Personally I didn't think this one was going to go over 500k because we just had a successful moneybomb a few weeks ago so I think it is going pretty darn good.
I think a lot of people are just tapped. I know I am. While I did donate, it was nearly what I've donated before. I just didn't have the extra send this time around.
Just wondering....
It's not looking like we will break 1 Mil...
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We haven´t promoted it well enoug and the NAYSAYERS will destroy every activism....
I don't know what you're talking about regarding the debates. I've watched every single debate from 2007 until now and Ron Paul has been saying the exact same things. The problem is that he is getting very LITTLE TIME in the debates to talk, and the time he does get to talk, he's not asked any real questions!The reason the money bombs aren't doing as well are two fold. One, Ron Paul hasn't hit any home runs in the debates. There are a lot of reasons for this, but it doesn't help that everyone is copying him. Ultimately he has to be the one to call people out and be brutally brunt. I realise this isn't his style, but it's do or die. Ron Paul needs to realize the urgency of him getting elected. I honestly don't believe any of the other candidates will repeal Obama Care and he has the most knowledge about the economy. He needs to focus on the importance of these two issues. The man is a doctor, an Austrian free market economist and a former Air Force Officer. These should all be no brainers for him, but he has failed to deliver because others are copying him, thus degrading his ability to stand out from the crowd. I hate to say it, but he does look like the crazy uncle a lot of times right now. He really needs to have some key points that he says no matter what each time he's asked a question. I think it would help if he always threw in something about the economy no matter what question he's asked.
The other problem is simply the grassroots. We aren't being aggressive enough and quite frankly I don't think you'll supporters coming out of the woodworks to donate their money until RP addresses my first point. Somehow, he has to figure out what's wrong. It's like he expects people to know his stance on issues since he ran in 2007. People who saw then might know who he is, but for most, they have no clue. He needs to talk like people are hearing him for the first time. I'm digressing though. We need to have viral marketing to go out on the internet. The "V for Vendetta" video was great last time, but we've had nothing of the sort this time.
To the OP I don't think the 'superpac' setting its moneybomb for two days after Ron's kick off money bomb and in the middle of his end of quarter push helped. They are advertising THAT as the big one and NOT saying for those who maxxed out already. I think people who don't monitor it may be confused. Meanwhile Ron needs the money for his end of quarter numbers.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we have a month to promote this? How much time do we need?
And you act like 650/700 is a bad thing?!!! Santorum would jump ship and promote gay marriage to have 600k in his bank account this quarter.
People didn´t do the job. I don´t know how much we need, why you ask me ?
But naysayers could shut up and let people do what they want to promote these MB´s!
Didn't Paul get at least 1 million total votes in the 08 primaries?
Now we all know that his base of supporters has grown, so I'd assume he has at least a couple million supporters. Probably more, but lets just say its 2 million.
Of those 2 million, less than 15,000 have donated for the money bomb. This is much less 1%, and I have a feeling 2 million is a low estimate? If everyone gave just $5, we'd have ourselves a massive $10,000,000. I know some people are literally broke, but the overwhelming majority of Americans have $5 or more to spare, right?
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