There are still nine months left until the general election. This campaign may have started early, but it did not really get into gear until recently. I am not seeing a clear frontrunner among the other three remaining candidates. If this trend continues, it is possible that none of them will get a clear majority of the vote. Then what? The public is fickle, especially when they do not take the time to do any real research into the issues. Who knows what can happen between now and then?
I worked at the polling place for my precinct today. There were a lot of unaffiliated voters. Most of the people we talked to had never heard of Ron Paul, or if they had, they knew next to nothing about him. Most of those people either did not have internet access, or did not use it as a source of news. They learned about the candidates through the mainstream media. We need to keep getting the message out, right until the election in November. We need to reach people through the channels they are familiar with.
I also think that there is something about a person who keeps on plugging along against all odds for a cause that he or she believes in that inspires people to take a closer look. That is something that went through my mind as we stood on the curb in the rain with our signs and Slim Jims today and some people asked if we were getting paid by the campaign.
I am not a quitter, and I hope that most of the people here are not either.
" It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."--Samuel Adams