Ron Paul's Freedom Type Economics Already Proven To Work in NH

[Carlybee]

Not doubting y'all but have to wonder how Romney came out ahead there.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Not doubting y'all but have to wonder how Romney came out ahead there.

Great question. How did Romney win in NH? Well, he spent far more time campaigning in NH. I'd say at least twice as much time as Paul did. He donated a great deal of money to a lot of GOP causes in NH. Maybe more than all 30 of the other candidates combined. He lives in NH part-time and in MA much of the rest of the year.

Remember the 2008 election? Paul had near zero name recognition. Paul's name recognition was built up through 1,000s of sign waves and lots of illegal sign placement. What about Romney? He was a governor in MA. Southern NH and northern MA share the same newspapers, TV stations and radio stations. It is the same media market it a lot of ways. Romney has very strong name recognition in NH.

While Paul lost the popular vote in NH, IMO, NH was his best overall state. Don't agree? Fair enough but please read this before posting why you disagree, http://freestateproject.org/intro/ron_paul

 

[ronpaulnh2012]

Not doubting y'all but have to wonder how Romney came out ahead there.

Short answer: the same way he came out ahead everywhere else. Money, media, party establishment, etc...

I agree with Keith's analysis. To put it politely, the campaign in NH had it's weaknesses (despite everyone's best intentions) and got the short end of the stick compared to Iowa. While Romney was locking in the movers and shakers, Ron Paul was campaigning at nursing homes! The grassroots put forth an admirable effort to try to fill in the gaps, but I don't think I have to tell anyone here how hard it is to buck the establishment. Again, Ron Paul did better in NH than virtually any other state.

This brings up an important point, though: New Hampshire is awesome but it is NOT a libertarian utopia (yet!) If such place existed, there would be no need for a Free State Project. New Hampshire IS a great starting point, though, as it's arguably already the most liberty-friendly state in the country, and for a variety of reasons (size, political system, etc) is conducive to positive change.

I do not blame anyone for doubting the viability of the FSP, if I was not here and seeing what was going on, I might be doing the same thing. But, as someone on the ground here, I can assure you it is the real deal, and outside of the Ron Paul movement is the best hope for liberty we have in the US right now.

If you have any interest, I encourage you to attend one of the two awesome events the FSP hosts every year: NH Liberty Forum in February/March, and the Porcupine Freedom Festival in June. Can't tell you how many people have attended one of those events and within a week gone from "interested" to "pack our bags, we're moving to NH". FSP is not for everyone but it really is an exciting thing with great people (and I think that last part is what really makes people want to move once they come visit). Check it out.

 

[HardyMacia]

I'll be at the beach tomorrow in Hampton collecting petition signature to get the Libertarian Party ballot status. One thing NH isn't so good on is minor party access - we need to collect about 20k petitions for the party wide petition. (We only have about 1500 to go)

If anyone is near Hampton tomorrow and wants to help out there will be three of us petitioning. Call me 603-738-1572.

- Hardy

 

[Keith and stuff]

I'll be at the beach tomorrow in Hampton collecting petition signature to get the Libertarian Party ballot status. One thing NH isn't so good on is minor party access - we need to collect about 20k petitions for the party wide petition. (We only have about 1500 to go)

If anyone is near Hampton tomorrow and wants to help out there will be three of us petitioning.

- Hardy

Thank you for working to get a 3rd party on the ballot in NH. It is 13,843 signatures. I would love the LP to have automatic status. Unfortunately, reform efforts have failed. I don't see reform efforts passing next year, either. Also, since the NH GOP is about as pro-liberty as the national LP was in 2008, I don't see the point in bothering with LP stuff. I will vote for Gary Johnson, though