise and healthy eating could eliminate about 40 percent of cancers. As governor of Arkansas, Huckabee eliminated co-pays and deductibles for certain cancer screenings for state employees. Huckabee’s wife is a cancer survivor who suffered a tumor in the canal of her spine. His father died of skin cancer.

JOHN MCCAIN
McCain is a survivor of two bouts with malignant melanoma and has supported increased funding for cancer research efforts. He also supports current federal guidelines permitting certain types of embryonic stem cell research. McCain’s experience battling cancer can be found on Lance Armstrong’s Web site, www.livestrong.com. In it, McCain says that the “cancer was a deeply personal battle that I fought in a very public way.” He said, “I never thought I was going to die — I’ve had too many close calls in my day to give in to defeatist thoughts like that. ... Instead, my thoughts were of my family and how proud I am of them. I thought about the need to fund cancer research and to find cures for cancer.”

RON PAUL
He introduced the “Cures Can Be Found Act,” which promotes medical research by providing a tax credit for investments and donations to promote adult and umbilical cord blood stem cell research that could help cure cancer. He supported legislation creating a $3,000 tax credit for dependent children with cancer. He also backed a bill to exempt people with terminal illnesses from the employee portion of Social Security and Medicare taxes.

MITT ROMNEY
Romney points to the law enacted while he was governor of Massachusetts providing health insurance to every citizen, saying that will make it easier for people with cancer to get the medical care they need. “While our nation’s scientific and medical researchers have made significant strides in the fight against this deadly condition, much difficult work remains,” he said. “I believe that we must do all we can to ensure that our health care system fosters the innovation required and encourages the research and development needed to one day find a cure for cancer.”

TOMMY THOMPSON
Thompson said he would increase the budget of the National Institutes for Health so more money could be provided to 39 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, including one at the University of Iowa Hospitals. To pay for the plan, Thompson would reduce all federal budgets, excluding Defense and Homeland Security, by 3 percent and put some of the money into researching cures for diseases like cancer, he said. Thompson, whose mother-in-law, wife and daughter have all had breast cancer, would like to find a cure for breast cancer in eight years.

 

[Bradley in DC]

Bradley in D.C. seems to have the ear of the campaign staff. Maybe he could pass along all of the concerns along in one phone call or e-mail.

BTW, they DID just move into their new headquarters. I'm sure that it takes a few days to get up and running. They've had their few days, so maybe now is a good time for ONE person to pass along the concerns succinctly to someone at HQ who can do something about this or at least communicate what they're doing.

Wow. Um, just to be clear, they don't work for me!

I don't think anyone associated with the campaign expected this kind of a response THIS QUICKLY. Traditionally, campaigns don't start until Labor Day and most people don't start paying attention until after that. They did just this week move to the new office (I haven't seen it yet but other volunteers have raved about it--compared to the closet they used to have).

While I have my frustrations too, I do know that I have a great deal of faith in Dr. Paul and campaigns. He's faced great odds in the past and won. He seems content to husband his resources for now. There is some sense to that: few people paying attention, have that money for later when it's needed (many voters make up their minds at the last minute, or at least last few weeks), and his having money is giving him credibility.

I urge everyone to relax until at least Labor Day.

 

[MsDoodahs]

RELAX?

 

[Badger Paul]

The debate is going to be very important because it leads into the Straw Poll and many Iowans will be watching. Our job is to get the word about RP to as many Iowans as we can, build up a curiosity level and let RP take care of the rest.

The last week before the straw poll should be our own "surge" to the state of Iowa. And remember, any Iowan can show up. That helps us.

 

[Bossobass]

Nope, we don't know. I doubt I'll get an answer back, but I'll try emailing Joe Seehusen and asking him.

When I was in Des Moines for the rally, Joe approached me early that morning and told me that they had food to feed 800 people. He said that if 800 people don't show up, they'll hafta throw the food away. He asked me to hit the streets and fill the hall.

I laughed.

I told him that he could stop worrying about 800 plates of food and start looking beyond this rally to the straw poll and the primaries.

YES...Joe is the guy to contact. RP has what looks to be growing into a HUGE rally in Pittsburgh on the 3rd and a national debate on the 5th with a million things in between to get done. The fact that Kent was absent in Greenville/Spartanburg last Saturday confirms that the campaign is growing exponentially (which he has told us numerous times recently).

Joe is in charge in Iowa. Get on him and get your answers.

I'll see you all there for the debate and to hit the streets afterward. RP will be THE guy after the debate, and we'll take full advantage of that fact.

If you can't go there, send money, call Iowans, Mail Iowans, raise money for Adopt an Iowan, Spam the Hungry, make videos, paint your windshields and make it happen yourself instead of whining about HQ's failure to direct your efforts.

Sorry, but this isn't the time to be spewing negative at HQ, IMHO, FWIW, just my 2 cents, etc., etc.

Bosso

 

[beermotor]

Bosso is wise!

 

[ghemminger]

When I was in Des Moines for the rally, Joe approached me early that morning and told me that they had food to feed 800 people. He said that if 800 people don't show up, they'll hafta throw the food away. He asked me to hit the streets and fill the hall.

I laughed.

I told him that he could stop worrying about 800 plates of food and start looking beyond this rally to the straw poll and the primaries.

YES...Joe is the guy to contact. RP has what looks to be growing into a HUGE rally in Pittsburgh on the 3rd and a national debate on the 5th with a million things in between to get done. The fact that Kent was absent in Greenville/Spartanburg last Saturday confirms that the campaign is growing exponentially (which he has told us numerous times recently).

Joe is in charge in Iowa. Get on him and get your answers.

I'll see you all there for the debate and to hit the streets afterward. RP will be THE guy after the debate, and we'll take full advantage of that fact.

If you can't go there, send money, call Iowans, Mail Iowans, raise money for Adopt an Iowan, Spam the Hungry, make videos, paint your windshields and make it happen yourself instead of whining about HQ's failure to direct your efforts.

Sorry, but this isn't the time to be spewing negative at HQ, IMHO, FWIW, just my 2 cents, etc., etc.

Bosso

Bump

 

[Dave]

I just got a slick ad from Rudy. For someone skipping the Ames straw poll he sure seems to be focusing on Iowa a lot - he was here last weekend, just started running radio ads this week and now direct mail. I guess he's getting ready for the caucuses in January.

It quotes the Boston Herald - "The Mayor who should be President". Then it features My 12 Commitments to the American People.

People will eat this up. What they don't know is the indigestion they will suffer later.

 

[Lord Xar]

I just got a slick ad from Rudy. For someone skipping the Ames straw poll he sure seems to be focusing on Iowa a lot - he was here last weekend, just started running radio ads this week and now direct mail. I guess he's getting ready for the caucuses in January.

It quotes the Boston Herald - "The Mayor who should be President". Then it features My 12 Commitments to the American People.

People will eat this up. What they don't know is the indigestion they will suffer later.

Dave... Can you give me the lowdown on the types of ads you are hearing..

30 second or 60 second....???

Also, is there music.... and what are they focusing on?


What times are you hearing these ads?? And what station.....

ping the other thread, here or thru PM

 

[LibertyEagle]

Joe is in charge in Iowa. Get on him and get your answers.

I'll see you all there for the debate and to hit the streets afterward. RP will be THE guy after the debate, and we'll take full advantage of that fact.

If you can't go there, send money, call Iowans, Mail Iowans, raise money for Adopt an Iowan, Spam the Hungry, make videos, paint your windshields and make it happen yourself instead of whining about HQ's failure to direct your efforts.

Sorry, but this isn't the time to be spewing negative at HQ, IMHO, FWIW, just my 2 cents, etc., etc.

Bosso

That's exactly why I emailed Joe, Bosso. And who exactly are you implying that is spewing "negative" at HQ? I certainly was not. I was trying to find out if THEY were planning on running ads. I was not asking for their direction or help! What I was trying to do, without crossing FEC lines, was to find out where best to focus our own ad campaign. For example, if they had decided on radio ads, then it would probably make sense for us to direct our funds and efforts to a newspaper ad. I saw people here keep asking the same question, so I decided to try to get an answer. BTW, I received an answer from Heather and she said they had not decided yet whether to run ads and if they did, hadn't decided on the message.

Just as it is not time to be spewing negative at HQ (which I agree with BTW), it is not time to be spewing negative BS at a fellow Ron Paul supporter who is doing everything in their capacity to help this campaign. Especially when you are flat out wrong in your claim.

 

[Dave]

Dave... Can you give me the lowdown on the types of ads you are hearing..

30 second or 60 second....???

Also, is there music.... and what are they focusing on?


What times are you hearing these ads?? And what station.....

ping the other thread, here or thru PM

I can't remember if they're 30 or 60 seconds. I think with some googling you can actually hear them. For example, about a third of the way down this page you can download the MP3 of Tancredo's newest ad. His previous ad was entirely about illegal immigration.

http://teamtancredo.typepad.com/

Here's one for Romney done by his wife. It's one of the better ones I've heard. The text is here with a link at the bottom for the MP3.

http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Ann_Romney_Radio_Ad

Here's a link to the radio ad Rudy just started running:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9Uv8isca8

You get the idead. Just google 'romney radio commercial' or 'ad' or whatever and see what more you can find. T. Thompson ran a radio ad that was entirely about illegal immigration.

I generally only listed to talk radio. The best local shows are 1040 WHO from 9-11:30 (Jan Mickelson), WOW 98.3 from 1:20 to 3:40 (Mac's World) and WHO again from 4 to 7 (Steve Deace).

If candidates are running radio on other stations or on TV I'm just not likely to catch them.

 

[FreedomLover]

For example, about a third of the way down this page you can download the MP3 of Tancredo's newest ad. His previous ad was entirely about illegal immigration.
http://teamtancredo.typepad.com/

His campaign is entirely about illegal immigration.

 

[Dave]

I just got a slick ad from Rudy. For someone skipping the Ames straw poll he sure seems to be focusing on Iowa a lot - he was here last weekend, just started running radio ads this week and now direct mail. I guess he's getting ready for the caucuses in January.

It quotes the Boston Herald - "The Mayor who should be President". Then it features My 12 Commitments to the American People.

People will eat this up. What they don't know is the indigestion they will suffer later.

Man, I just posted this a few hours ago. Well, tonight I got a phone call from a live volunteer for Rudy. I missed the call but he left a long voice mail urging my support and giving me a number to call. The guy had a northeastern accent.

Rudy is pressing Iowa HARD right now. I wonder if he's trying to steal some of the Ames Straw Poll limelight?

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

You know what fries me right now? As we hear about slick mailings from Benito, radio ads, and thinking about how Lord Xar is putting a LOT of effort into radio ads, and how we're pooling our hard-earned money to try to make a dent in this media circus, what FRIES me right now is that someone dropped the ball with the Des Moines Register. That free media was worth more than the thousands of dollars Lord Xar is eeking together from our earnest souls, and all it would have taken was a few minutes on the phone from the campaign. THAT'S what fries me right now.

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Man, I just posted this a few hours ago. Well, tonight I got a phone call from a live volunteer for Rudy. I missed the call but he left a long voice mail urging my support and giving me a number to call. The guy had a northeastern accent.

Rudy is pressing Iowa HARD right now. I wonder if he's trying to steal some of the Ames Straw Poll limelight?

Dave, you're an Iowan. Call the Des Moines Register and tell them that Rudy is campaigning for the Straw Poll. Rudy IS participating in the Straw Poll. Call them, then call Jan Mikkelson, and write a letter to the editor of all the major papers. Dateline Des Moines: Rudy IS campaigning for the Straw Poll.