The Official Ames Straw Poll Thread

[rajibo]

I don't think second is better.

If we would have raised more money and did a bit more advertising, we could have won first place.

The good thing about this is that we now know that if we work hard, we can do well in straw polls!

You are new here. I appreciate you conviction, but your have NO IDEA how big this really is.

 

[Razmear]

Google news search of Ron Paul shows a lot of these headlines:
Bachmann wins GOP 2012 test vote, Pawlenty third

Just got home from work, great job on a tight 2nd place win.
eb

 

[Chieppa1]

Ron Paul is trending on twitter in the US.

 

[SilentBull]

Guys. Think about this. This might be better than first place. If he had won they would spent all their time discrediting the poll. Now they can't and when people see Paul getting second they'll know he is a serious candidate. We win!

 

[RonPaulRules]

I almost have to wonder if 2nd is better for Paul. It adds further legitimacy to his campaign. It avoids the MSM needing to downplay the importance of the poll. It keeps him from being the prime target at the moment. Everyone is going to be attacking Bachmann. Meanwhile Paul's support will continue to grow while he sticks to his message. And, let's face it, at the end of the day, it was a CLOSE second, so he's got the support out there.

 

[wgadget]

I don't think second is better.

If we would have raised more money and did a bit more advertising, we could have won first place.

The good thing about this is that we now know that if we work hard, we can do well in straw polls!

You're coming off very trollish. It's over...RP did GREAT.

 

[specsaregood]

wtf is going on at fox? they are backing off the paul bashing?

They aren't stupid, they know it was Randy Travis that won the straw poll and he isn't running for president.

 

[Matthew Zak]

Bachman has a lot of support from Minnesota.......... just a few hours from the Straw Poll... she lured even more people with Randy Travis... she begged for votes and bragged about being from iowa... and she was on the cover of a plethora of magazines across the country.

But a guy who is ignored as much as possible... from a state on the opposite side of the country... with no cheap gimmicks like Randy &^$#ing Travis... nearly won. Less than ONE PERCENT difference.

And now we can all watch Bachman fall.

 

[rajibo]

Is Ron Paul going to give a speech to his supporters?

 

[civusamericanus]

Keep 2007 in perspective, Huckabee got a huge bump from 2nd place, and he had roughly half of what Romney got. Ron Paul was only 153 votes from winning, so they can spin it all they want about 2nd place, but it is substantial. Heck McCain, was nearly about to fold his campaign in September of 2007, then the media pumped him, so he could compete with Romney and Huckabee, who kept up their momentum gained from their 1st and 2nd place wins at Ames.

A lot can change in the next couple months, we still have a long way to go, in changing peoples minds about foreign policy. They're with Ron Paul on Fiscal issues, but we lose them on foreign policy.

I suggest every meetup group nationwide, start working on our approach to talking to AVERAGE REPUBLICANS about Ron Paul's foreign policy. People need to hear facts on Ron Paul's foreign policy stance, not THEORIES! We must get better at our Foreign Policy Presentation, or Ron Paul won't have a chance. We have a lot of people starting to move in our direction, but we need to present Ron Paul's position, not our opinions.

Keep in mind Ron Paul still won the silver medal, we still have time to get the gold!

Place Candidate Votes Percentage
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%

 

[dusman]

Consider this. That's approximately 9500 out of 17k that are very close to our positions. Michele Bachmann has probably a harder race in front of her than Ron Paul does. Once she starts to go.. we can capitalize on her support.

 

[wgadget]

Oops... here comes the ISOLATIONIST comments... Thanx FOX for pushing the GWOfFinancial Collapse and continued bombing

Iconic doesn't HAVE to have bad connotations. It's kinda like..Call RON PAUL when you want a Constitution-loving candidate!

 

[Bruno]

This is exactly why this is really good we came so close to 1st. I bet there are a lot of Iowans who are Ron Paul supporters that might feel a little bad for not making the trip, thinking it wouldn't make much a difference. Now everyone can see every little bit matters. This will make us more rigorous, so it doesn't happen again.

This!

 

[kill the banks]

yes Ron Paul can win on the trend up !

 

[Lucille]

I think you guys are right about second place. Had he won, it would have been dismissed due to his "loyal devotees."

 

[RonPaulRules]

Ron is trending on Google - http://www.google.com/trends

 

[dusman]

Yeah seriously.. I'm not seeing any potential negative spin they can create? I think this is really good.

 

[bluesc]

To all the people thinking this is negative: Are you crazy?

This is another case of people getting too hyped, expecting Ron to body slam American politics and take the throne overnight.

This result is huge. Congrats to Dr. Paul, his campaign staff, and everyone here who put in so much effort for this result.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

152 votes / less than 1 percent. Ladies and gentleman, this is GREAT.

The fact that were disappointed in a 2nd finish shows how far we've come.

 

[libertybrewcity]

I don't think second is better.

If we would have raised more money and did a bit more advertising, we could have won first place.

The good thing about this is that we now know that if we work hard, we can do well in straw polls!

why are you so negative?