Rand Paul launches Iowa college tour

[Virgil]

Waterloo, Iowa (CNN)Facing sagging poll numbers and questions about whether he may soon drop out of the race, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he is standing firm, in it to win it and planning to launch an extensive college tour in the key early voting state of Iowa next week.

The 11-stop, three-day swing starts Monday. The goal is to fire up young voters the campaign believes will be drawn to the senator's emphasis on issues like curtailing government surveillance, criminal justice reform and questioning continued U.S. involvement in wars overseas.


"I think that many of these kids are ready to come our way," Paul told CNN in a brief telephone interview. "Our goal is to turn 10,000 students out -- that could be enough to win the Iowa caucus. We think it's an achievable goal for us."

The swing will take the senator to Cedar Rapids, Mount, Vernon, Iowa City, Davenport, Dubuque, Fayette, Waverly, Cedar Falls, Sioux City, Storm Lake and Des Moines. It builds on an initiative the campaign launched in August aimed at encouraging college students to launch chapters for Paul supporters on 300 college campuses over 30 days. The campaign beat that goal, with 340 chapters set up on campuses nationwide in that time period and has added several more since, 15 of them in Iowa.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/rand-paul-iowa-young-voter-focus/index.html

-virgil

 

[Indy Vidual]

I hope the crowd sizes are good.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

^^^Let's have a repeat of that

 

[ds21089]

^^^Let's have a repeat of that

It would be nice, but sadly unlikely. When Ron ran, he was the lone voice of anything against the status quo. Now, half the candidates are trying to pretend to be anti-establishment which is dividing people. I'm pretty sure Bernie Sanders took most of them away with his promises of everything free for everyone all the time.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

It would be nice, but sadly unlikely. When Ron ran, he was the lone voice of anything against the status quo. Now, half the candidates are trying to pretend to be anti-establishment which is dividing people.

The anti-establishment play is more common this cycle, but it was present last time too; remember how everybody was trying to be the "anti-Romney."

Ron's appeal wasn't just generic outsider appeal; among young people I think was it was mostly foreign policy and civil liberties.

And on those points, I think the contrast between Rand and the others is just as great as it was between Ron and his contemporaries.

...maybe even greater: since 2012, the hawks have ratcheted it up from batshit to full-retard

I'm pretty sure Bernie Sanders took most of them away with his promises of everything free for everyone all the time.

I don't think there's much crossover between people who liked Ron and people who like Bernie, certainly not on freeshit related issues (maybe a bit on foreign policy).

 

[FriedChicken]

I wonder why he isn't spending more time doing this, honestly.
If they're serious about their goal I think he should spend 7 days on the tour, have video blogs with students, small group meetings, etc.
Usually I'd say to target older voters but it might be better to get to them later on when another candidate drops out or something.

right now would be a good time to get as much personal interaction as possible me thinks

 

[LatinsforPaul]

I wonder why he isn't spending more time doing this, honestly.
If they're serious about their goal I think he should spend 7 days on the tour, have video blogs with students, small group meetings, etc.
Usually I'd say to target older voters but it might be better to get to them later on when another candidate drops out or something.

right now would be a good time to get as much personal interaction as possible me thinks

It will happen in January along with the help of his father.

 

[francisco]

From The Blaze

Rand Paul Hopes Targeting These Voters in Iowa Will Lead Him to Victory — and He’s Launching a Big Tour to Court Them

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will embark on an extensive college tour in Iowa Monday, visiting 11 college campus in three days with the goal of recruiting 10,000 students to caucus for him in February.

In 2012, Ron Paul came in third in the Iowa Caucus, losing by 3800 votes. This time around, colleges and universities will be in session during the caucus, a key factor the Paul campaign hopes to take advantage of with its “Iowa 10,000″ college tour.

Speaking to TheBlaze by phone, the Kentucky senator said his message resonates particularly well with young people...

Read more, see photo

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...y-and-hes-launching-a-big-tour-to-court-them/

 

[Gage]

I'll be taking photos during this tour.

 

[kbs021]

Big tour. Very important. Road to 10k.