This Is Where The $12 Million Figure Came From - MEDIA TAKE NOTICE!

[Quantumystic]

This wasn't Trevor's problem. It was Jonathan's. Jonathan should be focused on raising money from the non-net savvy supporters. (e.g., people not this forum) For the most part, the online community has been doing his job and generating a lot of publicity. The online community while disorganized sometimes does a pretty good job of policing themselves. The tea party is a great idea to correspond with a historic event and will generate a lot of publicity. It is quite asinine to think that after raising $4.3MM online you can ask for more within two weeks from the same group of supporters and hope that they have reloaded already. They should be targeting new supporters and understand who their core group of supporters are, everyday Americans. I guess they could sell out to the special interests like all the other politicians and have checks rain down on them, but that's not RP's style and that why we love him.

Agreed.

I think today's effort produced very good results, especially considering the circumstances. And I think Trevor is showing great dedication trying to step up and help fix a problem that was someone else's.

Btw... I hear that both New Hampshire and South Carolina are large "wave" mail-out campaigns blanketing the states. So they're apparently spending goodly sums on trying to reach out to those potential new supporters that aren't particularly "Digital Citizens". Presumably, this is happening in Iowa and Michigan as well.

 

[Midnight77]

Other than Politico, I haven't seen any other articles today on the failure of today's Fundraiser. Most of the Hillary activity seemed to take the political focus off us today. Probably a good thing.

 

[LSUiLike]

Please step back and deflate your egos. If you can't build consensus or at least majority support, the fact is that enough people didn't agree with what YOU think is right. I gave yesterday, but I wasn't planning on it and it's made my budget a little tight.

Your heart is in the right place and we all want Ron Paul to win, but donor fatigue is real. Keep getting the message out and bring new people into the fold, but let's can the ego trip - it makes all of us look worse. The petty squabbling is juvenile.

We have an election to win!

 

[Austin]

Well, most of us here knew that 12 million was not only highly unlikely, it was also completely impossible. I guessed $400,000 to $600,000 and I was right..

There were simply just not enough people backing it. But, it was a success in my eyes.

 

[bobmurph]

Well, most of us here knew that 12 million was not only highly unlikely, it was also completely impossible. I guessed $400,000 to $600,000 and I was right..

There were simply just not enough people backing it. But, it was a success in my eyes.

Nothing is impossible.

 

[koob]

Considering how last-minute this thing was we did great.

 

[USCisCarolina]

According to the actual campaign it seems they were expecting a surge in funds yesterday to the tune of about $300,000 because they knew the number of pledges yesterday. The bomb actually brought in $700,000. So that's an extra $400,000 the campaign didn't expect.


It seems the campaign IS in fact gaining momentum despite the little bit of bad press received about Trevor.

I don't think Trevor's predictions have hurt anything.

 

[Gr8Dalmuti]

I don't think anyone needs to be blamed for helping raise half a million dollars today! I think we did a great job. Aiming high is never a bad thing!

agreed :^)

 

[Gr8Dalmuti]

This wasn't Trevor's problem. It was Jonathan's. Jonathan should be focused on raising money from the non-net savvy supporters. (e.g., people not this forum) For the most part, the online community has been doing his job and generating a lot of publicity. The online community while disorganized sometimes does a pretty good job of policing themselves. The tea party is a great idea to correspond with a historic event and will generate a lot of publicity. It is quite asinine to think that after raising $4.3MM online you can ask for more within two weeks from the same group of supporters and hope that they have reloaded already. They should be targeting new supporters and understand who their core group of supporters are, everyday Americans. I guess they could sell out to the special interests like all the other politicians and have checks rain down on them, but that's not RP's style and that why we love him.

For the record I did give tonight, but I wasn't planning on it.

I concur with your analysis. But thanks for contributing to the cause.

I would have donated, but I'm aleady maxed. I have, however, pledge toward the Ron Paul Blimp. I can't wait until the blimp hits the news.

 

[jjesusfreak01]

To Trevor:

What were you thinking...you helped Ron Paul raise 500,000 in one day, out of the blue, but you had a goal of 2.5 Mil? What a total and complete failure...we only made a little more than twice as much as we had pledges for...which obviously isnt good enough...we need to be making ten times what we have pledges for...j/k...great job, and im looking forward to the 16th, when we have a real money bomb. 17+ million for the quarter...a completely realistic goal...