We Won Washington! And you should all rejoice

[free.alive]

We won 21% (of the preference poll) in precincts where it wouldn't hurt us to be obvious for Ron Paul, or where those who showed up were likely more socially bold enough to either hold their own or build bridges. However, much of the uncommitted vote is ours because some volunteers and staff were telling them to go undeclared if they were unsure or weren't the type to haggle.

how do I know this?? I was intimately involved in all levels of play. We flat out won Spokane and Vancouver and many places we didn't even have meetups! We won tons precincts we weren't expecting to.

But it wasn't easy. Caucuses where we were only expecting a few people to show up had 10, 20, even 30 or more people. And most of the sheeple were out for McCain . In other areas, a whole (very large) family or two would storm a caucus for Huckster.

Our opponents were out in force. We stormed the fucker nonetheless. My estimate us that we have OVER 50% of the delegates. Some are saying as much as 70, but that's pushing it.

About slow vote counting - the problem was turnout. Turnout was far greater than expected. My district leader was expecting to be up much of the evening with his team calculating the results. Later that evening, one county's GOP chair was burning the midnight oil all by himself at his hq tallying results as they came in. He only started after the platform committee meeting. For the most part, WA seems to have solid and fair GOP reps. Some hate us, but they seem honest.



The greatest story of the night - One precinct, which was allotted one delegate to the county convention, had 23 McCain supporters show up, 1 Huckabee, 1 Romney and 1 Paul. The Paul supporter came away with the delegate!


We were organized! The campaign and some hardcore volunteers put together a great (last minute) system of receiving results and were very happy with the returns. Other key volunteers and staff in recent days held several HUGE caucus training events to prepare supporters for what was to come. Many of us knew more about what was happening than our PCO's!

All in all, it was a great result. Yes, it's a shame that we didn't win the media contest- the preference poll - but we'll be putting pressure on staff to get a press release out IMMEDIATELY, as soon as they can be reasonably sure of our total.

There is nothing to complain about here. We have won our first state!

 

[Gadsden Flag]

Hmm, on the radio this morning they said Huckabee 1st, McCain 2nd in Washington.

Unless you have official results to cite, I am more prone to believing what they said .

 

[Brutus]

Great news!

 

[Gadsden Flag]

I just looked at CNN...They have McCain 26, Huckabee 24, Paul 21.

 

[free.alive]

Another two things -

The media is reporting the results they are simply because no one can effectively, concretely know the ACTUAL delegate count. The delegate reports they are issuing are ESTIMATED based on the likely percentage of possible delegates that each candidate won in the precincts. It's good they're even trying that hard to get it right.

What they can't know is that many precincts had supporters of other candidates vastly outnumbering the Paul supporters and we got out people in because they knew better what to expect and were trained on a little strategy. Also, they can't know who those uncommitted delegates support. But as an individual delegate reports back to hq their result, and they say they're officially uncommitted, we can know that many of them actually felt the need to take the suggestion from volunteers and staff that if you can't win, go uncommitted. Some of you seem to be upset about the uncommitted thing, when instead you should be thanking the volunteers and staff who effectively got this across to very nervous first-time caucus goers.

This is a ray of hope. Texas is the next big step. What are the reports from Wisconsin?

 

[free.alive]

Hmm, on the radio this morning they said Huckabee 1st, McCain 2nd in Washington.

Unless you have official results to cite, I am more prone to believing what they said .

Believe what you want. Frown at will. I've always had problems with beliefs, anyway.

What I'm telling you IS NOT speculation. The WA Coordinator is estimating that we got twice the delegates of each of the other candidates. That's staggering. Several of us have seen the reports. We had several staff and volunteers back at hq to take in the results from supporters who were given materials to take down results to report back with. EVERYONE has done a fantastic job!

 

[BIG_J]

Whether or not you won or not. 21% in a preference poll is THE BOMB. Not to mention delegates.

WAY TO GO!!!!

Cheering from Wisconsin!

 

[free.alive]

I just looked at CNN...They have McCain 26, Huckabee 24, Paul 21.

Did you not read my post? Since when is CNN a credible source for news on this campaign. And I explained WHY those are the results they are reporting, anyway. That's the best they can do because they simply CAN'T know anything further - we can!!

 

[free.alive]

So what's the word on Wisconsin??

 

[Estanislao]

Gads Fly - those numbers are from the sign up sheet - and even that they stretch into calling a straw poll.

They actually held an official straw poll on yellow sheets of paper in which Paul won.

Yes the media lies - you're supposedly a senior member, surprised you didn't know that.

 

[jmarinara]

What are the reports from Wisconsin?

Wisconsin is a primary, and we tend to lean left here. I'm not sure if it's winner take all or not, but I don't think it is. IMHO, McCain is going to run away with it, but I think Paul will be stronger than most media types are giving him credit for.

I predict McCain with over 40%, Paul with around 20%, and Huckster with about 18% (only because of northern wisconsin, otherwise Huckster would be an after thought here.) We shall see though.

We've been mobilized here for RP for a while. I remember canvassing actions in Milwaukee County as early as last July. There have been other efforts since. Hopefully it will help.

 

[Estanislao]

hahahahaha, normalize people for Ron Paul, that's funny.

how's that working out for you?

all of those topics are proven, or haven't you heard through the media?
oh, that's right, the media is censoring those topics.

 

[Xenophage]

We won 21% (of the preference poll) in precincts where it wouldn't hurt us to be obvious for Ron Paul, or where those who showed up were likely more socially bold enough to either hold their own or build bridges. However, much of the uncommitted vote is ours because some volunteers and staff were telling them to go undeclared if they were unsure or weren't the type to haggle.

how do I know this?? I was intimately involved in all levels of play. We flat out won Spokane and Vancouver and many places we didn't even have meetups! We won tons precincts we weren't expecting to.

But it wasn't easy. Caucuses where we were only expecting a few people to show up had 10, 20, even 30 or more people. And most of the sheeple were out for McCain . In other areas, a whole (very large) family or two would storm a caucus for Huckster.

Our opponents were out in force. We stormed the fucker nonetheless. My estimate us that we have OVER 50% of the delegates. Some are saying as much as 70, but that's pushing it.

About slow vote counting - the problem was turnout. Turnout was far greater than expected. My district leader was expecting to be up much of the evening with his team calculating the results. Later that evening, one county's GOP chair was burning the midnight oil all by himself at his hq tallying results as they came in. He only started after the platform committee meeting. For the most part, WA seems to have solid and fair GOP reps. Some hate us, but they seem honest.



The greatest story of the night - One precinct, which was allotted one delegate to the county convention, had 23 McCain supporters show up, 1 Huckabee, 1 Romney and 1 Paul. The Paul supporter came away with the delegate!


We were organized! The campaign and some hardcore volunteers put together a great (last minute) system of receiving results and were very happy with the returns. Other key volunteers and staff in recent days held several HUGE caucus training events to prepare supporters for what was to come. Many of us knew more about what was happening than our PCO's!

All in all, it was a great result. Yes, it's a shame that we didn't win the media contest- the preference poll - but we'll be putting pressure on staff to get a press release out IMMEDIATELY, as soon as they can be reasonably sure of our total.

There is nothing to complain about here. We have won our first state!

Thank you for reporting this. I've heard similar things from other people who were directly involved with the Washington campaign, even one report that said it looked like we could have gotten a super majority in the state with over 50% of the delegates.

 

[Soccrmastr]

Thank you for reporting this. I've heard similar things from other people who were directly involved with the Washington campaign, even one report that said it looked like we could have gotten a super majority in the state with over 50% of the delegates.

Looks like good news in Alaska and Washington. Great job guys!

 

[free.alive]

A supermajority IS a possibility.

A note on the county conventions:

Roughly 1/3 will not show up. Statistically that will include Paul voters, but we're playing for keeps here and we're going to get all them out as well, AND we'll pick up a lot of alternates. At the county conventions we'll weed out more people and the pro-Paul delegation will GROW as a percentage of the total delegation. This will continue until we have effectively rooted out all non-Paul supporters and send all 18 delegates to National, plus the 9 pledged delegates from the primary. In a brokered convention we would automatically pick up 9 delegates!

 

[LEK]

Washington did outstanding...this shows the thunder rolling...what a wild election year! Anything can/could happen!

 

[muh_roads]

As your state campaign coordinator points out, your biggest enemy is your own supporters at this point.

Some may let the media influence them that "Ron Paul has already lost". Some delegates for Paul will say to themselves "why bother going to the state conventions"?

Your state campaign HQ still has work to do. Remind the delegates to still go to the convention and give those delegates to Paul. I trust the precinct captains were organized enough to take down personal information and contact info on most of the delegates?

 

[orolonn]

The greatest story of the night - One precinct, which was allotted one delegate to the county convention, had 23 McCain supporters show up, 1 Huckabee, 1 Romney and 1 Paul. The Paul supporter came away with the delegate!

I've never been to a caucus. In fact, until this year, I always thought it was just another name for a primary. :o So I have a question. How if McCain had so many more supporters in the one precinct, did the delegate go to RP?

Way to go on all the hard work put into WA. Sounds like a great caucus.

 

[alarga]

Wisconsin is a primary, and we tend to lean left here. I'm not sure if it's winner take all or not, but I don't think it is. IMHO, McCain is going to run away with it, but I think Paul will be stronger than most media types are giving him credit for.

I predict McCain with over 40%, Paul with around 20%, and Huckster with about 18% (only because of northern wisconsin, otherwise Huckster would be an after thought here.) We shall see though.

IF its a winner take all and IF its like you say about percentages, shouldn't you guys join forces with the Huckster sheeps in order to try to take away the McCain win? He is closing up to the magic number and at this point any and every trick in the book should be applied.

They did this in LA and its only fitting they get a taste of their own tactics. And the Huckster folks made a deal with the RP campaign in some other state recently (forgot which) where Paul got 3 delegates as a reward. This time the tables are turned and since Huck is trying to stay in there, it will be beneficial for him if RP gets most and he gets some token candidates just to block McSwine.

Seriously! Are you guys considering this? Talk with some people in charge, make it happen! I bet you would get extra votes in a joint list just out of protest against the Mac. And some romney votes are bound to shower the anti mccain list also.

SERIOUSLY, please talk to whoever is on top of things before it is too late. These kinds of efforts are the main thing that can stop McCain from getting the magic number and avoiding a brokered convention. And time is on our side, McCains support will decrease if he gets beaten state by state onwards.

 

[Cholo]

^ yes