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Sematary
10-24-2007, 07:29 AM
If you look at his site, he has now raised over $400k this month. For someone that many of us thought was down and out, that's a pretty impressive showing and it wasn't that long ago that WE thought that was a good month.
kylejack
10-24-2007, 07:30 AM
If you look at his site, he has now raised over $400k this month. For someone that many of us thought was down and out, that's a pretty impressive showing and it wasn't that long ago that WE thought that was a good month.
Yeah, we discovered a pretty awesome tool and now Huckabee is copying us. Keep in mind he has an extra $200K on top of that, collected before he started the graph. It really sucks, and I'm hoping this is just mostly evangelical money that will run out soon. We'll see.
steph3n
10-24-2007, 07:30 AM
seriosuly, stop opening topics on this here. We have discussed it so much and it has nothing at all to do with grassroots, in general politics, fine.....
Sematary
10-24-2007, 07:31 AM
On a side note, I have noticed a trend amongst the neocons that inhabit that other board I like to harass them on, that Huckabee is being raised as a viable alternative to Guilmcromneycain.
Sematary
10-24-2007, 07:32 AM
seriosuly, stop opening topics on this here. We have discussed it so much and it has nothing at all to do with grassroots, in general politics, fine.....

It has EVERYTHING to do with grassroots because we have to figure out how/if we can combat this.
NinjaPirate
10-24-2007, 07:36 AM
As you can see from past Values Voters debates, Paul is having a hard time connecting with these diehard bible thumpers. Huckabee doesn't have a hard time pandering to this group for obvious reasons. He is their poster child.
steph3n
10-24-2007, 07:37 AM
Huckabee is nothing but a big government "i've changed" flip-flopper like the others he won't even be on the ballot in most states.
Brutus
10-24-2007, 07:38 AM
We combat them by pulling more people to our side.
NinjaPirate
10-24-2007, 07:39 AM
But most of them are pro-war. :/
Johnnybags
10-24-2007, 07:40 AM
They want him to pull Romney down in Iowa so they sent him some dough, its all to protect Ghouls. It was predicted by Buchanan. Send a couple mil to your firends. Huckabee is a Ghould friend.
vauge
10-24-2007, 07:43 AM
I am a recent Huck convert because I now believe Dr Paul will indeed win.

He doesn't have a hard time connecting with us at all.

Consistency is key - RP is only candidate that has it and that will bring more over in droves when they see the message...
Bruehound
10-24-2007, 07:43 AM
He's running a vanity campaign. You can only capitalize on early momentum if you have a national organization and can run delegates state by state.

Here in delegate rich Illinois we are halfway through our ballot access petition period and Huck doesn't have a single delegate circulating petitions.

He is running for VP or a cabinet post.
alien
10-24-2007, 07:44 AM
On a side note, I have noticed a trend amongst the neocons that inhabit that other board I like to harass them on, that Huckabee is being raised as a viable alternative to Guilmcromneycain.

Frudy McRomney haaaaaaaaaaa:D
wgadget
10-24-2007, 07:45 AM
Did anyone notice that no one ever asks Huckabee about illegal immigration?

His record is dismal...unless you ARE an illegal alien.

Fortunately, that topic has been in the news the past couple of days, with aspects of the Dream Act being voted on today.
skilt
10-24-2007, 07:52 AM
It is important to know the opposition so we can appropriately contrast Dr. Paul to them, but don't worry about his success. We need to worry about what we need to do and execute it with a sense of urgency to get over the hump. We can't play scared thinking about some elses campaign. The cream rises and all Huckabee has for ideas is milk curds.

sk
KewlRonduderules
10-24-2007, 08:00 AM
Well, there was a backlash last night on msnbc because of his statement about the signers of the Constitution being clergymen. Now, I see this today:

http://digg.com/politics/1_out_of_56_is_not_most
freelance
10-24-2007, 08:05 AM
Does anyone who is scared of Huckabee not realize that not every voter out there is up for his grabbing or pro-war? I'm telling ya--use your time, resources and efforts efficiently. PICK THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT! Leave the rest for now.

20% of your efforts will net 80% of your gains!
jmdrake
10-24-2007, 08:10 AM
It has EVERYTHING to do with grassroots because we have to figure out how/if we can combat this.

Ummmm.....why? You can't "combat" someone else's fund raising nor should you. If you want to educate people about Hucksters record that's one thing. But how much energy should be spent on that? The top targets are Giuliani, Romney and Thompson. (Fred since Tommy has thankfully dropped out). Even McCain is really a has been though he doesn't know it yet. Huckster raised 400K in a month? We did that in THREE DAYS! Huckster has a name recognition problem just like Paul. If we treat him like a "threat" all we do is raise his profile. It's the Giuliani, Romney, Thompson (and even Clinton) voters that I'm after.

Regards,

John M. Drake
Sematary
10-24-2007, 08:34 AM
I am a recent Huck convert because I now believe Dr Paul will indeed win.

He doesn't have a hard time connecting with us at all.

Consistency is key - RP is only candidate that has it and that will bring more over in droves when they see the message...

Are you posting on any Huckabee forums?
Bradley in DC
10-24-2007, 08:37 AM
Huckabee is NOT part of the Ron Paul Grassroots. Please post threads on other candidates in general politics or not at all. :mad:

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Bradley in DC
10-24-2007, 08:38 AM
It has EVERYTHING to do with grassroots because we have to figure out how/if we can combat this.

NO, it goes in the general politics section. Huckabee is not part of our grassroots. :rolleyes:
njandrewg
10-24-2007, 09:15 AM
a) I track Huckabee's performance, and that rise to 450K includes the whole month.(yes that includes the $200K initial goal)
b) I agree with the rest, he is not a threat to us...he is a threat to the neocons, and will pull off some of the religious right pro-war vote from other campaigns.
c) He is not a viable candidate, he'll only do well in Iowa, then will get slaughtered in NH, he is a one state candidate, and is only vying for the VP spot. He is the biggest threat to Romney, because his win in Iowa will annhilate him.
d) He is not a grassroots candidate...all of his money came due to the positive coverage from the Values Voters Forum(gee a preacher won it...shocking), and the "win" in the the debate. ITs all hype at this point, just like his 2nd place finish in Iowa straw poll
werdd
10-24-2007, 10:52 AM
i cant beleive a person with the lastname huckabee is a threat.
kylejack
10-24-2007, 10:54 AM
a) I track Huckabee's performance, and that rise to 450K includes the whole month.(yes that includes the $200K initial goal)
He raised $200K before the initial goal. The counter started on 10/17.
Daveforliberty
10-24-2007, 11:21 AM
Huck's website clearly says the $200K was a 15 day goal, ending October 31. This means he could raise nearly $1M this month, and is on the upswing. During some stretches of time, Huck is outraising us. During other stretches we are outraising him. I suspect the "word" has gone out to the party machinery, and some big bucks neocons are donating the max.

From this perspective he is a threat, because he will be sold as an "outsider" who will be less scary than Giuliani/McCain/Romney but will also soothe many people's fear about too much freedom. And believe me, people have fear of freedom.