The Official Ames Straw Poll Thread

Senator Grassley:

"Ron Paul's people have the most devoted and indestructible following"

"Unless we are unified as a party we cannot beat Obama" (Pro-Paul comment)
 
The Senator on Fox just basically said Ron Paul is electable! We knew it -- but it's good to hear that on television, *especially* fox!
 
Senator Grassley very complimentary of Ron Paul. Says he likes his domestic policy.

Brett Baier was trying to get Grassley to insult Paul, but Grassley wouldn't do it.
 
orenbus said:
Nah I just still have a bitter taste in my mouth from New Hampshire the last go around. All of us on this board and supporters on the net so believed we were going to either going to win NH or come close and guess what? it wasn't even close. Why? Because we overestimated the number of supporters we were sending up there the weeks before to do get out the vote activities. I personally went up there in subzero degree temperature standing out in the snow handing out fliers going door to door canvassing and doing what I could but my first visit up there I knew we were in trouble.

There was a serious disconnect between what we were all talking about that was happening in NH and what was actuallly happening. This time around if you guys want a serious chance at winning it has to be more than just speculation or arm chair quarter backing at home. The money that was spent wastefully instead of bussing people and having the needed materials up in NH really pissed me off too. Instead we spent tens of thousands and probably more sending in money to the campaign and buying blimps could have been used on something more useful like getting hundreds and thousands of supporters and literally getting boots on the ground in states where we needed it to make a major impact early on in the 2008 campaign.
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This is exactly why we let the official campaign take the lead on organizing this time around - precisely so they could know for sure what was happening on the ground (also so obnoxious out-of-staters didn't scare off potential supporters, but let's put that aside for the nonce...).
 
orenbus said:
Nah I just still have a bitter taste in my mouth from New Hampshire the last go around. All of us on this board and supporters on the net so believed we were going to either going to win NH or come close and guess what? it wasn't even close. Why? Because we overestimated the number of supporters we were sending up there the weeks before to do get out the vote activities. I personally went up there in subzero degree temperature standing out in the snow handing out fliers going door to door canvassing and doing what I could but my first visit up there I knew we were in trouble.

There was a serious disconnect between what we were all talking about that was happening in NH and what was actuallly happening. This time around if you guys want a serious chance at winning it has to be more than just speculation or arm chair quarter backing at home. The money that was spent wastefully instead of bussing people and having the needed materials up in NH really pissed me off too. Instead we spent tens of thousands and probably more sending in money to the campaign and buying blimps could have been used on something more useful like getting hundreds and thousands of supporters and literally getting boots on the ground in states where we needed it to make a major impact early on in the 2008 campaign.
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I too was in NH, and the reception door to door was not good at all. I knew it wasn't going to be a win or even close there.

Mccain had his zombies that believed every word, and romney had a lot of MA imports that loved his liberal leans.
I was even told by mutliple McCain supporters(not activist, but voters) that he was the only one in the GOP that would we troops home....hahaha totally delusional.

I believe 5% of what I see on RPF, simply because many of the people here live in a bubble that is not reality.
 
economics102 said:
Wow, that's a huge jump. I assume that's based on some insider trading from Ames? Or just attendees who feel confident from their on-the-ground sense of things that she's going to win?
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3 hours ago it was 50/50. Then Bachmann started saying 6K. Then intrade started moving quickly to Bachmann. But if the 6K was wrong, and the 4K was right, then there's a buying opportunity.
 
orenbus said:
Nah I just still have a bitter taste in my mouth from New Hampshire the last go around. All of us on this board and supporters on the net so believed we were going to either going to win NH or come close and guess what? it wasn't even close. Why? Because we overestimated the number of supporters we were sending up there the weeks before to do get out the vote activities. I personally went up there in subzero degree temperature standing out in the snow handing out fliers going door to door canvassing and doing what I could but my first visit up there I knew we were in trouble.

There was a serious disconnect between what we were all talking about that was happening in NH and what was actuallly happening. This time around if you guys want a serious chance at winning it has to be more than just speculation or arm chair quarter backing at home. The money that was spent wastefully instead of bussing people and having the needed materials up in NH really pissed me off too. Instead we spent tens of thousands and probably more sending in money to the campaign and buying blimps could have been used on something more useful like getting hundreds and thousands of supporters and literally getting boots on the ground in states where we needed it to make a major impact early on in the 2008 campaign.
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I've had that general feeling for years. Most of us suspected Ron would run for potus again this year, so we knew we had to be in campaign mode for him and the cause of liberty the entire time. We had to learn how to be a delegate, too. I'm sure a few people went out and took it upon themselves to do this, but not enough, in my opinion. There's still a disconnect. Hopefully that disconnect is less severe, and we can get this revolution going a little faster now.
 
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If Ron Paul has 5,500 votes out of 16,892, that's an astounding 32% in the second highest straw poll turnout ever.
 
Inkblots said:
This is exactly why we let the official campaign take the lead on organizing this time around - precisely so they could know for sure what was happening on the ground (also so obnoxious out-of-staters didn't scare off potential supporters, but let's put that aside for the nonce...).
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I'm very proud of the campaign.
 
On Fox just now

Sen Grassley just said Ron Paul "has the most devoted following"

ha - then Bret Baire "But do you think he's electable for the GOP? ... he didn't sound to unifying on that stage Thursday night"

Grassley" "On foreign policy maybe not but on domestic policy he's in with everybody else"
 
Also pleasantly surprised by Sen. Grassley's defensive comment in support of Ron Paul's candidacy (in response to Bret Baier's question regarding electability). Hopefully we'll hear more positive soundbites in the future!
 
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