The Unofficial Feb 7th Results Thread

[VictorB]

Foreign Policy ad.






Electability ad.

+1 million

What is the deal with the campaign now? They were pumping out ads for Iowa all the time. They have nothing now. It's like they gave up after Iowa. Get those dam ads out on both those subjects ASAP.

 

[Okie RP fan]

What is going on with Colorado?

I can't believe Santorum is an inch away from a three state sweep in one night.

 

[bluesc]

everyone with a negative comment is a troll? that is immature. we should all fall in line with whatever rhetoric is spun? sorry i believe honesty and being realistic is worth much more than fake praise.

No. The people who gave up and became overly negative then DEVELOPED into trolls. Read my post again.. Read it slowly to be sure not to miss anything.

 

[pauliticalfan]

Foreign Policy ad.






Electability ad.

This should have been done six months ago. Honestly, even a black screen with white text showing a poll of Paul v. Obama would have been 10x more effective than anything else the campaign has run so far. Why not spend money addressing your candidate's biggest perceived weaknesses. After all, that's the point of an ad campaign.

 

[AceNZ]

This is feeling more like 2008 every day.

The campaign's focus seems to be on "education," not winning. Maybe they're right. Maybe the US isn't ready to choose liberty yet.

 

[IterTemporis]

+1 million

What is the deal with the campaign now? They were pumping out ads for Iowa all the time. They have nothing now. It's like they gave up after Iowa. Get those dam ads out on both those subjects ASAP.

What if they don't have any money? That appears to be the case.

 

[josun54]

Looks like some news outlets (at least, Huffington Post) are already calling Minnesota for Santorum, at less than 30% reporting.

I love how 30% of a counted vote is always somehow a perfect representation of how 100% of the vote actually comes out as.

Why count anymore? Hell, lets just count the first 50 votes and then call it!

 

[HenryKnoxFineBooks]

We have a shot at Montana and possibly South Dakota, Vermont, Alaska.

And Idaho. One of our best 2008 states.

 

[Tod]

Stream for Paul speaking now?

 

[ohgodno]

Grassroots are like grassrots when so decentralized they do their own things. Hundreds of thousands wasted in crap goods and signs.

In fact sign waves don't get votes, door to door knocking is fast better and the ONLY WAY for us to break down the barriers.

Why would door-to-door knocking do any good?

Why should people trust you, or me when they have their good 'ol pal the TV? "Santorum, conservative alternative" is what they hear daily on the TV. "Ron Paul is a radical left-wing kook" is what they hear on the radio daily.

 

[moonshine5757]

No. The people who gave up and became overly negative then DEVELOPED into trolls. Read my post again.. Read it slowly to be sure not to miss anything.

i read it and it can be viewed as though you are implying the negative comments here tonight are grounds for name calling. such as the use of negative nancys and troll. i don't care for that. that is all

 

[Silverbug1980]

I've come to terms with the thought that as a 32 year old man, the country I loved is pretty well screwed. Rome 2.0. Too many idiots out there gobbling up soundbites with their fast food, sucking at the government teat. If it isn't mindless, full of idiotic aggression, they turn the tv off. Whether it is with their politicians, or entertainment.

 

[bluesc]

+1 million

What is the deal with the campaign now? They were pumping out ads for Iowa all the time. They have nothing now. It's like they gave up after Iowa. Get those dam ads out on both those subjects ASAP.

#1 they have pretty much no money
#2 they are running a boring (for us) delegate game and don't need any ads (or many votes) for that.

 

[tbone717]

Why would door-to-door knocking do any good?

Why should people trust you, or me when they have their good 'ol pal the TV? "Santorum, conservative alternative" is what they hear daily on the TV. "Ron Paul is a radical left-wing kook" is what they hear on the radio daily.

It's a hell of a lot more effective than standing on a street corner waving a sign. That obviously has gotten us nowhere.

 

[JohnGalt1225]

Electability ad.

Yeah kind of hard to play that off when we lose every state.

 

[moonshine5757]

I love how 30% of a counted vote is always somehow a perfect representation of how 100% of the vote actually comes out as.

Why count anymore? Hell, lets just count the first 50 votes and then call it!

why bother every county apparently has santorum fever

 

[SilentBull]

I didn't expect to win anything tonight so I'm actually very happy about getting 2nd in Minnesota. Besides, this could be good for us. Gingrich didn't do so well. He appears to be going down nationally, and Romney looks Vulnerable because of this. This could mean that the voters might start to think that this race isn't over after all, and they could give Paul a second look.

 

[Justinfrom1776]

LMAO @ Romney "rally" on CNN.. there are like 60 people there with 1 guy chanting "Romney, Romney, Romney"

 

[AlienLanes82]

Why would door-to-door knocking do any good?

Why should people trust you, or me when they have their good 'ol pal the TV? "Santorum, conservative alternative" is what they hear daily on the TV. "Ron Paul is a radical left-wing kook" is what they hear on the radio daily.

Well, they might not. Some will dismiss you. But the personal touch is powerful. Someone who is likeable, pleasant, informative, and honest can change long-established beliefs and stereotypes.

 

[KingNothing]

This is feeling more like 2008 every day.

The campaign's focus seems to be on "education," not winning. Maybe they're right. Maybe the US isn't ready to choose liberty yet.

Well, there's no point in winning if you don't have the popular support to make real, lasting changes.

We need to educate, set an example, and win. It's a ridiculously difficult task, and it has to be completed in that order.