Joe Tripp on Ron Paul

[Thomas_Paine]

Joe Trippi, a 25-year veteran of Iowa caucus politics who served as Howard Dean’s campaign manager in 2003 and who’s now a top aide to Edwards, said, “From what I see, Ron Paul is doing much better than his better-known opponents think he is doing. He is at that stage of the Dean campaign when all the other campaigns are laughing at him and have no idea of how strong he really is.”

Trippi added, “This kind of candidacy can be surprisingly strong in a caucus state particularly if it stays just below the radar.”


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21516892/

[RP08]

Nice!

[Primbs]

Joe Trippi is smart.

[Shaun]

Less than a month and a half ago, Zogby released a poll that Howard Dean winning Iowa with more than 26 percent of the vote. Gephardt polled a close second. Neither Kerry nor Edwards broke 10 percent.

But over the past two weeks the campaigns of Kerry and Edwards soared while Dean and Gephardt's faltered. The Christian Science Monitor described it as "one of the biggest turnabouts in modern electoral history."

Writing in the Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz , writes that "just about everything you heard and read about the Iowa caucuses in November and December was wrong. The press would have done better if all the reporters had taken a long vacation."

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Joe Trippi is smart.

If he were smart....well, he would be working for Ron Paul.

[Shaun]

As you can see from the newspaper report below and in my previous post, within six weeks between Dec 5th and Jan 20th there was a massive turnaround. Dean dropped by 8 points, Kerry gained by 29% IN SIX WEEKS, and Edwards gained about 24%. So stop looking at the polls people, just focus on getting the message out. Our man will win NH and he can come in second or third in Iowa. Hell, based on what happened last time he may win it...

"Kerry received 38 percent of the Iowa delegates, Edwards received 31 percent. Coming in third was former Vermont Governor Howard Dean with 18 percent. Up until this week Dean was widely viewed as the race's frontrunner. Congressman Richard Gephardt received 11 percent and Congressman Dennis Kucinich received one percent"

[Adamsa]

As long as we try as hard as we can to inform others of Ron's message, then we won't have anything to worry about or be ashamed of.

[Primbs]

If he were smart....well, he would be working for Ron Paul.

I agree.
He is somewhat smart about organizing the internet and making that work. Not so smart about political philosophy, economics etc.