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[sailingaway]

I like your optimism, but I just don't see it. If Ron Paul ever won the nomination for something like the U.S. Senate, Governor or President instead of a safe, gerrymandered House seat; it'd be non-stop:

"Ron Paul newsletters"
"Ron Paul has support of neo-nazi website"
"Ron Paul gave speech to John Birch society"
"Ron Paul has appeared multiple times on Alex Jones' show"
"Ron Paul opposes Civil Rights Act"
"Ron Paul voted against the Violence Against Women Act twice"
"Ron Paul is the only no vote on so-and-so"
"Ron Paul hates Israel"
"Ron Paul hates the poor"
"Ron Paul calls for new 9/11 investigation. Truther?"

And the echo chamber would go on and on and on....

Exactly as it is for Rand and Angle. So what else is new?

 

[Xenophage]

I sense a lot of pessimism here. I think Rand Paul is going to win, but I doubt it'll be another Randslide. The money 'blast' wasn't too shabby, really. He's already raised shitloads, and now he's got the main Republican machine working for him too.

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

I love Ron but he is not a good politician

Rand seems to know how to play the game - which some of the hardcore ideologues over in the main forum don't understand. They seem unable to grasp that you can't run as an ideologue and win. The candidate Rand vs. the officeholder Rand are not one in the same

 

[Chieftain1776]

I think it wasn't as big because most of us aren't well heeled donors and have already given a lot thus far. We're not exactly the lawyer/lobbyist set. Also it's June. I posted this Google graph about interest in politics throughout the year in another thread. June is literally the worst month of the year for politics. July and August follow.

The biggest money bomb was late August when we had our pocketbooks fresh and were entering the political season. I'm thinking the best next bomb will be in September... apparently the 17th of that month is Constitution Day. Everyone will be interested and have two and a half months to recover.

But that might be too late for the campaign's taste...

 

[AuH2O]

I'm pretty sure Ron could have won in Nevada or Montana etc statewide if he'd wanted to move for it -- this year.

I BET he could have won in Nevada, this year, instead of Sharon Angle.

No offense, but your unsubstantiated gut feeling which is contrary to all evidence does not make a very compelling argument.

Ron suffers from several electability issues, not least of which is his long and public voting/policy record. What we are seeing with Rand and Angle especially is similar to what we saw with Barack Obama -- the more people learn about how radical a candidate is, the less electable they become. Ron's track record would beleaguer him to no end.

 

[sailingaway]

I sense a lot of pessimism here. I think Rand Paul is going to win, but I doubt it'll be another Randslide. The money 'blast' wasn't too shabby, really. He's already raised shitloads, and now he's got the main Republican machine working for him too.

It was 70,000 more than the last money bomb of the primary, a few weeks after which he rode to victory with a 23 point margin.

 

[sailingaway]

The biggest money bomb was late August when we had our pocketbooks fresh and were entering the political season. I'm thinking the best next bomb will be in September... apparently the 17th of that month is Constitution Day. Everyone will be interested and have two and a half months to recover.

But that might be too late for the campaign's taste...

We can have two, one in mid summer, say end of July, if we find a good date, and then a big one for Constitution Day. They will need a lot for the last month, although they will need a lot before then, as well.

 

[sailingaway]

No offense, but your unsubstantiated gut feeling which is contrary to all evidence does not make a very compelling argument.

Ron suffers from several electability issues, not least of which is his long and public voting/policy record. What we are seeing with Rand and Angle especially is similar to what we saw with Barack Obama -- the more people learn about how radical a candidate is, the less electable they become. Ron's track record would beleaguer him to no end.

He was second in Nevada to Romney, ahead of McCain, even before the economy crashed. Also, the state of Nevada would have voted for him at the RNC had Lowden's lead GOP not fled the state convention to keep his delegates from being elected when they didn't have the votes to recess it, then appointed delegates by conference call. His supporters remained active in the party, and support grew dramatically with the market crash. That is why Lowden lost. If Ron had run for Senate in Nevada, the R3VOLution would have been in full high gear coast to coast, focused on Nevada. I don't think my opinion is baseless.

You are, however, free to hold your own.