Start preparing, Ron Paul WILL run for President in 2012!!! [Mod Note: RUMOR]

[KurtBoyer25L]

I think we can get that. How many counties are there in Iowa? Add a pro-weed/anti-war set of 50-100 college kids from every campus. Also we need to educate independents & liberals how they can go and vote. Drive people or finance bus trips if needed. If we can't spend fundraising dollars on getting people to the polls, what should we spend them on? 10,000 votes is an achievable number.

 

[Agorism]

Only about 100,000 or maybe slightly more vote in the GOP caucuses in Iowa.

Probably 15K or so of them will attend the Iowa straw poll. Maybe we don't quite need 10K.

Bush really rigged that thing whereas in 08 it wasn't quite so bad.

 

[Agorism]

Well about 5000K needed to win in 2008. Whereas in 2000 it was harder.


2008

1 Mitt Romney 4,516 31.6%
2 Mike Huckabee 2,587 18.1%
3 Sam Brownback 2,192 15.3%
4 Tom Tancredo 1,961 13.7%
5 Ron Paul 1,305 9.1%
6 Tommy Thompson 1,039 7.3%
7 Fred Thompson 203 1.4%
8 Rudy Giuliani 183 1.3%
9 Duncan Hunter 174 1.2%
10 John McCain 101 0.7%
11 John H. Cox 41 0.3%

and

2000

1 George W. Bush 7,418 31.3%
2 Steve Forbes 4,921 20.8%
3 Elizabeth Dole 3,410 14.4%
4 Gary Bauer 2,114 8.9%
5 Patrick Buchanan 1,719 7.3%
6 Lamar Alexander 1,428 6.0%
7 Alan Keyes 1,101 4.6%
8 Dan Quayle 916 3.9%
9 Orrin Hatch 558 2.4%
10 John McCain 83 0.4%
11 John Kasich 9 0.04%
12 Bob Smith 8 0.03%

 

[Agorism]

People may have been able to attend from out of state in 2000 vs. 2008 I'm not sure. At some point the rules were changed but I think it was before 2000...but maybe not.

 

[rancher89]

I kept all of my old signs, especially the homemade ones.



We will need to step up the effort we've all been giving and do a serious, all out educational campaign.


Many dems will vote for him over most other possible gop candidates. Be prepared for that old racist crap to come up again.

Many goper's have admitted that RP was right, that they wished they'd voted for him, and that they hope they have another chance. They feel that McCain was shoved down their throats and will not put up with that again. The neocons will be having fits, let them. Stick to the facts.

We need poll watchers & workers and exit polls for the primaries. Vote fraud is our biggest enemy. Have those camera phones at the ready...

Be prepared for RP not to run and Gary Johnson running instead. Just saying. Gov Johnson will NOT run against Dr Paul, but if RP doesn't run, Gov "No" will. I like the Gov, but let's hope RP runs.

If you haven't already, start attending your county meetings, show up at rallies, offer to take out the trash and pick up after events.

If you haven't already, start walking your neighborhood (precinct) and TALK to people. Doesn't have to be politics, but if that's where it takes you, so be it. Be nice. Be polite. The point is to become known in the precinct as someone who cares and has a clue.

Show up for your precinct meeting in Jan/Feb and become the precinct chair or at least an officer for the precinct. This gets you on the county executive committee.

Show up....show up.....show up....AND....Do what you say you will do. You don't have to do things that you find offensive (like canvassing or lit dropping for a neocon candidate) BUT find something, someone you can support and work for.

Last, but not least, I know how important some hot button issues are for some people. Can we let it sit on the back burner or tone it down a bit until after the election? Say the end of the first week in Nov, 2011??? Please? And then we can all wave our freak flags if that's what we have to do.......

The sheeple get scared and we don't need to confuse them anymore than we have to....

 

[rancher89]

Iowa....colleges...Iowa...colleges...

...colleges in Iowa...

What's our YAL coverage in Iowa?

 

[Agorism]

We have all the big campuses but one.

 

[KurtBoyer25L]

Very naive here, but what is the difference between the Iowa straw poll and the caucuses? How is the decision actually made? What if one guy won the straw poll and another got more votes in the caucuses? Is there just one straw poll at one location compared to caucuses in every county?

 

[YumYum]

Last, but not least, I know how important some hot button issues are for some people. Can we let it sit on the back burner or tone it down a bit until after the election? Say the end of the first week in Nov, 2011??? Please? And then we can all wave our freak flags if that's what we have to do.......

The sheeple get scared and we don't need to confuse them anymore than we have to....

You mean be phony and pretend that we all get along and agree with one another on every issue? Sure, why not? That would be nice for a change.

 

[trey4sports]

is there any type of evidence that confirms this? Nothing against lord Collins but we've all had our hopes up and been let down about things before. remember Ghemmy? The Billionare? Polls not representing accurate data?


I want Ron to run soooooo bad but I would just like something that points to this. Whether it was a conversation with someone close, or if Rand said something about it. I'm just wanting something substantial.

Anyway, I'm excited!

 

[eOs]

I may not have faith in god, but I've got faith in The Collins. I'm already ahead of you The Collins, I'm working on a moneybomb site to end all money bomb sites for the good doctor himself. 2012 is going to be epic.

 

[Agorism]

Iowa Straw poll is 6 months before the caucus. It's a grass roots event rather than a real election, but it is the biggest media event.

Whoever wins get 6 months free TV coverage.

 

[KurtBoyer25L]

Hey, thanks, Agor. Is it just in one place or in every/multiple counties?

 

[YumYum]

is there any type of evidence that confirms this? Nothing against lord Collins but we've all had our hopes up and been let down about things before. remember Ghemmy? The Billionare? Polls not representing accurate data?


I want Ron to run soooooo bad but I would just like something that points to this. Whether it was a conversation with someone close, or if Rand said something about it. I'm just wanting something substantial.

Anyway, I'm excited!

I am excited too! Everybody right now is on political steroids. The phones are ringing, money bombs are bombing. People have been staring at their computers for three years waiting for this announcement.

But on getting a confirmation, you must show patience. And please, don't let the fact that we don't know who Collins talked to that confirms that Ron Paul is most definitely running in 2012 ruin your excitement. Even if it turns out not to be true (which I believe it is), its still fun to get excited and go nuts!!!

 

[Epic]

What's our YAL coverage in Iowa?

YAL chapters at:
- Northern Iowa
- Drake
- Iowa State
- Univ. of Iowa

That's pretty good

 

[Son of Detroit]

I do know one thing for sure...

When I see that official announcement to run for president by Ron Paul, I am going to be grinning from ear to ear non stop for at least a few days.

I would give anything to be able to cast my first ever vote in an election for the good doctor.

 

[Epic]

Very naive here, but what is the difference between the Iowa straw poll and the caucuses? How is the decision actually made? What if one guy won the straw poll and another got more votes in the caucuses? Is there just one straw poll at one location compared to caucuses in every county?

Straw poll is in Ames, Iowa. Caucus is in every precinct.

Straw poll greatly benefit RP because it emphasizes enthusiasm of support.

 

[Epic]

DailyPaul commenter reports that "The Rockwell" took the portkey to Texas this week to strategize with Ron.
http://dailypaul.com/node/142426#comments

 

[YumYum]

You guys are fantastic! At this rate, we will have Ron Paul elected by this Friday!

 

[trey4sports]

You guys are fantastic! At this rate, we will have Ron Paul elected by this Friday!

ahaha good times!