BillyDkid
10-08-2007, 06:45 AM
By not having had an early presence in NH and IA and with the early closing of the registration window we have lost all of those independent and Democratic voters we might have had for the primary that might well have swung the primaries in those states to Ron Paul. The same thing has happened in NY. Which leaves us in a position where we have to convince pre-existing Republicans that RP is worth supporting. One would like to think that there are enough disgruntled Republicans that we can make a serious impact, but I worry. Particularly with someone like Huckabee eclipsing us. Are there enough of these sorts of Republicans in these states? One reality that has to be faced is that the die hards at the center of the party will never support Ron Paul. He is like poison to them. I guess all I am saying is that we are faced with an extremely tough row to hoe which would have been made phenonmenally easier if there had been an early presence in these states.
I know since I live here there has been no presence whatsoever in NY. The campaign had to know that the only way RP can hope to capture the nomination is to have reached those independent minded voters that the polls do not reach. Did we do that? I know we didn't in NY. I pray to god we did not miss the opportunity we had. I realize that Ron Paul believes that his message of genuine conservatism will resonate with the country and it certainly does - we have proved that, but it does not with the typical Republican primary voter. These people are not conservatives in their hearts - they support authoritarian, militaristic big government and view dissent as unpatriotic. I just hope there are enough unaccounted for and disenchanted Republicans to make a difference.
I don't write this to bum anybody out. I have supported RP for years and will hang in to the bitter end, but we knew going into this that the game is fixed and our only hope lay in outsmarting them. Did we do that? It doesn't look like it to me. Someone please tell me I am mistaken about all of this.
I know since I live here there has been no presence whatsoever in NY. The campaign had to know that the only way RP can hope to capture the nomination is to have reached those independent minded voters that the polls do not reach. Did we do that? I know we didn't in NY. I pray to god we did not miss the opportunity we had. I realize that Ron Paul believes that his message of genuine conservatism will resonate with the country and it certainly does - we have proved that, but it does not with the typical Republican primary voter. These people are not conservatives in their hearts - they support authoritarian, militaristic big government and view dissent as unpatriotic. I just hope there are enough unaccounted for and disenchanted Republicans to make a difference.
I don't write this to bum anybody out. I have supported RP for years and will hang in to the bitter end, but we knew going into this that the game is fixed and our only hope lay in outsmarting them. Did we do that? It doesn't look like it to me. Someone please tell me I am mistaken about all of this.