Why the campaign needs the money NOW

[UtahApocalypse]

If the campaign is going to be effective they needs advertising when people are watching, and on shows they watch. below are the neilson ratings for the last week of December.

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television week of (Dec 31-Jan 6) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 286 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older.
Viewership is listed in millions.

Source L. A. Times Newspaper
Data No longer available on line.
People will just have to take my word on the data.

Program Network Viewers
1. Sunday Night Football NBC 25.74
2. NFL Playoff Game Pre-Game NBC 23.86
3. NFL Playoff Game Bridge NBC 23.48
4. NFL Playoff Post Game CBS 21.37
5. Desperate Housewives (Sun) ABC 19.78

6. 60 Minutes CBS 18.25
7. Law and Order NBC 13.45
8. Deal or no Deal (Thu) NBC 13.41
9. CSI CBS 13.25
10. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC 12.60

11. Law and Order SVU (Tue) NBC 12.35
12. Deal or no Deal (Wed) NBC 12.33
14. American Gladiator ABC 12.06
15. Amazing Race CBS 11.98
16. Fedex Orange Bowl FOX 11.96

17. NCIS CBS 11.76
18. Allstate Sugar Bowl FOX 11.70
19. Apprentice 7 NBC 11.08
20. Cold Case CBS 10.96
21. Cashmere Mafia ABC 10.55

22. Without a Trace (10pm) CBS 10.50
23. Biggest Loser 5 NBC 10.46
24. Deal or no Deal (Sun) NBC 10.44
25. E.R. NBC 9.38
26. Democratic Debate ABC 9.36

27. New Years Rockin Eve ’08 ABC 9.20
28. Supernanny (10pm) ABC 9.13
29. Supernanny (9pm) ABC 8.89
30. Wife Swap ABC 8.43
31. 1 vs. 100 NBC 8.42

32. Without a Trace (8pm) CBS 8.34
33. American Funnies Home Videos ABC 8.16
34. Simpson FOX 8.04
35. Shark CBS 8.00
36. Criminal Minds CBS 7.93

37. Women’s Murder Club ABC 7.80
38. Allstate Sugar Bowl Pre-Game FOX 7.65
39. 20/20 Fri ABC 7.56
40. Debate Analyze ABC 7.37
41. Unit CBS 7.37

42. Las Vegas NBC 7.14
43. Shrek 2 ABC 7.10
44. King of the Hill FOX 6.94
45. Debate Analyze 2ABC 6.82
46. Ghost Whisperer CBS 6.74

47. 48 Hours Mystery (Sat) CBS 6.70
48. House FOX 6.58
49. Power of Ten CBS 6.52
50. Rose Bowl Post Game ABC 6.50

Looking at this not many people are watching news shows, or even the debates (Dem. Debate was #26) So the campaign needs money now to get ads out when they will be seen. To do that they will need the money NOW!

[MayTheRonBeWithYou]

The first thing is to get some decent ads made!

Sheesh, we don't have a single ad about the economy or war.

[nbhadja]

They have like 20 million dollars on hand, THEY DON'T NEED IT NOW.
They can wait 10 days for the MLK bomb (that RP announced himself on air yesterday).

[Lord Xar]

two thing.

1. They need better ads, or run the current ads WITH TAX/ECONOMY etc... and civil liberty ads.
2. I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK THE CAMPAIGN even looks at these ratings when purchasing. I don't think they take demographics, ratings or any of that in consideration.

His ads just make him sound like all the other candidates. HE NEEDS TO BE BOLD!

[Lord Xar]

..., we don't have a single ad about the economy or war.

+1000000000

The ONLY candidate who is AGAINST THE WAR and THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO HAS A GRIP ON ECONOMICS, and he has NO ADS about either.... A FRIGGIN TRAVESTY.

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Everybody who can give should give now IMO. If not to the campaign, then to the various grassroots groups who are doing their own advertising on Dr. Paul's behalf.

Super Tuesday is a little over 3 weeks away. The ad time needs to be secured ASAP to get the word out before then. We need to saturate as much of the Super Tuesday states as we can.

[Paul4Prez]

Yes, everyone who can give now should do so. It sounds good in theory, but appeals to give now don't really up the rate.

Money bombs work. They get people excited, draw in new donors, and get existing donors to give more. If you don't like them, just ignore them, and send in the money as soon as you can.

[linusPAULing]

What can be done to publicize http://freeatlast2008.com/ on

myspace
facebook
youtube
craigslist


I think the $10 donation has the potential of attracting a TON of interest from folks
who have never donated and folks who have already donated too much. But the word needs to get out.

How did you guys get november 5th viral? I came around a few days later.

Why don't I ever hear about these communities?

http://pownce.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/
http://www.viddler.com/
http://twitter.com/

[Jeremy]

I say wait for Martin Luther King Day (not to far) to donate all at once and get attention for it. They aren't going to run out of money between now and then :p