Original_Intent
11-22-2007, 12:09 PM
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....
There are going to be several outcomes to the new money bomb announcement. I have no idea how many people will fall into each group, of course and that is going to be what determines if the two bomb strategy succeeds or..... bombs.
There are people who will donate now, and will still try to meet whatever target they had set for the 16th.
There are people who will split their total donation.
There are people who can only donate once who will stick to the 16th.
There are prople who can only donate once who will donate everything on the 30th.
There are people who will donate on the 16th because of the 30th.
Only time will tell how this plays out. If "the email" results in two mediocre bombs then there is no question that HQ has probably significantly lowered our chances of success. Even if the 30th is a small bomb of a million or two, and between now and then people give another million or so that would have other wise gone to the 16th, if the 16th then falls short of 10 million, then again, imho, campaign HQ has severely hurt the cause.
If, as Trevor hopes, we are able to bring in enough new contributors to replace those who give on the 30th, then no harm done and kudos to Trevor for taking lemons and making lemonade.
This is no disparagement to Congressman paul at all, but I believe his campaing people took a very short sighted view on this. Those of you that take the view of "the campaign knows its needs better than we do" - meh, we have them way ahead of fundraising schedule based on the goals which 6 weeks ago and prior to November 5th no one really thought we were going to meet. Those of you making a knee- jerk decision that "HQ always knows best", it is good to know you support central planning and believe that top-down organization is better and that 1 or 2 at the top know better than the combined creativity of the grassroots, you will feel very comfortable in a Hillary presidency where the government can do your thinking for you.
Hopefully, enough people will give on the 30th to meet the campaign's "critical need" ( really like the false scenario of "if we raised all $12 million the last week of December we would meet the goal but fail") but most will still give on the 16th.
The campaign said early on that they expected the fundraising to go $3 million in October, $4 million in November and $5 million in December. That means we are $500,000 away from where we needed to be by December 15, according to the campaign's own schedule. We are $2 million ahead of where we were expected to be in November.
I have a lot more respect for Trevor and others that have helped with the grassroots fundraising than anything I have seen out of the campaign. Ron Paul has said this is OUR campaign and he is just along for the ride. Start acting like it.
Don't revert back to being sheep who look to others to think for you.
There are going to be several outcomes to the new money bomb announcement. I have no idea how many people will fall into each group, of course and that is going to be what determines if the two bomb strategy succeeds or..... bombs.
There are people who will donate now, and will still try to meet whatever target they had set for the 16th.
There are people who will split their total donation.
There are people who can only donate once who will stick to the 16th.
There are prople who can only donate once who will donate everything on the 30th.
There are people who will donate on the 16th because of the 30th.
Only time will tell how this plays out. If "the email" results in two mediocre bombs then there is no question that HQ has probably significantly lowered our chances of success. Even if the 30th is a small bomb of a million or two, and between now and then people give another million or so that would have other wise gone to the 16th, if the 16th then falls short of 10 million, then again, imho, campaign HQ has severely hurt the cause.
If, as Trevor hopes, we are able to bring in enough new contributors to replace those who give on the 30th, then no harm done and kudos to Trevor for taking lemons and making lemonade.
This is no disparagement to Congressman paul at all, but I believe his campaing people took a very short sighted view on this. Those of you that take the view of "the campaign knows its needs better than we do" - meh, we have them way ahead of fundraising schedule based on the goals which 6 weeks ago and prior to November 5th no one really thought we were going to meet. Those of you making a knee- jerk decision that "HQ always knows best", it is good to know you support central planning and believe that top-down organization is better and that 1 or 2 at the top know better than the combined creativity of the grassroots, you will feel very comfortable in a Hillary presidency where the government can do your thinking for you.
Hopefully, enough people will give on the 30th to meet the campaign's "critical need" ( really like the false scenario of "if we raised all $12 million the last week of December we would meet the goal but fail") but most will still give on the 16th.
The campaign said early on that they expected the fundraising to go $3 million in October, $4 million in November and $5 million in December. That means we are $500,000 away from where we needed to be by December 15, according to the campaign's own schedule. We are $2 million ahead of where we were expected to be in November.
I have a lot more respect for Trevor and others that have helped with the grassroots fundraising than anything I have seen out of the campaign. Ron Paul has said this is OUR campaign and he is just along for the ride. Start acting like it.
Don't revert back to being sheep who look to others to think for you.