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ronpaulwinna
01-21-2008, 07:31 AM
Just reporting on ABC 7 in San Francisco... California is not a winner take all state after all.. The state republican party has changed its rules where all delegates wont be awarded to the states winner. It will be awarded on a county by county basis. So people, it doesn't matter where we come in overall, we just have to turn out the votes in counties that conservatives wont even think of. Such as super liberal San Francisco City County, Alameda County (Oakland and Berkeley). Moderate-Conservative Counties such as Contra Costa County, and Santa Clara, San Mateo. Trumpeting LA and Orange would be awesome. Less Denser Counties in the Northern Portion such as Del Norte, Mendocino Counties (Counties that Border Oregon) and San Bernardino County (County that Border Las Vegas).

We have to get about 12 counties out of the 58 in the state in order to make an impact. However, half of the votes would be by absentee before February 5th so getting out the vote is crucial in those liberal counties. Ron Paul is doing radio ads on KGO a widely viewed station in the Bay Area (on talk shows various listeners talk about Paul but the hosts always disregard them). Obama is the only Democrat right now doing TV spots, toting he wants change but it sounds corny.

P.S: The college vote here is not going to be in our favor because many people are blindly supporting Democrats. They are all in the media hype especially in the University of California and State University of California system.. Most are either Obama, Hillary votes - not giving it any crucial thought. Majority of students are democrats because of the 2006 effect. Bill Clinton was at UC Davis just last week, Obama made several stints in the Bay Area. Plus schools are returning this past week or this week such as San Francisco State. Students wont even think about politics until last minute. That is bad because voter registration ends tomorrow (22nd) at midnight.

However, I am a Ron Paul Democrat - moderate democrat, just switched my affiliation. Recently I went to a young democrats event retreat in Lake Tahoe in November, the leadership of these people sounded like the college girl who was on CNN saying that they want democrats and don't know why. It seemed to me that it was borderline Nazism. "We have to get a democrat in at all cost, beat the repubs in November" They were spouting out so many statistics that if you vote one party 3 times in your early lifetime then you are automatically committed to the party for life. Which I think is bull.. So bump this and give crucial comments to it.

Sarge
01-21-2008, 07:44 AM
Not sure how you get this out fast, but from my understanding CA is going to have a 14 Billion deficit this year. Add on the 9 Trillion debt of the US and if something is not done fast, CA is going to be in worse shape when it comes time to pay the piper.

I would suggest screaming that message to the Democrats or anyone else. It is going to be ugly to live in CA when this all comes crashing down. Dr. Paul could help on the National Debt by getting elected. Not sure what is going to happen to take care of the 14Billion debt in CA. Taxes?

ronpaulwinna
01-21-2008, 07:50 AM
Not sure how you get this out fast, but from my understanding CA is going to have a 14 Billion deficit this year. Add on the 9 Trillion debt of the US and if something is not done fast, CA is going to be in worse shape when it comes time to pay the piper.

I would suggest screaming that message to the Democrats or anyone else. It is going to be ugly to live in CA when this all comes crashing down. Dr. Paul could help on the National Debt by getting elected. Not sure what is going to happen to take care of the 14Billion debt in CA. Taxes?

There are several MLK events today but it wont make that much of a difference since the Bay Area (San Francisco Oakland is majority democrat). The SF Chronicle stated that Republicans here in the SF and Alameda county are a endangered species. The only republicans here in the bay area are in the suburbs outside of those cities who has country club living. Thats where the Ghoul gets his money from

Plus California is not an open primary state, thats the problem. One and a half day left (this day is a holiday which people are not even focusing on). Plus Californians are worried about term limits and Indian casinos this time around.

stevedasbach
01-21-2008, 08:39 AM
RP grassroots have been pursuing this strategy for a couple of months at least. There have been articles about us targeting districts with a relatively small number of Republicans where grassroots efforts could have a real impact.

fireworks_god
01-21-2008, 08:40 AM
I actually recall a prominent article talking about Ron Paul supporters going out and becoming delegates in areas of California that aren't traditionally Republican areas due to this, so I think we already have a footing, but we certainly need to expand upon this! California is much more receptive to Ron Paul than the South will be.