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

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Ron Paul Will Run in 2012?

 

[MelissaCato]

Soooo does this mean we can start up our county Ron Paul MeetUps again ?

Listen, I just want you to know. I have a very diverse group here in Lebanon ... we do the best we can again. Lots of new peeps. Last time was trial and error. K ?

The media really did phuck us bigtime 2008. Not this time, K.

We can do this...... Matt, you sure is possible Ron Paul 2012 POTUS ? FBN and freedom Watch looks pretty good so far ... thank you Judge !! This is it !!!

Mudder Phuckers !!!!!!!

 

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Ron Paul to announce for president 2012?

 

[speciallyblend]

YouTube - Ron Paul Will Run in 2012?

<Supporter here says Ron Paul 2012, Liberty Candidates 2010 , I 100% Endorse Ron Paul 2012, I am a Republican. I can only hope the gop can see the writing on the wall and understand why i joined the republican party.

Calling all GOP/DNC/Indy's/LP/TP/CP to join the gop now and encourage everyone you know to get active,stand up and make sure you hold all elected officials accountable!!

Liberty Candidates 2010, Ron Paul 2012, carved in stone as far as i am concerned!!!!

 

[speciallyblend]

blimpin

 

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Ron Paul 2012 - Let the Race Begin!

 

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Ron Paul 2012 - Let the Race Begin!

 

[james1906]

Matt,

Why are you pimping motor oil again?

 

[low preference guy]

Matt,

Why are you pimping motor oil again?

probably he doesn't know how to spank the monkey. it would be much more productive.

 

[Matt Collins]

FUNDRAISING IS KEY

Ron Paul's fundraising growth was exponential in 2007-2008. Lets start the exponential growth 10 months earlier for 2011-2012.

One of the reasons Paul got as much media attention that he got in 2007-2008 (especially later in 2007) was his ability to harness our grassroots financial support - support that is reported and is one of few things the media covering the election has to cover. Lets make Ron the frontrunner financially EARLY and he WILL NOT be ignored.


Timeline of events:

January 2011 Ron Paul forms exploratory committee

Q1 2011 starts Jan 1 - March 31 2011, and is reported on April 15.

This is analgous to Q1 2007 where Ron raised $639k:
Republicans $53,204,874
Mitt Romney $20,737,149
Rudy Giuliani $14,731,897
John McCain $12,992,655
Tom Tancredo $1,311,533
Ron Paul $639,889
Mike Huckabee $544,880
Duncan Hunter $499,874
Tommy Thompson $315,036

OUR Goal starting THE DAY HE ANNOUNCES FORMING AN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE should be to raise at least $10 million dollars by March 2011. (Q1)

Q2 2011 - Our goal should be $20 million to keep him in frontrunner status:

Results from Q2 2007
Republicans $49,673,752
Rudy Giuliani $17,267,287
Mitt Romney $13,793,151
John McCain $11,187,821
Ron Paul $2,357,423
Tom Tancredo $1,465,776
Duncan Hunter $803,383
Mike Huckabee $763,618
Tommy Thompson $458,967

Q3 2011 - The ball shall continue to roll, and the freedom movement shall envelope this country.

Here's Q3 2007:
Republicans $47,464,436
Fred Thompso$12,717,993
Rudy Giuliani $11,253,552
Mitt Romney $9,533,269
John McCain $5,466,904
Ron Paul $5,204,218
Mike Huckabee $1,031,679
Tom Tancredo $747,539
Duncan Hunter $486,337
Tommy Thompson $195,725
Alan Keyes $21,218


Ron Paul got most of his fundraising in Q4 2007 - when it mattered the least fundraising-wise - the numbers aren't published until mid-January, when the early primaries are already over and the game is up and he's been called a "long-shot" too many times to remember. Lets change the MSM's adjective of choice from "long-shot" to "moneybags" and "wildly popular."

Most of Ron Paul's $34 million came at the end, in November and December of 2007, when it was too late to do as much good as EARLIER.

Imagine if Ron, instead of raising $25 million in November and December and January had gotten it 8-10 months earlier! We'd have at least double the support we have now, Paul would be even more of a household name - the freedom movement would have been in a stronger position - who knows what would have happened!?


The government (Federal Election Commission) dictates individuals can give a maximum of $2400 per person ($4800 per married couple).

A few suggestions:
START SAVING NOW.
1. I'm maxing out and encouraging my friends to do the same. In a fight there are times to save onto your ammo and times to fire with all you've got - Jan 2011 lets fire the shot heard around the world.

2. Join your local tea party and tell them Ron Paul started the modern tea party movement. Lets earn their hearts and minds.

3. I posit that a money bomb should be planned for some time in Jan, Feb., or March 2011 to put our campaign in a competitive position and gain financial-frontrunner status.

4. Meetup groups

[url]http://ronpaulgraphs.com/[/URL] - note all the major money bombs occurred 10 months before they MUST this time around. This is necessary, but not sufficient, to win.

For math geeks, lets shift the curve to the left.

Info on primaries: [url]http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/[/URL]

Better list of suggestions:[url]http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=232814[/URL]

Avery J. Knapp Jr., M.D.
Helped run the Greater NYC Ron Paul Action Meetup (and helped start it in May 2007, end of Q2, shortly after I heard about Ron Paul).

SOURCE:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showpost.php?p=2878691&postcount=144

 

[james1906]

Leave it to Matt to bump his own thread

 

[MelissaWV]

Leave it to Matt to bump his own thread

That's unfair. He also bumped various other people's threads with the same exact post

 

[AZ Libertarian]

When he announced last time...

But to answer your question, ask yourself when he announced his previous run

March 12th, 2007 - 21 months prior to the General Election.

We probably won't get a definite until around March of next year.

BUT - we can flood the country with "RUN RON, RUN!" banners any time now...

(that's your cue to get out the spraypaint if YOU REALLY WANT IT TO HAPPEN!)

Ed

(BTW - for the poster asking if it was time to 'start up the county MeetUps again' - WE NEVER STOPPED! http://ronpaul.meetup.com/7/ )

 

[AZ Libertarian]

When he announced last time...

Sorry for the duplicate post.

 

[Matt Collins]

March 12th, 2007 - 21 months prior to the General Election.

But when did he start the exploratory committee?

 

[newyearsrevolution08]

what are we preparing exactly?

I know giving money to a million grassroots as well as the official campaign didn't work all that well.

Who is going to actually be the campaign manager for ron paul?

sure would love a PROVEN team to get that job done.

 

[erowe1]

what are we preparing exactly?

I know giving money to a million grassroots as well as the official campaign didn't work all that well.

Who is going to actually be the campaign manager for ron paul?

sure would love a PROVEN team to get that job done.

Here are several ideas:
1) Get involved in your county GOP. Don't wait until the deadline for signing up as a delegate to your state convention only to have your county chair say you can't go because you're not a Republican. Over the course of the next 2 years be perfectly open about your support for Ron Paul, and show them that you're a normal person and a benefit to the party.
2) Get involved in a local tea party/912 type group. Use opportunities you have there to sell Ron Paul to others in the group.
3) Start a Ron Paul 2012 meetup group in your area, or join one if it already exists. Begin networking with others and laying the foundation for things you can do locally to campaign for RP as grassroots.

 

[libertarian4321]

what are we preparing exactly?

I know giving money to a million grassroots as well as the official campaign didn't work all that well.

Who is going to actually be the campaign manager for ron paul?

sure would love a PROVEN team to get that job done.

I know a lot of people think the 2008 campaign was a "failure" because RP didn't win. They wanted instant gratification and anything short of that was considered "failure."

I look at it differently.

In 2007, NO ONE was talking about libertarians. The only time you saw Ron Paul speaking nationally was at midnight on C-SPAN3 making "for the record" speeches to the nearly empty halls of Congress.

When Ron Paul started his exploratory committee, no one took him seriously.

Everyone figured Ron Paul would be one of those fringe candidates who shows up at the first couple of debates, airs his disagreements with the party, raises a few hundred thousand dollars, then disappears quietly long before the first primary. That's what I thought would happen, and frankly, I think that's what Ron Paul thought would happen.

Instead, he went from a complete unknown to a guy who made some noise in the primaries- raising money like no one thought he could, getting major air time on TV, and beating a number of far better known candidates in the primaries.

Remember, the was gaining momentum in a big way in the last couple of months of '07- but the money he raised then came too late to be really effective. That, and the "pushed forward" primary schedule ensured that he wouldn't win the early primaries.

Look at the legacy. Now, Ron Paul can get major press coverage anytime he wants it. He went from an irrelevant C-Span 3 guy to someone who is regularly consulted.

Even though the "Tea Party" has devolved into a neocon morass, we have to remember that it was started by Ron Paul people.

Now, we have other candidates who are libertarian conservatives who have legitimate shots at the US House and Senate (they aren't all perfect, but several of them are good).

That wouldn't have happened prior to the Ron Paul candidacy. So far from a "failure," I look at the '08 campaign as a beginning of better things in the future.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

But when did he start the exploratory committee?

Last time, Paul filed for an exploratory committee around January 11, 2007. He has already suggested that this time around, he will not make any announcements right after the midterm elections (though we hope he changes his mind). It would be consistent with his history to see him file after the Christmas break, or early January 2011.

 

[Matt Collins]

Ron Paul plans trip to Iowa:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/05/r...iowa-—-but-will-he-run-for-president-in-2012/