Rand Paul has 275 endorsements in New Hampshire already!

[LatinsforPaul]

MORE ENDORSEMENTS FOR RAND. scroll down to middle part of article

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign remains very much alive in the New Hampshire grassroots.

We’ve obtained from the Paul campaign a preview of the 25 newest members of his New Hampshire leadership team, which now numbers 275 activists.

The list is headed by state Rep. J.R. Hoell of Dunbarton, who was a 2012 Republican National Convention delegate for former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul. Other former Ron Paul supporters on board with his son are Ron and Kate Peik of Hollis, Linda Siwik of Amherst and Kenneth Moak of Northwood.

Also backing Paul are Brinck Slattery of Manchester, who was the state director for former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson’s New Hampshire presidential campaign in 2012; Gerard Svetly, Richard Lamontagne, David Martinez and Leon Dufresne of Manchester; Tim Bauman of Penacook, Jacob Olson of Mason, Andy Begosh of Webster, Beth Ashton of Hudson, Caleb Baker of Greenfield, Elise Ronan of Belmont, Eric Gregoire of Sutton, Jeffrey Farwell of Northfield, Steven and Roxanne Provencher of New Ipswich, Joe and Teresa Connelly of Amherst, Casey Cotton of North Conway, and Matthew Gosselin of Nashua.

“Rand Paul stands as the beacon of liberty that continues to draw primary voters to his campaign from across New Hampshire,” campaign senior adviser Mike Biundo said.

 

[65fastback2+2]

i dont see how he doesnt fully win iowa or NH.

 

[LatinsforPaul]

i dont see how he doesnt fully win iowa or NH.

Or both, especially if he pulls off an Iowa Caucus win which gives him the momentum he needs to pull in front in New Hampshire.

 

[Todd]

i dont see how he doesnt fully win iowa or NH.

....and none of this matters if you can't get people to the polls on election day.

 

[kbs021]

i dont see how he doesnt fully win iowa or NH.

Same here. Students for Rand tearing it up and a base of over 20 percent from 2012...

 

[ross11988]

Same here. Students for Rand tearing it up and a base of over 20 percent from 2012...

Base of 20%? I wish that was the case. I would say 5% went to Ted Cruz/Ben Carson. 10% went to Bernie Sanders. Hence why were polling 5% in Iowa.

 

[Liberty74]

....and none of this matters if you can't get people to the polls on election day.

Or if you get blind sided by the media and talk radio who all attacked Ron last time around without having a rapid response from the campaign to shut down those attacks which cost him Iowa.

 

[LawnWake]

No popular vote win is no win in the eyes of the media. He needs to land first or second in Iowa and NH.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

i dont see how he doesnt fully win iowa or NH.

Sure, if his backers have as much cash as Christie's:

Presidential candidate Chris Christie has picked up the support of a group of wealthy and influential Iowa Republicans who hoped to draft the New Jersey governor to run for president four years ago.

Ahead of the 2012 election cycle, seven Iowa donors flew to New Jersey aboard agriculture millionaire Bruce Rastetter's private jet to try and convince Christie to jump into the race. Six of the original seven publicly endorsed the candidate's 2016 campaign Tuesday morning at the State Historical Museum.

In addition to Rastetter, who is the CEO of Summit Agriculture Group, the other endorsers attending the event were commercial real estate company owner Dennis Elwell, former state Senator Jim Kersten and GOP operative Mikel Derby. Business investor Mike Richards and casino developer Gary Kirke endorsed Christie as well but were not in attendance.

The group is typically associated with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, as they have supported his campaigns in the past. Rastetter was a top donor to Branstad's 2010 gubernatorial race.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/christie-locks-major-iowa-donors-who-once-tried-draft-him-n435676

 

[kbs021]

Base of 20%? I wish that was the case. I would say 5% went to Ted Cruz/Ben Carson. 10% went to Bernie Sanders. Hence why were polling 5% in Iowa.

If you have no proof of that, I would refrain from making those judgements. Campaign states they expect 75 percent I believe. I doubt former Ron Paul supporters are getting polled correctly due to them mostly being young, only second time voters, independents, etc.

 

[Liberty74]

If you have no proof of that, I would refrain from making those judgements. Campaign states they expect 75 percent I believe. I doubt former Ron Paul supporters are getting polled correctly due to them mostly being young, only second time voters, independents, etc.

The correct polls back in 2012 called the race pretty much how it would go down with Paul falling and Santorum surging in the last 2 weeks. Those polls WERE polling the youth and Indy group. Youth vote is about 15%. Indy vote is around 20-25%. That would be a "correct" poll and a true snap shot of where the candidates stand in Iowa. Is there such poll with about 1000 voters as of today? I remember PPP being dead on in Iowa.

 

[Foreigner]

The correct polls back in 2012 called the race pretty much how it would go down with Paul falling and Santorum surging in the last 2 weeks. Those polls WERE polling the youth and Indy group. Youth vote is about 15%. Indy vote is around 20-25%. That would be a "correct" poll and a true snap shot of where the candidates stand in Iowa. Is there such poll with about 1000 voters as of today? I remember PPP being dead on in Iowa.

True, but I have a suspicion that although the campaign in 2012 dominated the caucus process with their organizing there, the actual Get-Out-the-Vote program was lackluster. The Iowa caucuses are very low turnout. Even with just 5% support among republicans, you can win the caucuses alltogether if you manage to get everyone of them voting.

Of course, getting everybody is unrealistic, so you need more than 5% support.

 

[eleganz]

Same here. Students for Rand tearing it up and a base of over 20 percent from 2012...

I wouldn't call the 20%+ a base, we are starting from scratching this time, the only base is those made up of the Ron Paul supporters from 2012, which should be 2-6%. Students are brand new so that is going to be a huge shock for the other campaigns if we turn out a lot.

Everyone get busy on phone from home!