PPP Minnesota:

[Michael Landon]

Santorum is going to win northern Minnesota because the campaign threw it's middle finger up at us up here. Marianne said, "We go where the supporters step up and organize. This is a grassroots movement....We're looking at winning national delegates, which means we have to win entire congressional districts. While you guys are organized right in Duluth, most of 8 is not." In 2004, we had one RP supporter who lost in the final run-off vote for the last National Delegate spot. If the campaign had put even the slightest bit of effort into helping Congressional District 8 we could have easily won all three delegates this year but everytime I tried to get some help from the HQ I received no response. I'm predicting a big Santorum victory in CD7 and CD8, both of which could have easily been won by RP. Sad but true.

- ML

 

[Liberty74]

Encouraging

GOTV Minnesota, HARD!!!

Last place in a poll 2 days before the caucus is encouraging? No, it's encouraging to Santorum and a win would revive his candidacy making it harder for us to get any traction. Not encouraging at all.

Last place in CO too. Far behind...

 

[Champ]

Just checked the paper.. Ron Paul on the front of the Sunday Pioneer Press today, one of two major newspapers in Minnesota. Shows him and talks about making appearance at Arden Hills last night.

 

[RDM]

Just checked the paper.. Ron Paul on the front of the Sunday Pioneer Press today, one of two major newspapers in Minnesota. Shows him and talks about making appearance at Arden Hills last night.

You people are becoming delusional. It doesn't matter if Ron has 5,000 people show up to hear him speak. If out of those 5,000 only 5 actually get out of bed and vote is meaningless. We have a voter turn out problem that needs addressed and fast. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...ersonally-get-friends-family-to-voting-booths.

 

[Ray]

Doesn't surprise me. I've been making phone calls the last two weeks and have talked to more Santorum supporters than anyone else

 

[Varin]

Wow it is actually possible considering over performance in NV.

 

[CTRattlesnake]

Last place in a poll 2 days before the caucus is encouraging? No, it's encouraging to Santorum and a win would revive his candidacy making it harder for us to get any traction. Not encouraging at all.

Last place in CO too. Far behind...

Considering most nevada polls had us in single digits and in last place, i'd say this is a very good spot to be in

 

[Ray]

And if anyone wants to help out, I need help calling my precinct!

 

[MichaelD]

If anyone wants to win over catholics send the the Tom Wood video, I won over a few with.

 

[TruePatriot44]

Don't focus on straw poll results. In Minnesota, Ron Paul supporters have taken over many of the Congressional District party positions and are organized this year to take a the majority of delegates via state convention and cd conventions. I think we took 14 delegates here last election. I wouldn't be surprised if we take 30 out of 40 this year.

 

[carterm]

Don't focus on straw poll results. In Minnesota, Ron Paul supporters have taken over many of the Congressional District party positions and are organized this year to take a the majority of delegates via state convention and cd conventions. I think we took 14 delegates here last election. I wouldn't be surprised if we take 30 out of 40 this year.

STOP SAYING THIS. We need a straw win. It's the only way we can get media exposure and actual momentum (to those still plugged into the matrix)

 

[bobburn]

Minnesota needs to GET OUT THE VOTE. This is a GREAT chance to win. We are within the margin of error! Let's get out the vote and make sure we over perform like we did in Nevada. PPP had us at 15% in Nevada, depending on the Clark County results we could end up from 19-23%!

 

[Wolfgang Bohringer]

That sound's great! In 1998 the most Ventura did in pre-election polls was 20%, but the third party voters came out of the woodwork and voted Ventura in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5US5r6rsDak

Indeed they came out of the woodwork and the military-media complex never saw it coming.

We could do something like that. I think flying Ron's jet down to the Baja to pick up Jesse (TSA-rape-free travel) and bring him back tomorrow for a day of campaiging would be brilliant.

Short of that, implementing RDM's operation buddy plan could help:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?357751-Start-a-buddy-system-to-personally-get-friends-family-to-voting-booths.

Bribe your pessimistic Ron Paul friends to go to the caucus. Today is National Bread & Circuses day (brought to you by the military media complex). A lot of people will be at parties with friends and family. During the Marine Recruiting and Boeing ads bribe them to implement Operation Buddy.

Many Ron Paul supporters that I know or called either wouldn't skip work yesterday or didn't think it was worth it for whatever reason to suck it up and spend a Saturday morning with a room full of Republicans.

 

[pauliticalfan]

Push!

 

[Liberty74]

STOP SAYING THIS. We need a straw win. It's the only way we can get media exposure and actual momentum (to those still plugged into the matrix)

Right on! We can't keep coming in third or fourth. Even a weak second won't cut it. We need to get some respect and some perception that Ron can win. The campaign has to do something different because Santorum is doing very well in MN, CO and MO.

 

[seapilot]

STOP SAYING THIS. We need a straw win. It's the only way we can get media exposure and actual momentum (to those still plugged into the matrix)

What TruePatriot is saying is the matrix controls most the minds that vote in the straw polls. The majority of people voting in those are choosing establishment candidates. The one thing that is more difficult for them to control is delegates selection. In the revolution did the Americans take on the most powerful military in the world British head on? No. Most the time they practiced Indian style warfare of hit and run or ambush. That is the only way to defeat a more powerful opponent is to create chaos in their organization. The people volunteering and elected to be delegates serve this role.

 

[RPit]

All those saying delegates delegates need to understand yes delegates are important to have influence and win the nomination BUT you have to win at least 5 states to even be considered for nomination unless we do that our delegates can only be used for influence at the RNC but not to get the nomination. So get it through your heads WE NEED TO WIN AT LEAST 5 STATES IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING NOMINATION and not just influence.

 

[Jeremy]

All those saying delegates delegates need to understand yes delegates are important to have influence and win the nomination BUT you have to win at least 5 states to even be considered for nomination unless we do that our delegates can only be used for influence at the RNC but not to get the nomination. So get it through your heads WE NEED TO WIN AT LEAST 5 STATES IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING NOMINATION and not just influence.

Have you ever thought that maybe it's more than just winning the nomination?

 

[Wolfgang Bohringer]

What TruePatriot is saying is the matrix controls most the minds that vote in the straw polls. The majority of people voting in those are choosing establishment candidates. The one thing that is more difficult for them to control is delegates selection. In the revolution did the Americans take on the most powerful military in the world British head on? No. Most the time they practiced Indian style warfare of hit and run or ambush. That is the only way to defeat a more powerful opponent is to create chaos in their organization. The people volunteering and elected to be delegates serve this role.

That doesn't mean you don't take a giant victory in an important perception-molding battle such as Minnesota when its right there on a silver platter.

And the delegate selection process will be fraught with tricks and rule changing shenanigans all the way to Tampa regardless.

I say send the jet down to the Baja and bring Jesse back for a day to talk about Peace and Civil Liberties with Minnesota's disaffected independents and dems. If they're registered to vote all they have to do is show up. Party affiliation doesn't matter. I don't know what the caucus hours are.

 

[EndTheECB]

I would think that people with scandinavian ancestral background is very fertile ground for Ron Paul.

The principal ancestries of Minnesota's residents in 2010 has been surveyed to be the following:[46]

* 37.9% German
* 32.1% Scandinavian (16.8% Norwegian, 9.5% Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese and Karelian)
* 11.7% Irish
* 6.3% English
* 5.1% Polish
* 4.2% French
* 3.7% Czech

Most are either mainline protestants with a non-dogmatic approach to social issues (not Israel-fanatics) or non-religious atheists (50% RP among that group). If Ron Paul could use his German Lutheran background, that would appeal to both germans and scandinavians and he'd probably be able to pull off a "vote for me because i'm Governor Mormon" on the state. Other good characteristics to make use of is that Ron Paul is quite North European in his personality - rational, calm, don't like to brag about him self, hard work-ethic etc. I hope the campaign recognize Pauls potential with the demographics.