What is the WINNING strategy?

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We are at 7-9% (by the most recent polls). What is our strategy to win from now to the primaries in JANUARY?

Recently (as a few of you may have noticed) Mike Huckabee has jumped far in the polls. Likewise, wiith a 'top tier' status comes dirt digging that we are witnessing. Apparently he gives not only illegals amnesty, but rapists as well. Is our chance coming up to blitz for the lead?

We have the support, we have the money. Is our strategy to bombard the public soon about Ron Paul. More commercials, more phone calls (I live in Wisconsin and I received a very pleasant one from Mrs. Paul), does this translate into more support?

What is your winning plan to win this one (for liberty)
 
Our current support is narrow and deep, but not broad enough to win... so how do we broaden the support without losing the deep support?

One thought is to begin to harvest some (not all) of the pro-war vote. Here's how to sow the seeds:

Ron won't become president until Jan. 2009. When he orders an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, it will take some time... perhaps 3-4 months, maybe as long as 6 months (I've seen articles in IT tech magazines claiming it would take years to tear down the IT infrastructure that we've put in over there)... so the pitch to the pro-war folks is to ask them when did they expect to withdraw?

Some of them (not all) expected to be out of Iraq by mid-2009, and we should be able to defuse the war issue for them, and pitch Ron's excellent record on the other conservative issues where they agree with him.
 
The pro-war people WANT to stay in Iraq far....FAR past 2009. I'm not sure what criteria they have established that would constitute a "Victory in Iraq" (didn't we already accomplish the mission back in ....MAY of 2003?) but seeing that alot of them also wants to go into Iran....well I just don't think that will convince them. Their whole belief seems to be fundamentally opposite of the non-interventionist policy.

What we need to do is focus more on domestic issues. Everyone has very solid views on where they stand with respect to Iraq...they've had 4 years to make up their mind. It'll be hard to change their minds now.
 
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Only about 6% of Republicans bothered to vote in the 2004 primaries. If just a fraction of Paul's energetic supporters vote, we win in a landslide.

We will win by making Dec. 16th a record breaking fund raising day.

We will win by continuing our grassroots campaign and relying on our army of volunteers.

We will win by spending some of the huge campaign war chest on TV, radio, and direct mail.

We will win because 53% of Iowa Republicans want us out of Iraq within 6 months

We will win because the polling methodology is flawed. If you didn't vote in the 2004 primary, your voice is not counted in polls.

We will win because there is evidence pollsters are systematically trying to leave Paul out of polls.

We will win because the power of our message is exactly what we need. People want change.

We will win because no army can stop an idea whose time has come.
 
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There are some pro-war people who were against the war to begin with, but then currently support the war because they think we should finish what we started. They are not rabidly pro-war like the neo-cons. It's that non neo-con population of pro-war folk who can be moved to our camp. I don't know how large that group is, but as Iraq drags on and on, it surely will grow.

Also many local Republicans want the war to go away as an issue because it hurts their chances locally.... i.e. the Iraq war has tremendously damaged the Republican 'brand'.
 
I say, stay the course. We are gaining momentum and the campaign is now spending to reach a broader base.
 
curtisag said:
Only about 6% of Republicans bothered to vote in the 2004 primaries. If just a fraction of Paul's energetic supporters vote, we win in a landslide.
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2004 was an incumbant year during the primaries... why would anyone vote?
 
curtisag said:
Only about 6% of Republicans bothered to vote in the 2004 primaries. If just a fraction of Paul's energetic supporters vote, we win in a landslide.

We will win by making Dec. 16th a record breaking fund raising day.

We will win by continuing our grassroots campaign and relying on our army of volunteers.

We will win by spending some of the huge campaign war chest on TV, radio, and direct mail.

We will win because 53% of Iowa Republicans want us out of Iraq within 6 months

We will win because the polling methodology is flawed. If you didn't vote in the 2004 primary, your voice is not counted in polls.

We will win because there is evidence pollsters are systematically trying to leave Paul out of polls.

We will win because the power of our message is exactly what we need. People want change.

We will win because no army can stop an idea whose time has come.
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...add paper balloting to that and i agree, we got a shot.
 
The key I think is exposing the bias against him (Hannity's reaction to post debate polls is a good example), and contrasting that with his overall honesty and the way he sticks to his principles, in addition to capturing all the Republican antiwar vote that's possible. This isn't that hard to do with Youtube videos but the challenging thing is doing this on a grassroots level, exposing those that rely on mainstream media.
 
It's purely a numbers game at this point. In anything that we do, we must be converting people into RP supporters.
 
Winning strategy:

-HEAVY letter writing to IA and NH between now and ~Dec 20th, then jump on SC.

-Earth-shattering Dec 16th.

-Ramp-up the door-knocking, booth-staffing, and sign action all over the country after we've got the IA and NH letter writing behind us and a Dec 16th fresh in people's minds. Carry this all the way though the primaries.
 
Voter turnout. It's really as simple as that.

We're going to surprise in Iowa. And we're going to use that to place well in NH.

But everyone has to keep pulling in the same direction between now and then.

Fund raising, and getting people to change their party affiliation (as necessary), completing delegate slates, and signing them up with the official campaign so that they get turned out to vote.

We're purposely under the radar, and we're going to surprise a lot of people who rely on the polls for predictions.

Watch the video in my signature, and make sure you sign up on ronpaul2008.com as a volunteer so you can get more details.
 
rasheedwallace said:
...add paper balloting to that and i agree, we got a shot.
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Yes, I agree on the paper balloting.

Can anyone tell me why Huckabee shot so high in the polls in Iowa?

Do you think it was a combination of Romney not looking so great in the debates and Huckabee seeming to look as though he is handling the debates well?
 
ASayre said:
Oh, and one more thing I forgot:

The media coverage when the FEC reports are filed and the campaign 'officially' announces the Q4 totals - out raising all the other GOP Candidates.

(remember the coverage when Q3 numbers came out when he only had 5 mil? Imagine when he has 16-20 mil, and is the front runner in donations!)
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That information will be released just in time RIGHT BEFORE the Iowa Caucus too :D
Let's hope for a lot of momentum!
 
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