Strategy for Winning the Primaries

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I do like his strategy. Do your part people. You have to hold yourself accountable.



We have about four months left to promote Ron Paul, or else this whole campaign is over. We do not have until the general election, because if Ron Paul does not make it through the primaries, then we are finished. We do not have until the primaries to get the ball rolling—we have until the primaries to convince everyone voting in the Republican primaries to vote for Ron Paul. Furthermore, we should not save any of our energy for after the primaries, because once Ron Paul is one of two candidates, it will be impossible for the media to ignore him. We need a strategy that will win Ron Paul the primaries, and we need everyone united behind it. We have the support; we just need to unite our efforts.

When it comes to any marketing strategy, you have a target audience. The problem with our strategy thus far is we have no target, or rather, our target has been everyone on the internet who can vote in the primaries. There are three problems with this strategy. 1) It is too broad. 2) Not everyone who CAN vote in the Republican primaries, DOES vote in the Republican primaries. 3) Not everyone is on the internet. I am not saying we should not promote him on the internet. It has led to some good publicity.

Most people do not even know who Ron Paul is. With six months time, it would be virtually impossible to even make Ron Paul a household name, let alone convince most Americans to register as Republican and go out and vote for Ron Paul in the primaries. Most Americans do not even vote, let alone vote in the primaries. So our target audience is obvious:
REPUBLICANS WHO ALREADY PLAN TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES.

That is where my strategy comes in. Operation: Republican Caucus Storm. Finding people who already plan to vote in the upcoming Republican primaries is easy. They are the most active members of the Republican Party. All you have to do is go to the Republican website for your state, and figure out where all of these people meet up. Figure out what you need to do to vote for Paul in the primaries, and get involved with your state's Republican Party. For most states, this just means registering to vote as a Republican. Some states have different requirements or hold open primaries.

HERE IS OUR MISSION AND THE STRATEGY
Use the website to find out where they are holding Republican caucus meetings and conventions. Go to all of these meetings and conventions and persuade as many people there as possible that Ron Paul is the man they need to get behind. The people who actually go to these meetings and conventions are the people who will be voting in the primaries. While other methods of promoting Ron Paul are great, if we cannot convince these people to vote for Paul, we have already lost. Most of the Republican primary votes come from them. It is for this reason that this is more than just a strategy—it is practically a requirement. It is for this reason that every single Ron Paul supporter should see this as a diplomatic mission that they are obligated to accomplish. These are the people who count and these are the people who are going to convince other people. We have the numbers we need to make this a reality. If everyone leaps into action and gets involved with the Republicans on a local level, we will be an unstoppable force.
Here is a list of all fifty states and their appropriate GOP website. Let's move!

Alabama- http://www.algop.org/
Alaska- http://www.alaskarepublicans.com/
Arizona- http://www.azgop.org/
Arkansas- http://www.arkansasgop.org/
California- http://www.cagop.org/
Colorado- http://www.cologop.org/
Connecticut- http://www.ctgop.org/
Delaware- http://www.delawaregop.com/
Florida- http://www.rpof.org/
Georgia- http://www.gagop.org/
Hawaii- http://www.gophawaii.com/
Idaho- http://www.idgop.org/
Illinois- http://www.ilgop.org/
Indiana- http://www.indgop.org/
Iowa- http://www.iowagop.org/
Kansas- http://www.ksgop.org/
Kentucky- http://www.rpk.org/
Louisiana- http://www.lagop.com/index2.php
Maine- http://www.mainegop.com/
Maryland- http://www.mdgop.org/
Massachusetts- http://www.massgop.com/
Michigan- http://www.migop.org/default.asp
Minnesota- http://www.gop-mn.org/
Mississippi- http://www.msgop.org/
Missouri- http://www.mogop.org/wp/
Montana- http://www.mtgop.org/
Nebraska- http://www.negop.org/
Nevada- http://www.nevadagop.org/
New Hampshire- http://www.nhgop.org/
New Jersey- http://www.njgop.org/
New Mexico- http://www.gopnm.org/
New York- http://www.nygop.org/
North Carolina- http://www.ncgop.org/home/index.asp
North Dakota- http://www.ndgop.com/
Ohio- http://www.ohiogop.org/
Oklahoma- http://www.okgop.com/
Oregon- http://www.orgop.org/
Pennsylvania- http://www.pagop.org/
Rhode Island- http://www.rigop.org/
South Carolina- http://www.scgop.com/
South Dakota- http://www.southdakotagop.com/
Tennessee- http://www.tngop.org/
Texas- http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer
Utah- http://home.utgop.org/page.php
Vermont- http://www.vtgop.org/
Virginia- http://www.rpv.org/
Washington- http://www.wsrp.org/
West Virginia- http://www.wvgop.org/
Wisconsin- http://www.wisgop.org/Home.aspx
Wyoming- http://www.wygop.org/
 
The What and the How of it All?

Ok, it makes good basic, logical sense to work the local political scene in what ever state we reside in, to get willing voters to cast their vote for RP. The concern in my mind, or what's left of it, is that imperative of acheiving a victory in at least one of the first four primary states, which I believe include, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan, Arizona. My understanding here being that an early victory anywhere then allows for momentum to take over and allow the potential of an RP campaign to radically alter the political nat'l landscape.

But really what many of us want to learn, does the RP organization have bona fide ground operations in those states now, at this very moment, or any state for that matter? I myself would not assume that even if they do, they have yet the necessary manpower to run a full bore ground campaign. I am most certain that the kind of campaign operations necessary are people intensive. And that if we want a chance at the golden ring then RP supporters, those that can, will need to travel to those states, say Iowa, NH, South Carolina, Arizona, etc, and get in the trenches.

What say anybody about all this? RP may win all the debates, but he most definitely will need a bona fide campaign operation of foot soldiers on the ground to carry him all the way to the finish line. What say ye?
 
lonestarguy said:
Ok, it makes good basic, logical sense to work the local political scene in what ever state we reside in, to get willing voters to cast their vote for RP. The concern in my mind, or what's left of it, is that imperative of acheiving a victory in at least one of the first four primary states, which I believe include, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan, Arizona. My understanding here being that an early victory anywhere then allows for momentum to take over and allow the potential of an RP campaign to radically alter the political nat'l landscape.

But really what many of us want to learn, does the RP organization have bona fide ground operations in those states now, at this very moment, or any state for that matter? I myself would not assume that even if they do, they have yet the necessary manpower to run a full bore ground campaign. I am most certain that the kind of campaign operations necessary are people intensive. And that if we want a chance at the golden ring then RP supporters, those that can, will need to travel to those states, say Iowa, NH, South Carolina, Arizona, etc, and get in the trenches.

What say anybody about all this? RP may win all the debates, but he most definitely will need a bona fide campaign operation of foot soldiers on the ground to carry him all the way to the finish line. What say ye?
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Completely agree with you. We need soldiers in those states. We have to spread the word to those states by phone, email, or online messages. We can work some online campaigns in the coming days...

We can organize a few "get the word out" sessions. Hit myspacers hard in those states as well as people signed up in the ronpaul.meetup.com groups for those states. Send some urgent messages, pick up some supporters, and hope they can spread the word offline in their towns.

We have over 100 people signed up for this message board. 100 people can make a huge difference even if each of us only sent out one message a day to a random myspacer. We all have to be active and I think that is key, it can not be stressed enough if we want this guy to have a shot at winning.
 
I'm not sure how important early primaries and caucuses are going to be. The earliest caucus is in Iowa on 1/19/2008 and Super Tuesday, including California, New York, Florida, and Texas is only a few weeks later on 2/5/2008. It seems improbable that people in these larger states will rush out and change their votes because of what happens in Iowa.

http://www.vote-smart.org/election_president_state_primary_dates.php

Does anybody know if the delegate count for primaries is the same as for the general election? For instance California is a majority Democrat state. Does California have the same proportion of Republican delegates as it does delegates for the general election? Or, is it based on how many Republicans are in the state of California?

What RP needs is a network of activists who will go to party meetings and create events on a local, grassroots level across the nation. The media is ignoring him and will continue to ignore him because he is an "outsider" who was not created by the media. You need to take this straight to the people at a grass roots level.
 
Perception is Everything

Respectfully disagree! I'm quite certain that a victory in the early round of primary states is critical, either in Iowa, NH, South Carolina, Arizona. You have to consider the psychology of this creature, presidential elections. Perception is everything, especially if the candidate has for a long time been marginalized and then comes out of no where and snags a victory where it was not even predicted.

With victory comes exponential media exposure. An aura of possibility emerges. And it also, whether we like it or not, victory more often than not attracts mullah. Cold hard cash. And we all know the mother's milk of politics is the money! No, I'm quite certain early victory, if only perceived victory, is vital.

In the psy-political battle that goes on, betwixt the reporting media and the public, I feel confident that the visibility of a no-nonsense ground campaign plays into the all important perception that confirms that a campaign is viable. Otherwise, if your not as a campaign airborne early, with a victory or near victory in-hand, your simply going to be crowded off the run-way of media exposure.
 
LSG, I remember Pat Buchanan winning the Republican 1996 New Hampshire primary. A lot of good it did him. I suppose it would have been a remarkable coup, actually defeating a sitting president, GB senior, in the primaries. On the other side, John Kerry won primaries in 2004 against front runner Howard Dean, and Dean never caught up.

For those of you who put me down because of my "Zionist controlled media" rant, take a look at those candidates. Howard Dean made a comment about being more "evenhanded" with regards to Israel and Palestine, and as John Kerry put it, he "imploded."

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/23/dean_israel/index_np.html

Pat Buchanan on the other hand is routinely accused of being an "anti-Semite" because of his disdain for the concept of Israel, so when he showed early strength in the primaries, he was summarily trashed.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pat+buchanan+anti-semite&btnG=Search

Again, there will be no "media momentum" for Ron Paul. The only way he will be able to force the media to talk about him is by becoming a grass roots phenomenon, and that means thousands and thousands of people doing leg work at a very local level, leafletting their neighborhoods, talking to their families, their heighbors, etc. That's what it's going to take. The media will do its best to destroy him.
 
furface said:
LSG, I remember Pat Buchanan winning the Republican 1996 New Hampshire primary. A lot of good it did him. I suppose it would have been a remarkable coup, actually defeating a sitting president, GB senior, in the primaries. On the other side, John Kerry won primaries in 2004 against front runner Howard Dean, and Dean never caught up.

For those of you who put me down because of my "Zionist controlled media" rant, take a look at those candidates. Howard Dean made a comment about being more "evenhanded" with regards to Israel and Palestine, and as John Kerry put it, he "imploded."

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/23/dean_israel/index_np.html

Pat Buchanan on the other hand is routinely accused of being an "anti-Semite" because of his disdain for the concept of Israel, so when he showed early strength in the primaries, he was summarily trashed.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pat+buchanan+anti-semite&btnG=Search

Again, there will be no "media momentum" for Ron Paul. The only way he will be able to force the media to talk about him is by becoming a grass roots phenomenon, and that means thousands and thousands of people doing leg work at a very local level, leafletting their neighborhoods, talking to their families, their heighbors, etc. That's what it's going to take. The media will do its best to destroy him.
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Hey FF, if it came across as an attack on you, that wasn't what I meant to imply. I think what myelf and the others were saying is to try and stay away from the buzz words that can scare off potential new members.

As far as the media ignoring him and later fighting him I think this quote is fitting:

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi

I do agree that this is going to be won with feet on the ground. Right now we need to continue gathering troops here.
 
With the Free State Project alive and kicking in New Hampshire, I think we can put a lot of faith in them to mobilize the NH caucus in favor of Ron Paul. Just make sure they know that this is what they must do.

The only early-primary state I am near is Michigan.

I'm in northern Indiana and I'm already starting to organize some feet on the ground in the area. We'll at least be active in the local Republican Party, but I want to get Ron Paul's name in front of lots of eyes by distributing signs as well.

If I can legally get signs on the Indiana Toll Road, well, he would be popular among truckers across the whole midwest in no time flat. NAU and everything, you know...

So I guess the best we can do from non-early-primary states is to contact those in organized RP groups *in* early primary states and be an encouragement to them -- even fund them if we can.

We need to concentrate our efforts in the places we want those early victories quickly and effectively. Ron Paul can handle himself; have you seen him interviewed? Solid as a rock.

I think we should count on a perpetual media blackout and plan accordingly.
 
I disagree with the blog. I think of my cousin and his wife who are Republican activists and then I try to imagine getting them to support Ron. These are people who respond to evidence that Bush is a war criminal by saying that at least he's better than Clinton.

I think Ron's big chance is in getting behind 9/11 Truth and riding it for all its worth. To get Ron elected is going to require this type of major revolution.
 
lonestarguy said:
The concern in my mind, or what's left of it, is that imperative of acheiving a victory in at least one of the first four primary states, which I believe include, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan, Arizona. My understanding here being that an early victory anywhere then allows for momentum to take over and allow the potential of an RP campaign to radically alter the political nat'l landscape.
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Quoting you again, but I think that will be key as I think the press would have to cover an early primary win like that from a dark horse.

It is important to try and hit those four states early on, like today would be a good day to call anyone you know that lives there. :p
 
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