Remain calm, we have a long-term campaign strategy

[PaulStandsTall]

I do run a site that has 10,000 visits a day, primarily visited by young people. I'd support Ron Paul for free.

Awesome. And you can't go wrong there because of the visitors that are leftists and would leave, your traffic would improve from the repeat visits of the conservative youngins

 

[flynn]

Awesome. And you can't go wrong there because of the visitors that are leftists and would leave, your traffic would improve from the repeat visits of the conservative youngins

Might as well start some movement... though i don't know where to start. the site also has a small forum. It already has tons of Ron Paul videos embedded from youtube.

 

[schiffheadbaby]

campaign is kind of crap, why wasn't ron in SC right after NH?

and the debate preparation is completely halfass.

 

[sailingaway]

Florida is not proportional and Paul has very little chance of beating Romney in that state which is very expensive to advertise in.

right. Florida not getting much in resources makes sense (except they should get a visit, just for the grass roots). But if the campaign had known they would get a bump from NH they might have played SC differently. Ron went right after NH, which was great, but then I think they were more looking ahead to Nevada. However, when Ron did get a bump, the media refused to report it anyhow.

 

[tbone717]

campaign is kind of crap, why wasn't ron in SC right after NH?

and the debate preparation is completely halfass.

Because the time, effort and money were better spent on states where they could get more delegates. Politics is like any other business venture. There is a ROI to consdier. The winner in SC got 11 delegates and then the remaining 14 are awarded by congressional district (2 per district). If internal polling showed that they were not competitive to win the state outright, they would have spent a lot of money competing for a potential of 14 delegates. It just does not make business sense to spend money for such a small return.

 

[coffeewithchess]

campaign is kind of crap, why wasn't ron in SC right after NH?

and the debate preparation is completely halfass.

Oh, you mean like the same reason RP went home the weekend before the Iowa caucus? Almost like the plan is to lose this thing, and they can't see it staring them in their own faces? Debate preparation? Didn't realize there was any...

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

Yeah me too. That was ridiculous. Don't think south Carolina is a place I would visit unless it was a life or death situation.
Honestly the results show how screwed up the south can be.

The people in that auditorium were GOP rank-and-file...not the entire SC population

SC is a great state with some awesome towns (Charleston, Hilton Head, etc.)

I've probably visited SC about 15 times by now and love it

 

[hueylong]

Jeez, people. He's taking on the ENTIRE Establishment. The military establishment. The monetary establishment. The welfare establishment. Get a grip on reality. This is GOING TO BE HARD.

Keep your head up and keep working hard!

 

[buffed]

The long term strategy should be to get his shit together on explaining his foreign policy.

Absolutely. We went over better ways of articulating his position in the "Vent" section. Check the "Pissed at Paul" post I started.

 

[Andrew Ryan]

I'm not gonna let South Carolina get me down. I wrote those assholes off after they booed the Golden Rule.

This

 

[spudea]

I knew SC was gonna be bad but I wanted a solid 3rd so it would hasten frothys exit

 

[tbone717]

I knew SC was gonna be bad but I wanted a solid 3rd so it would hasten frothys exit

An empty bank account will hasten his exit. A poor showing by him, even if it is third place, won't inspire many people to open their wallets for him.

 

[Patrick Henry]

I am in for the long haul! Let's all remember that Paul is the only one who could beat Obama. While Obama is a traitor to america, at least we know that neither Mitt nor the Grinch (also traitors) will beat Obama. What does that mean? Well worst case scenario if Paul isn't the nominee, Obama wins and 2016 is ours. I realize that Rand isn't Ron, but Rand is a good man and I think would probably get a high percentage of us Paul supporters. With the database the campaign is compiling right now, I think Rand will be unstoppable!

FWIW, I still think the good Dr. can win!

 

[Sean]

The campaign was never active in SC
Only TV was present and Ron Paul was there for 6 of the 11 days
The campaign never planned on spending too many resources on SC similiar to Florida.

Remember, we got 3.62% in SC in 2008

The campaign could have gotten 25% in SC if they took it seriously and I think that is why people are mad. By not even showing up after NH they gave the other candidates all the media attention. 25% might have been enough for second place and continued momentum. That would have also brought in more money. So even if you don't expect to win you still have to compete and hone your message. We need a foreign policy ad and an electability ad ASAP. The long they go without those it will become a self full filling that Ron Paul isn't electable. We know the msm is not going to help us so the campaign needs to bypass them with radio and TV advertisement.

Also stop this talk about getting concessions at the convention and stuff. Your in it to win.

 

[opinionatedfool]

Ron Paul didn't really spend all that much time or effort in SC. He spent enough time to get double digits, but really the campaign's focus is on the caucus states.

We will not give up. We will not give in. Ron Paul 2012!

 

[Dartht33bagger]

I'm not giving up on Ron Paul. I'm sticking with him until the end. If Ron Paul can get the GOP nomination, we will most likely win the presidency. I know my parents and grandparents will vote for him if that happens because they will vote for whoever the GOP nomination.

 

[milo10]

The campaign could have gotten 25% in SC if they took it seriously and I think that is why people are mad. By not even showing up after NH they gave the other candidates all the media attention. 25% might have been enough for second place and continued momentum. That would have also brought in more money. So even if you don't expect to win you still have to compete and hone your message. We need a foreign policy ad and an electability ad ASAP. The long they go without those it will become a self full filling that Ron Paul isn't electable. We know the msm is not going to help us so the campaign needs to bypass them with radio and TV advertisement.

+rep. Btw, did Rand ever make an appearance in South Carolina? I respect that Ron occasionally needs a break to catch up on sleep and so forth, but shouldn't Rand be pretty active in more conservative states? He was in Iowa for maybe 2 days.

 

[Paul4Prez]

Keep in mind that Newt and Mitt are going to dig up more dirt on each other. Ron Paul is going to look better and better the longer this race goes on.
Plus he's the only one with a plan to actually CUT spending, and balance the budget. That's what people want.

 

[Standing Like A Rock]

We can win a brokered convention too, as long as we get a lot of delegates to the convention.

 

[PaulStandsTall]

Might as well start some movement... though i don't know where to start. the site also has a small forum. It already has tons of Ron Paul videos embedded from youtube.

Well I wouldn't do anything drastic like a squeeze page. Maybe just a sticky? Forum mods are usually held in high regard and before you know it, their noses will be brown with Ron Paul