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TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-22-2010, 10:25 AM
Dude has be str8 up neglected, no banners, and he still hasnt reached the $2 million goal and he's been right there on the edge of it for the entire month.

He already had to return over 100k in donations due to some FEC law.

He has been hitting the pavement in CT for months, now running effective commercials and radio ads, and has begun to pick up Republican Town Committee endorsements. The guy is really trying is easily one of the best liberty candidates currently in the running, if we get this guy in the Senate the would send shockwaves around this country and shake the Republican establishment to it's knees.

He has offered to pitch in 500k of his own money for this month, and match whatever we put in for the May first money bomb. I dont know if you guys dont think he has a chance but the only way he has a chance is if we donate. The Convention is in May and he needs to have momentum going into it so he can get the 15% delegates.

Here is all the info you need to get Schiff in the Senate.


Official Campaign Information:
Campaign Headquarters: 130 Old Gate Lane, Unit A in Milford, CT 06460
Phone: 203-874-6880
Fax: 203-874-6883
Mailing address: PO Box 3647 Milford, CT 06460
Campaign Website: http://schiffforsenate.com/

Grassroots:
Schiff for Senate Grassroots Volunteer and Phone Banking Center: http://wildfire.schiffforsenate.com/
Schiff CT Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/CT-Supports-Peter-Schiff-for-U-S-Senate/
Peter Schiff Was Right Postcards: http://www.tomatobubble.com/schiff.html
May 1st Money Bomb:
http://www.maydaymoneybomb.com/
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=110871482263069&ref=ts

Media and Video:
Youtube Channels:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SchiffforSenate
http://www.youtube.com/user/SchiffReport
http://www.youtube.com/user/CTSchiffSupporter
Peter Schiff's Euro Pacific Capital Media Appearances: http://www.europac.net/video.asp
Wall Street Unspun - Weekly Radio Show: http://www.europac.net/radioshow.asp

Social Networking:
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/PeterSchiff?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/schiffreport
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000138886578&ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24778510485&ref=ts&v=info
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100008544937&ref=ts&v=info
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/peterschiff
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/peterschiffforsenate
Digg: http://digg.com/users/PeterSchiff2010
Delicious: http://delicious.com/peterschiff2010

Miscellaneous:
Donation Tracker: http://schiff.depositwiz.com/
Google Trends: http://www.google.com/trends?q=Peter+Schiff%2C+Linda+McMahon%2C+Rob+Simm ons%2C+Richard+Blumenthal&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
RTC Endorsements: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=237417
Official Book Site: http://www.peterschiffonline.com/
Peter Schiff Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schiff
CT 2010 US Senate Election Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_2010
Major Connecticut Newspaper Coverage:
The Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com/about/hc-contactus,0,6309677.story
The Connecticut Post http://www.ctpost.com/contact
The New Haven Register http://www.nhregister.com/contact/
The Middletown Press http://www.middletownpress.com/contact/
The Register Citizen http://www.registercitizen.com/contact/
The Stamford Advocate http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/contact
Blog Coverage:
The Hartford Courant Capitol Watch http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/
CT News Political Capitol http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/

Important Dates:
2010 Connecticut Republican State Convention: Hartford on May 21 and May 22
2010 Connecticut Republican Primary: August 10
2010 Connecticut Midterm General Election: November 2

General FAQ:
Q: Can I donate to the Schiff for Senate campaign if I am not from the United States?
A: No, you must be a US citizen over the age of 18 to donate to the campaign. You may however volunteer for the campaign at any age and regardless of your nationality.

Q: What is the maximum amount I am allowed to donate to the Schiff for Senate campaign?
A: All donations are accepted up to $2,400 per individual for the primary election and an additional $2,400 per individual for the general election. Therefore, if Peter Schiff becomes the Republican candidate in the November 2 general election individuals will be allowed to donate an additional $2,400 to the campaign if they had already reached the maximum donation limit of $2,400 from before the primary.

Q: How can I contact Connecticut voters to encourage them to vote for Peter Schiff?
A: You can create an account with the official grassroots volunteer center at http://wildfire.schiffforsenate.com/ and begin phone banking immediately. Instructions are provided on the site. You may call voters regardless of your age or citizenship. Once you complete an initial 10 calls, you may request more by contacting the campaign. Please be mindful of the time at which you are calling, be polite, and thank them for their time. Remember, how you act on the phone will influence their perception of the campaign, so be professional.

Q: How many delegate votes does Peter Schiff need at the May 21 Connecticut Republican State Convention to get on the August 10 primary?
A: Candidates need 15% of the delegates' votes to automatically be on the primary ballot. If a candidate does not secure 15% of the votes at the convention, they can petition to be on the primary ballot by collecting 8,500 signatures from registered Republicans in Connecticut. If a candidate gets 50% of the delegates' votes they win the party's official endorsement. However, it is possible for another candidate to also get 15% of the vote, resulting in a primary. If any candidate gets 85% of the delegates' votes there is no primary unless 8,500 petition signatures are collected for another candidate.

Q: Who are convention delegates?
A: Delegates vote in the state convention nomination process to decide who qualifies for the party primary ballot and general election party endorsement. To become a delegate you must be selected by your Republican Town Committee, which you can join as a registered Republican. Each town committee is allocated a number of delegates depending on the number of registered Republicans in that town. Usually Republican Town Committees select members of their own committees to serve as delegates and alternates to the convention. Elected Republican officials such as the governor, mayors, members of the Connecticut House and Senate as well as the US House and Senate automatically are qualified as delegates. The state Republican Central Committee chairperson and members are also automatically qualified as delegates, but the vast majority of the approximately 1,600 delegates are selected by each individual Republican Town Committee.

Q: Can I vote for Peter Schiff in the August 10 Republican Primary if I am not a registered Republican?
A: No, you must be a registered Republican in the state of Connecticut to vote in the Primary and over the age of 18 at the time of the general election on November 2 (so you must be born before November 3, 1992).

Q: When is the deadline to register as Republican to participate in the August 10 Republican Primary?
A: The deadlines to register as Republican are August 5 by mail and August 9, 12 Noon in person at your town or city's registrar's office.

Q: Who are Peter Schiff's opponents?
A: Peter Schiff is running against:
Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment - Republican Opponent in the August 10 Primary
Rob Simmons, former three-term Connecticut 2nd District US Congressman, former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, former CIA officer, and Vietnam Army Veteran - Republican Opponent in the August 10 Primary
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Attorney General, former Connecticut State Senator, former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, former US Attorney for the State of Connecticut - Democrat Opponent in the November 2 General Election

itshappening
04-22-2010, 10:28 AM
Schiff needs to work harder, his in third place in the GOP primary polls. he has time to make it up but his contributions will suffer unless he can show progress !

Also, he faces someone who has him beat by over 30 points in match ups, which is why all our eggs are in the Rand Paul basket and Hostettler in indiana who can beat the democRAT

Maybe Peter will get more attention after May 18th

MRoCkEd
04-22-2010, 10:28 AM
There's no way that ticker is right...

He needs to get it working in realtime if he wants significant funds to come in.

But yeah, we can focus on Peter after today.

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-22-2010, 10:31 AM
Schiff needs to work harder

Well how is he supposed to work harder when a grassroots effort that basically drafted him into running has basically abandoned him now that his in the race? It costs money ...Linda McMahon as self donated 15 million dollars and his flooding the airwaves, Schiff is doing that too but that costs millions of dollars.

My thing is why did we push him to run if we werent going to put 100% of our support behind him once he decided?

The guy in on the trail everyday, new town committee meeting videos hit the tube every night, he is hitting meet and greats, colleges, he was the only candidate to go to 3 Tea Parties on April 15th. He is doing his job and we need to do ours.

itshappening
04-22-2010, 10:34 AM
Well how is he supposed to work harder when a grassroots effort that basically drafted him into running has basically abandoned him now that his in the race? It costs money ...Linda McMahon as self donated 15 million dollars and his flooding the airwaves, Schiff is doing that too but that costs millions of dollars.

My thing is why did we push him to run if we werent going to put 100% of our support behind him once he decided?

The guy in on the trail everyday, new town committee meeting videos hit the tube every night, he is hitting meet and greats, colleges, he was the only candidate to go to 3 Tea Parties on April 15th. He is doing his job and we need to do ours.

people wont invest unless he has a more realistic shot, that is the problem for him: being third in primary polls and being beaten 30 points by that slimey bastard AG

If Dodd was still running he'd be getting a lot more but that's the way it is

the good news is his primary is in August so lots of time still !

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-22-2010, 10:45 AM
people wont invest unless he has a more realistic shot, that is the problem for him: being third in primary polls and being beaten 30 points by that slimey bastard AG

If Dodd was still running he'd be getting a lot more but that's the way it is

the good news is his primary is in August so lots of time still !


Damn shame.

How does he not have a realistic shot if he is still running. Im sure Peter would much rather not be running for Senate, so Im sure if he realized is effort was pointless he would quit the campaign, but he hasnt...the fact that he is still working it should tell you that he see something that we dont.

Jeremy
04-22-2010, 10:49 AM
Gage made banners. I'll post them in the Schiff board.

Edit: Yeah, I wish people would watch the RTC videos more because you just watch them and think how could he lose?

Ireland4Liberty
04-22-2010, 10:53 AM
Damn shame.

How does he not have a realistic shot if he is still running. Im sure Peter would much rather not be running for Senate, so Im sure if he realized is effort was pointless he would quit the campaign, but he hasnt...the fact that he is still working it should tell you that he see something that we dont.

Here here .. Schiff is by far the best candidate. I see him better than rand. His economic knowledge is invaluable, especially now.

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-22-2010, 12:32 PM
bump !!

dannno
04-22-2010, 12:41 PM
Schiff will do a much better job educating the other senators than Rand. Rand by himself will be less effective, but Rand will be MUCH MORE effective if Schiff is there with him.

Odin
04-22-2010, 12:45 PM
Here here .. Schiff is by far the best candidate. I see him better than rand. His economic knowledge is invaluable, especially now.

+1, Schiff is the one I want most in the senate.

However I wish Hostettler could get a little more support today, it won't take much for him to win that primary and it's coming up really soon. It's a shame that it seems to be bad timing with 3 moneybombs so close together.

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-22-2010, 12:52 PM
Just got this email from the campaign.


Hello Everybody,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for the generous support you've shown our campaign. I would not be in this race today without you!

As you know, the political pundits have claimed since I announced my candidacy for the U.S. Senate nearly six months ago that I cannot win. And despite the recent momentum of our campaign, those same political insiders insist that I am too unknown and don't have the wherewithal to defeat my primary opponents.

But here I am. I have a strong campaign team in place and my support continues to grow each day. I'm not one to shy away from a challenge, and I look forward to proving the naysayers wrong.

Will you help me? Let's show the experts that Americans are ready for a candidate who speaks the truth, stands for liberty and fights to uphold the Constitution. And let's start by flooding the Connecticut airwaves with our message.

I am asking you as one of my strongest supporters to join me in a $500,000 challenge. I recently donated $500,000 of my own money to bolster our campaign's funding, but with my opponents self-financing their campaigns, I need your financial assistance. If you help match my contribution before the end of April, including the May Day Money Bomb, I pledge to match all contributions that exceed my $500,000 dollar for dollar.

Polls show that we have a winning message - the key is keeping it on the airwaves. Unfortunately, TV media buys do not come cheap, especially in the Connecticut market. Will you help our campaign fund TV ads now through the Republican Primary? Not winning this primary for lack of funding is a cop out, so follow this link right now to help us get on the air.

Can I count on you?

Together we have worked to gain significant momentum in this race. And together we can turn this momentum into a real victory in the primary and eventually on Election Day. But these next four months leading up to the Republican Primary will require a lot more hard work and dedication.

That's why I hope I can count on you to join our campaign's $500,000 challenge by following this link today and making the most generous contribution you can before April is over.

Again, thank you for all you have done thus far. Here's to making me match you dollar for dollar!


Peter Schiff

P.S. Help our campaign raise $500,000 before the end of April and our May Day Money Bomb and I'll match every dollar that exceeds $500,000 dollar for dollar. Please follow this link right away to make your contribution today.


Come on folks, I will put in 250 on May 1.....but if we can get 5000 people to donate 100 bucks, thats 500k right there, and any extra Peter will match.....that would put it at 1 million + in one month if you include Peter's contributions. We can do this folks there is no excuse. Peter could flood the radio and airwaves if we follow through with this.

FSP-Rebel
04-22-2010, 12:52 PM
When we drafted Schiff to run, we had to know that it wouldn't be a cakewalk. So, going in we knew it would take loads of money even if we were only going up against Simmons. We can't hang Schiff out to dry, so it's time that we gave him some major financial attention. Schiff, more than anyone, has helped build strength for Ron Paul's economic views on primetime. Nothing against Rand but I get way more excited when I watch Schiff speak, he never beats around the bush. Rand has plenty of money to win his primary and the Kentucky grassroots can handle the in-state campaigning. It's Schiff time now.

Schiff's site definitely needs a real time money tracker tho.

AuH20
04-22-2010, 12:55 PM
Just got this email from the campaign.




Come on folks, I will put in 250 on May 1.....but if we can get 500 people to donate 100 bucks, thats 500k right there, and any extra Peter will match.....that would put it at 1 million + in one month if you include Peter's contributions. We can do this folks there is no excuse. Peter could flood the radio and airwaves if we follow through with this.

I'll donate but right now I'm focused on Hostettler.

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-22-2010, 12:56 PM
I'll donate but right now I'm focused on Hostettler.

Thats what Im saying,....today its all about Hostettler, but after today we need to push it for May 1.

dwboyer
04-22-2010, 06:53 PM
bumpity bump

dwboyer
04-22-2010, 06:55 PM
Ok people lets get this guy 25k so he can be at a cool 2 Mill

speciallyblend
04-22-2010, 07:00 PM
multi-tasking is what Ron paul supporters do best!!! look ma chewing gum and walking at the sametime:)

AlexMerced
04-22-2010, 07:20 PM
I already posted on the schiff board how everyone can maximize my donation to schiff.

Schiff is the best guy we got, period.

sofia
04-22-2010, 07:26 PM
mail out schiff postcards too...

www.tomatobubble.com/schiff.html

Young Paleocon
04-22-2010, 07:47 PM
bump to the 'nth degree

dr. hfn
04-22-2010, 07:55 PM
yes

Kotin
04-22-2010, 08:00 PM
BUMP FOR FUCKS SAKE!



this is too important.

Don't Tread on Mike
04-22-2010, 08:38 PM
yea, this is getting ridiculous. Schiff's subforum has been a ghost town for the past few weeks.

tnvoter
04-22-2010, 09:32 PM
Schiff will do a much better job educating the other senators than Rand. Rand by himself will be less effective, but Rand will be MUCH MORE effective if Schiff is there with him.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

driege
04-22-2010, 09:32 PM
Just donated - BUMP

low preference guy
04-22-2010, 09:54 PM
Schiff needs to work harder, his in third place in the GOP primary polls. he has time to make it up but his contributions will suffer unless he can show progress !

Also, he faces someone who has him beat by over 30 points in match ups, which is why all our eggs are in the Rand Paul basket and Hostettler in indiana who can beat the democRAT

Maybe Peter will get more attention after May 18th

It seems itshappenning didn't read the OP.

low preference guy
04-22-2010, 09:55 PM
duplicate

Stary Hickory
04-22-2010, 10:11 PM
Lots of people here starting calling him a neocon and stared bashing him...which was kinda ridiculous. That's when his momentum was really hurt. All i can say is good luck if you think you can do better than Schiff. He is a serious liberty candidate right there....and people decided to turn their backs on him.

I have been giving money, but it kinda sucks when it seems people don't care.

Bergie Bergeron
04-22-2010, 10:17 PM
I think most people don't care because Peter has a lot of money (obviously less than his opponents) and we haven't really seen him do much with it.

Jordan
04-22-2010, 10:25 PM
Schiff will do a much better job educating the other senators than Rand. Rand by himself will be less effective, but Rand will be MUCH MORE effective if Schiff is there with him.

Schiff's support will go up substantially after Rand wins the primary. If Rand loses his primary, there isn't a chance in hell Schiff will get nearly as much LibertyMoney (Yeah, I coined that. And yes, the pun was intended :P ).

Schiff's subforum is a ghost town because we don't see nearly as much from Schiff's campaign on this board as we do from Rand. Rand has staffers here, we know what is going on 24/7 and his primary is just a few weeks away. I'm sure the Schiff interest will only rise when Rand wins.

Endorsements make a difference too. I get an air from Schiff that he's going to do this "my way or the highway" kind of campaign, not seek endorsements from the establishment, and not at all smooth his message to reach voters. We don't need education campaigns, we need victorious campaigns. Just my opinion as a donor, I'd rather see someone campaign to win than campaign to educate.

WorldonaString
04-22-2010, 10:30 PM
Schiff is my favorite candidate. I'll be donating! Hope to see a banner on here for him soon. Lets get to work introducing Peter to the rest of CT!

Kotin
04-23-2010, 02:05 AM
a year or two ago.. Peter Schiff as a Senate candidate was a pipe dream we all shared..



its strange how fickle people can be.

tpreitzel
04-23-2010, 02:12 AM
a year or two ago.. Peter Schiff as a Senate candidate was a pipe dream we all shared..



its strange how fickle people can be.
Personally, raising nearly $2M can't be considered abandonment by any stretch. I'm as committed to helping Peter as ever. Will Peter get more than $3M from the grassroots during his campaign? Probably not, but $3M isn't chicken feed. Let's simply continue working and spreading the world of Peter's campaign at outlets other than RPFs and the results will care for themselves. If 10,000 people donated just $50 per QUARTER to Peter's campaign, he'd collect $500k per QUARTER which certainly isn't abandonment. Will that rate be enough to win? Probably not, but his campaign needs to find local sources of funding within the GOP establishment of Connecticut within a couple of months. Can we still help Peter in the meantime? Sure and we will.

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-23-2010, 08:58 AM
Still no banner up.

smfh :confused:

MRoCkEd
04-23-2010, 09:05 AM
Schiff's support will go up substantially after Rand wins the primary. If Rand loses his primary, there isn't a chance in hell Schiff will get nearly as much LibertyMoney (Yeah, I coined that. And yes, the pun was intended :P ).

Schiff's subforum is a ghost town because we don't see nearly as much from Schiff's campaign on this board as we do from Rand. Rand has staffers here, we know what is going on 24/7 and his primary is just a few weeks away. I'm sure the Schiff interest will only rise when Rand wins.

Endorsements make a difference too. I get an air from Schiff that he's going to do this "my way or the highway" kind of campaign, not seek endorsements from the establishment, and not at all smooth his message to reach voters. We don't need education campaigns, we need victorious campaigns. Just my opinion as a donor, I'd rather see someone campaign to win than campaign to educate.
Good points.. If Rand Paul doesn't win despite being 15 points ahead weeks out and having such notable endorsements, I doubt anyone will be motivated to help Schiff in his very uphill battle against a billionaire and a popular attorney general in a liberal state.

If he does win, however, I expect Schiff to get a huge boost.

Hopefully some new poll numbers come out soon for Peter, because people are more likely to donate if they see him moving closer to victory.

WorldonaString
04-23-2010, 11:40 AM
Is it simply because we need someone to design the banner?

driege
04-23-2010, 12:24 PM
Is it simply because we need someone to design the banner?

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8043/maydaybannersm.jpg

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-23-2010, 12:38 PM
Is it simply because we need someone to design the banner?

http://cosmic-flight.com/maydaybanner.jpg

http://cosmic-flight.com/maydaybannersm.jpg

http://cosmic-flight.com/maydayav.jpg

http://cosmic-flight.com/maydayav2.jpg

http://cosmic-flight.com/maydayav3.jpg

http://www.maydaymoneybomb.com/

driege
04-23-2010, 02:24 PM
I updated it to be the right size for the ads on this forum - 265 x 75 pixels:

http://i39.tinypic.com/6nvatk.jpg

What do we need to do to get it posted up top? There's a free spot for it right now!

Au-H2O
04-23-2010, 07:21 PM
I like Rand a lot, but I think Peter Schiff is the best liberty candidate out there.

low preference guy
04-23-2010, 07:39 PM
I like Rand a lot, but I think Peter Schiff is the best liberty candidate out there.

Who cares? We want them both to win. A Rand win will energize the movement and make a Schiff win more likely.

Wondering about the many angels can dance in the head of a pin is a waste of time.

TheBlackPeterSchiff
04-23-2010, 08:38 PM
And still no banner...jeez :confused:

who runs this site?

MRoCkEd
04-23-2010, 08:40 PM
And still no banner...jeez :confused:

who runs this site?
JoshLowry