respond to cafferty here!!

[draccip]

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/17/ron-paul’s-“money-bomb”/

q:Here’s my question to you: If Ron Paul can raise more than $6 million in one day, how come he’s not higher in the polls?

answers will be on at 4:00 pm

 

[draccip]

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[karpodiem]

Answer: Who says he won't be? In fact, I am absolutely positive he will have significantly higher poll numbers. The more they try to suppress the voice of liberty and patriotism, the louder we will shout. And we will be heard across the world.

 

[skoop1]

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[jake]

done

 

[mmink15]

Here's my response:

One thing is for sure, it isn’t lack of support. Perhaps the better question is: Why don’t polls properly reflect real-life support.

 

[jake]

my response:

You can almost feel the winds of change stirring for this upcoming election. I have never seen or heard of such a strong grassroots support for any Presidential candidate in history. Ron Paul will turn the political system in America upside down with his message of Freedom, Peace, and Prosperity. The reason Dr. Paul is not higher in the polls is simple: the media itself is damaging the democratic process, the mainstream media’s bias is overwhelming and is becoming so blatant to many. America is waking up, the sleeping giant, the voting public, has been stirred - the final result will be the election of Ron Paul for President in 2008.

 

[ccannizzaro]

It has already been written:

"How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the [comfort of authoritarian rule and subversion of civil liberties. They] promised you order, [they] promised you peace, and all [they] demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night [we] sought to end that silence."

 

[erin moore]

My response


The people who are polled are “likely” republican primary voters. Many of his Quarter 4 donors have never voted in a primary election, and therefore will not be contacted for polling purposes. Also, many of us have only cell phones as 24% of Americans do now. These lines are not called for polling purposes. Hundrens of thousands have donated. We are passionate and we will vote. Call us.

 

[hellah10]

Answer: Who says he won't be? In fact, I am absolutely positive he will have significantly higher poll numbers. The more they try to suppress the voice of liberty and patriotism, the louder we will shout. And we will be heard across the world.

thats a solid answer... i hope he reads your comment

 

[econojon]

Who is to say he already isn't! I posted a comment, but it need "moderation approval" so I don't know if it will be counted or not. But I basically posted the info from http://thecaseforronpaul.com/default.aspx

My response:

Your comment is awaiting moderation.

http://thecaseforronpaul.com/default.aspx

#1 in majority of straw polls,
#1 in debate polls,
#1 in web traffic,

The polls conducted by main stream media are of usually less than a 1000 people and are of voters who already voted in the last primary and Ron Paul’s audience is mainly of new Republican voters. The polls conducted online have a majority win for Ron Paul. He has the most meet-up groups.

Now that he has more money, and is willing to spend that money on advertising on major networks, it is surprising that the main stream media still does not recognize Ron Paul as a leading candidate.

The main stream polls were not relative to the winnings of the Democratic primary in Iowa for John Kerry and John Edwards. I would think that the main stream media would have learned by now that these polls are not absolute. You need other data to really see that Ron Paul is going to win this primary.

 

[MrCobaltBlue]

My Response

The same reason why Ron Paul has won 50% of national straw polls and the National Presidential Caucus (http://www.nationalcaucus.com/results) for both Republican and Open voters. Or outside of each debate how Ron Paul supporters dwarf everyone else’s. The Polling system is flawed when you have people like Frank Luntz asking questions and skewing the votes towards their pre-chosen candidate. The main stream media has already chosen it’s candidates, they’ve already decided who you should vote for.

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

I hope someone Youtube's the segment.

 

[HippyChimp]

My response:

It’s simple, Jack. Most Ron Paul supporters are getting involved politically for the first time and and weren’t previously registered with any party. Notice how the polls usually say something along the lines of “In a poll of likely Republican voters…”? The answer to your question is that Ron Paul’s supporters aren’t being asked to participate in the offline polls. Online is a different story, as I’m sure you’ve noticed.

 

[Workguy23]

Mr. Cafferty, I believe a better, more honest, question would be: How is a man who raised $6 million in one day, has his own blimp(payed for by grassroots), and thousands of UNPAID supports and volunteers that have “rain, sleet, or snow” dedication, still considered a long-shot, fringe candidate by the media?

The bias that many of the media outlets have gone through to suppress Dr. Paul’s success can be seen just by a simple YouTube search. Are we to believe that when the 4th Quarter Campaign Finance Reports come out the headlines will read “Romney finishes 2nd in fundraising” as opposed to “Ron Paul blows all other GOP Candidates out of the water with a $20 million 4th Quarter!”

 

[celticsman7]

Thank God Jack Cafferty has a job at CNN. He's 50% of the total media coverage we've ever gotten.

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

done.

 

[NY4RP]

My Response: Congressman Paul clearly has serious support from those who know of him. The problem is he doesnt get the same coverage other candidates do. Perhaps the media is to blame for Dr. Pauls relatively low numbers. The supporters of Pauls campaign are doing 90% of the legwork without much help from the mainstream media. One can only wonder if that will now change…

 

[Fyretrohl]

Jack,
Like many others, the real question is why the polls fail to produce reliable numbers. It isn’t just Dr Paul’s numbers that are so off. How can the media’s chosen candidates have such varied numbers in the same days if the polls are ‘accurate’. Why is this the first election cycle in my 35 year memory that I can not remember the straw polls being important and covered? Instead, it is the polls that pick who they call, can’t tilt question to elicit specific responses, and then produce the results they want. There are specific polls that have put the media darlings as options 1-5. Option 6 is supposed to be for Other and Option 7 is to remove yourself. Answering 6…Removes you from the list. They appear to have their results before they get started and create the questions to ‘prove’ it.

 

[QuesoPantera]

It's pretty simple, Jack. 5 people control the American media machine and they're doing a damn good job convincing people he has no shot. I can't remember any recent interviews with him that didn't include a snarky "Come on, you can't win" type of comment or six different derivations of the question "when are you going to announce your third party run" - something he has never eluded to doing. All of you "journalists" have already made up your mind about Paul's fate and have been completely irresponsible about reporting his agenda. quit obviously treating him like a fluke and maybe people will look at his policies.