Ron Paul says he can still win the Republican nomination - good write up

[sailingaway]

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/178909/ron-paul-says-he-can-still-win-the-republican-nomination/

 

[ironj221]

Ron Paul would be correct then. Especially if he won Washington and then four states on Super Tuesday.

 

[sailingaway]

Ron Paul would be correct then. Especially if he won Washington and then four states on Super Tuesday.

Yeah. And I still love that video!

 

[Travlyr]

Of course Ron Paul can win the nomination. When a presidential candidate draws massive crowds wherever he goes, the only reason to count him out would be rigged elections. Whoever has the most supporters is supposed to win. At least that's what they told me in school.

 

[LibertyRevolution]

Videos like these give me goosebumps!
PAUL is ROCKSTAR!!!!

Can someone explain to me how we draw crowds like this, and Romney can't even fill a room in Denver, yet we lose! ARRRRRG!!

 

[PatriotOne]

Yeah. And I still love that video!

Dangit SA! Now I am crying......again! And I'm one tough biatch

 

[Karsten]

He can win the nomination, but the real question is WILL he. There is a lot of things so far that could have happened, but didn't.

 

[D.A.S.]

Videos like these give me goosebumps!
PAUL is ROCKSTAR!!!!

Can someone explain to me how we draw crowds like this, and Romney can't even fill a room in Denver, yet we lose! ARRRRRG!!

I'll explain how. While Santorum, Romney, and Newt supporters are generally not excited about their candidate, most of them sure don't like (or even hate) Paul, and they tend to be voting blocks that actually turn out to the polls. Add to this the fact that while Paul supporters are some of the most vocal and always ready to show up at a rally, they are often either not registered with the right party or not registered to vote at all, or still feel that Ron can't win so why bother coming out to vote -- and there ya have it.

I was circulating ballot petitions yesterday in my neighborhood, getting signatures to put Ron Paul on the ballot in NJ, and as soon as you mention the name "Ron Paul", most people would say "nope, thank you, not interested" and start closing the door. A couple people at least decided to sign when I stated again that it's not an endorsement, it's just to put him on the ballot, but most wouldn't even have that. So the media has done a splendid job stacking the deck against us, and if we don't do EVERYTHING we can do, such as identifying and getting ALL our supporters out to the polls, we won't achieve our objective. There's much work to be done on a constant basis.

 

[mosquitobite]

My hope is not in Ron Paul. My hope is that every one of these Americans stays with the cause and continues to fight for this country.

Ron Paul
Hope for America

I'm in tears from watching that video too.

 

[V4Vendetta]

Absolutely Fantastic!!! My heart just swelled up!!!

 

[Monotaur]

I'll explain how. While Santorum, Romney, and Newt supporters are generally not excited about their candidate, most of them sure don't like (or even hate) Paul, and they tend to be voting blocks that actually turn out to the polls. Add to this the fact that while Paul supporters are some of the most vocal and always ready to show up at a rally, they are often either not registered with the right party or not registered to vote at all, or still feel that Ron can't win so why bother coming out to vote -- and there ya have it.

I was circulating ballot petitions yesterday in my neighborhood, getting signatures to put Ron Paul on the ballot in NJ, and as soon as you mention the name "Ron Paul", most people would say "nope, thank you, not interested" and start closing the door. A couple people at least decided to sign when I stated again that it's not an endorsement, it's just to put him on the ballot, but most wouldn't even have that. So the media has done a splendid job stacking the deck against us, and if we don't do EVERYTHING we can do, such as identifying and getting ALL our supporters out to the polls, we won't achieve our objective. There's much work to be done on a constant basis.

So true. This pretty much mirrors my experiences too (not getting signatures but just voter ID'ing via phone).

 

[tuggy24g]

I'll explain how. While Santorum, Romney, and Newt supporters are generally not excited about their candidate, most of them sure don't like (or even hate) Paul, and they tend to be voting blocks that actually turn out to the polls. Add to this the fact that while Paul supporters are some of the most vocal and always ready to show up at a rally, they are often either not registered with the right party or not registered to vote at all, or still feel that Ron can't win so why bother coming out to vote -- and there ya have it.

I was circulating ballot petitions yesterday in my neighborhood, getting signatures to put Ron Paul on the ballot in NJ, and as soon as you mention the name "Ron Paul", most people would say "nope, thank you, not interested" and start closing the door. A couple people at least decided to sign when I stated again that it's not an endorsement, it's just to put him on the ballot, but most wouldn't even have that. So the media has done a splendid job stacking the deck against us, and if we don't do EVERYTHING we can do, such as identifying and getting ALL our supporters out to the polls, we won't achieve our objective. There's much work to be done on a constant basis.

Same thing happened to me when I went door to door in Pa to get him on the ballot! Went to over 300 homes with only two signatures.
Yet I live in one of the most conservative parts of Bucks County PA.

 

[Paul Or Nothing II]

Of course Ron Paul can win the nomination. When a presidential candidate draws massive crowds wherever he goes, the only reason to count him out would be rigged elections. Whoever has the most supporters is supposed to win. At least that's what they told me in school.

I'll explain how. While Santorum, Romney, and Newt supporters are generally not excited about their candidate, most of them sure don't like (or even hate) Paul, and they tend to be voting blocks that actually turn out to the polls. Add to this the fact that while Paul supporters are some of the most vocal and always ready to show up at a rally, they are often either not registered with the right party or not registered to vote at all, or still feel that Ron can't win so why bother coming out to vote -- and there ya have it.

I was circulating ballot petitions yesterday in my neighborhood, getting signatures to put Ron Paul on the ballot in NJ, and as soon as you mention the name "Ron Paul", most people would say "nope, thank you, not interested" and start closing the door. A couple people at least decided to sign when I stated again that it's not an endorsement, it's just to put him on the ballot, but most wouldn't even have that. So the media has done a splendid job stacking the deck against us, and if we don't do EVERYTHING we can do, such as identifying and getting ALL our supporters out to the polls, we won't achieve our objective. There's much work to be done on a constant basis.

Videos like these give me goosebumps!
PAUL is ROCKSTAR!!!!

Can someone explain to me how we draw crowds like this, and Romney can't even fill a room in Denver, yet we lose! ARRRRRG!!

I think it's a MYTH circulating with a lot of Paul-supporters that "we've most supporters & we don't win because they don't show up", that's not necessarily true, I'm sure there may be some who don't show up & we should definitely work on getting each & every person to show up BUT the fact is that we don't have the numbers right now & say, someone like Romney DOES because people perceive him as more "electable" as someone who "can beat Obama" & let's be honest, we're NOT going to convert everyone to libertarianism in a short space time so what we NEED is to present the facts as to why Paul IS "electable" & he's the ONLY one who can beat Obama in the General due to high crossover crowd - Indies, Dems, non-whites & so on - the voting-blocks that determine General Elections Here's more on it - http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...ul-is-the-most-quot-electable-quot-Republican

If we present Paul as the most electable against Obama then I'm sure we'll improve our numbers, it's the "electability" that allows Romney to be "frontrunner" without actually having any energised supporters, most people just show up & vote for whoever they THINK is "electable" & "can beat Obama" & we NEED TV ads targeted at the masses to demonstrate Paul's superior electability

The campaign can improve upon this pamphlet & add Paul's budget-plan in a simplified form & that will give people an idea about the enormity of the debt-problem & that Paul is the ONLY one who has a real plan to get out of this mess

If you want to simplify the debt problem, you could use calculation like this and integrate the cuts which RP proposes:

 

[sailingaway]

So true. This pretty much mirrors my experiences too (not getting signatures but just voter ID'ing via phone).

Huh, I've had a couple terse ones, but some really open ones too, by phone, not counting supporters. I was wishing they had a plus and minus next to 'undecided' so you could signal 'this one is open to him and worth following up with.'

 

[sailingaway]

Same thing happened to me when I went door to door in Pa to get him on the ballot! Went to over 300 homes with only two signatures.
Yet I live in one of the most conservative parts of Bucks County PA.

conservatives of the sort who religiously watch Fox news are the ones most likely to dislike him. So it depends on your kind of conservative.

 

[HankXavier]

My hope is not in Ron Paul. My hope is that every one of these Americans stays with the cause and continues to fight for this country.

Until the wheels fall off. And then we will walk. My word on that.

 

[D.A.S.]

Huh, I've had a couple terse ones, but some really open ones too, by phone, not counting supporters. I was wishing they had a plus and minus next to 'undecided' so you could signal 'this one is open to him and worth following up with.'

Lucky you, sailing -- in this whole time, I've only spoken on the phone with like 1 or 2 supporters TOTAL, out of hundreds of calls made. I wish I run into more supporters in the future!

conservatives of the sort who religiously watch Fox news are the ones most likely to dislike him. So it depends on your kind of conservative.

Yea, absolutely. Your best hope is running into independent-minded Republicans. Republican elitists, who generally go Romney, will generally be very polite but won't sign, as they don't want anything to do with Paul. Republicans who bill themselves as "conservatives" are generally social conservatives, who generally go Santorum, feel even stronger against Paul and may not even be polite about it. LOL. This NJ-PA-DE tri-state is either too affluent or too busy with pop-culture to care about Ron Paul and his message. It's probably human nature to not care about issues until they hit your own doorstep.

 

[giovannile07]

Yeah. And I still love that video!

Think I was about to tear up haha. xD

 

[PolicyReader]

If you look at exit polling and the lead up polls right before voting in a given state the frequent average is around 40% of the vote that is undecided until 1-3 days before they vote (some of them even decide on the day of at the polls) that's a huge chunk of the vote and it often goes to whoever is "surging" at the moment and frequently is defined by the sense of who is "electable" (in other words who those GOP voters think will beat Obama). This is in large part the same 'group' who has caused such up and down results within this election cycle because there is no clear frontrunner. They're very fickle so they're hard to court or hold unless you're already winning.

On the plus side Paul could really tap into this bloc if the real general election poll numbers were more widely understood but how to do that with the corporate media being what it is, well that's the question..

 

[eqcitizen]

Ron should hold rallies at the largest caucus' in washington. That way he would actually get out the vote