Ron Paul: Stunning Victories
Chalk a surprising victory up to Ron Paul in the early days of the presidential race. There was a low-profile straw poll in Alabama, and he won in a landslide. You can read about it in the Tuscaloosa News.
I'm sure critics will laugh this one off, and so far the mainstream media is ignoring it. But a read of the news and blogs before the event showed that representatives from the so-called "leading" candidates were supposed to be there, including for Romney, Giuliani, and Fred Thompson. I also saw a post that Duncan Hunter was going to make a big push at this event. I get Ron Paul e-mails all the time and I didn't catch any wind of an effort by the central campaign. Must have been his local supporters who got out and made it happen.
So far the Ron Paul critics have said that his support is only from internet manipulators, and that he can't mobilize votes on the ground. Combine this with two other straw polls he won recently (in NH and NC) and a third place finish in a larger straw poll in Illinois (with 19%, well behind Romney and a point behind Thompson), and the internet criticism is going to fade.
It's amazing how successful this Ron Paul guy is at manipulating both the internet and the grass roots. Or maybe it's not manipulation after all.
I'm sure critics will laugh this one off, and so far the mainstream media is ignoring it. But a read of the news and blogs before the event showed that representatives from the so-called "leading" candidates were supposed to be there, including for Romney, Giuliani, and Fred Thompson. I also saw a post that Duncan Hunter was going to make a big push at this event. I get Ron Paul e-mails all the time and I didn't catch any wind of an effort by the central campaign. Must have been his local supporters who got out and made it happen.
So far the Ron Paul critics have said that his support is only from internet manipulators, and that he can't mobilize votes on the ground. Combine this with two other straw polls he won recently (in NH and NC) and a third place finish in a larger straw poll in Illinois (with 19%, well behind Romney and a point behind Thompson), and the internet criticism is going to fade.
It's amazing how successful this Ron Paul guy is at manipulating both the internet and the grass roots. Or maybe it's not manipulation after all.
Labels: ron paul, straw polls
posted by Albany Lawyer at 7:35 PM
2 Comments:
Yesterday Ron won another poll at the Strafford County Republicans in NH. This was his second win in NH...
The 'freepers' are saying that he paid people to come, but as part of the GOP here in NH I can tell you that both these polls were attended by strong supporters and none of them had paid tickets.
I work for BOTH organizations and we had paper ballots that were hand counted.
So make that TWO grassroots polls in NH that he has won, without help from the campaign.
Just like that 'internet strategy' that everyone thinks he has -- he has NONE! It's just us, his supporters, connecting with each other.
700 Meetup Groups tell a story don't they?
It was grassroots efforts in Alabama, according to this blogger who was there.
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