PPP twitter news 1/5/11

[jacmicwag]

What is up with SC, what is their main gripe? is it really the military industrial complex thing?

National defense and Jesus get in our way presumably.

 

[Sublyminal]

National defense and Jesus get in our way presumably.

SC is home to hell on earth as we Marines call it, aka Parris Island. They think that if RP gets elected, he'll close it down. Then there's countless Army bases there.

 

[Shellshock1918]

I always knew we'd get killed in South Carolina.

Its the home of Lindsay Graham.

 

[Liberty Shark]

One is seeing the firewall of the Republican establishment in S.C. for Romney. One is also seeing the one-dimension issue of abortion in S.C. Historically, S.C. would have been for Ron Paul but men like William Gilmore Simms and John C. Calhoun are long since dead; and the empire's re-education program has been quite effective.

Absolutely agree. However, I still don't think South Carolina is a lost cause. There is no reason why Dr. Paul shouldn't be able to get to 15% by primary day in SC. If, at a minimum, double digits aren't reached by SC primary day, that would be a real letdown, and quite frankly an embarrassment. No excuse not to eventually reach double digits in SC. A decision needs to be made to make a serious run in either South Carolina or Florida, preferably both. But there needs to be signs of life, at least in one of these two southern states, otherwise it will be over.

 

[J_White]

doesnt look good, Dr. Paul must do good in NH to change this.
When does PPP come out with their NH poll ?

 

[freshjiva]

South Carolina and Florida are nonessential to the Campaign's strategy. Our focus is (and should be) NH, Nevada, and the smaller northern states like Maine, Wyoming, North Dakota, Washington and others.

 

[TheDriver]

South Carolina and Florida are nonessential to the Campaign's strategy. Our focus is (and should be) NH, Nevada, and the smaller northern states like Maine, Wyoming, North Dakota, Washington and others.

Yes, always knew we were toast there too. The only way to win SC and FL is to sound more neo-con, see Rand Paul. Kentucky and South Carolina are similar in terms of voter appeal, imo.

 

[BamaAla]

In all honesty, the campaign probably shouldn't waste money on South Carolina; it, like most of the south, is a lost cause.

 

[gyrmnix]

doesnt look good, Dr. Paul must do good in NH to change this.
When does PPP come out with their NH poll ?

Not until Sunday. According to their twitter, he's not interested in how much Romney wins by.

 

[dmitchell]

In all honesty, the campaign probably shouldn't waste money on South Carolina; it, like most of the south, is a lost cause.

I kind of agree with this.

 

[clint4liberty]

Congressman Paul or his campaign spokesperson needs to address ads in SC on home he would bring the troops home(not rapidly, but gradually over four years) and bring the troops home to SC military bases. We are talking about domestic defense buildup and growing bases and communities in the United States. South Carolina would receive more soliders in near future to boost the state economy under a Paul Administration.

 

[maxoutco]

I agree, 2 commercials need to be played in SC and played hard:

#1.) Bring Troops Home to defend borders meaning bases don't close down.
#2.) Save Social Security and Medicare for the older crowd.


If we come with this approach, I think SC will come around.

 

[Paul or not at all]

Congressman Paul or his campaign spokesperson needs to address ads in SC on home he would bring the troops home(not rapidly, but gradually over four years) and bring the troops home to SC military bases. We are talking about domestic defense buildup and growing bases and communities in the United States. South Carolina would receive more soliders in near future to boost the state economy under a Paul Administration.

We need to email the campaign.

 

[mmadness]

Get Rand to help campaign in the south.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

ppppolls PublicPolicyPolling
Mitt up about 10 pts the first night of our South Carolina poll...Gingrich and Santorum close for 2nd.
24 minutes ago

ppppolls PublicPolicyPolling
Seems very possible Romney sweeps IA, NH, SC, FL...may just be him and Paul slogging it on a month from now
24 minutes ago

Yeah, it's looking like Romney is going to run away with this. Who's supposed to stop him? Santorum?

So much for the conservative blogs' delusions that Romney can't win in South Carolina. Guess they forgot about McCain and Graham.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Ron Paul needs to get it through people's thick skulls that attacking Iran is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we attack Iran, won't that make them want nukes MORE, make them actually WANT to attack us? How can we stop them from hating us, if we kill their people. The fail is just too much for me to handle. Gah!

 

[Corey]

RP can win South Carolina. There are 11 days between NH and SC. It's an open primary. We have proven that we can expand our base. In Iowa, a surprising number of evangelicals supported us. I think this board has a lot of big L Libertarian types, which is why no one here seems to think we can win social conservatives, or national defense conservatives. We've already proven this completely wrong time and time again.

I'm paleo-lib(libertarian) and paleo-con (social conservative). The two used to be very very close, and there's no reason they can't be again, because they are natural allies. IMHO, you can't have one without the other.

 

[Johnnybags]

2008 result

147,686 68,142 132,943 16,154 McCain,Romney,Huckabee,Paul.


16,154 votes but Romney was fairly weak as well compared to top two. He will have no choice but to pound Santorum and to some extent Gingrich who will take McCain and Huck votes from last time to a large degree. Paul folks, say 20k for argument sake need to each drag 2 voters to the polls who each drag two more to win.

20,000
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[goldpants]

South Carolina and Florida are nonessential to the Campaign's strategy. Our focus is (and should be) NH, Nevada, and the smaller northern states like Maine, Wyoming, North Dakota, Washington and others.

I have been advocating for a similar approach. I do believe 3rd in IA, 2nd in NH, 4th in SC(even with 15% or so is fine), spend little to nothing in FL, bang the heck out of NV, ME, ND, CO, WA, if we score a win or two and the rest second places then things could get interesting. Plus the PR, Guam, etc, would be a nice move if we pulled it off(non-interventionism would play well there if they do canvas for those votes).

 

[pointtech86]

I have been advocating for a similar approach. I do believe 3rd in IA, 2nd in NH, 4th in SC(even with 15% or so is fine), spend little to nothing in FL, bang the heck out of NV, ME, ND, CO, WA, if we score a win or two and the rest second places then things could get interesting. Plus the PR, Guam, etc, would be a nice move if we pulled it off(non-interventionism would play well there if they do canvas for those votes).

And how do silver medals and 15,000-votes-for-a-win caucuses translate to getting the nomination in Florida? Especially if Romney is the candidate who's won most of them? If we don't win SOMETHING meaningful other than caucuses we already do well in, we have no advantage going into the Convention! The Republicans will simply ignore Paul and let Romney fail as the nominee.

We ignore the South at our own peril. We'd become no different than Romney in terms of ability to appeal to them, and alienate those voters who might have voted for us if we had competed there.