Filed under: Dennis Kucinich, Diebold, election fraud, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, iowa caucus, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, princeton, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, vote scam, voter fraud
Official Statement from Ron Paul On New Hampshire Recount
Ron Paul
Prison Planet
January 13, 2008
After a careful investigation, I have decided against seeking a recount in New Hampshire. I am confident that not asking for a recount is the right decision.
I carefully considered the arguments for and against a recount before instructing my campaign staff not to pursue it. Without a firm belief that vote fraud had taken place, and without the possibility that a recount would have increased the chances for success of our campaign, a recount would have diverted campaign resources, time, and energy away from crucial battles elsewhere.
We have taken concerns about vote fraud seriously. In Iowa, campaign volunteers carefully monitored the caucuses. Campaign staff placed Paul supporters in every precinct to watch and verify the voting and count. We had supporters phone in results from their precincts to a campaign hotline while others ensured that those numbers were reflected on the official display board at the Polk County Convention Center. The numbers our caucus watchers reported agreed with the official tally, and both results also aligned with the campaign’s internal polling. In relatively pro-Paul counties, our sampling pegged support at 11.5%. This is consistent with an overall 10% finish for the entire state.
In New Hampshire, while I would have hoped for a better result than eight percent, I am convinced that vote fraud played no role in this result. Rumors of vote fraud were investigated, and in the end they proved to be the result of errors in early media reports that were not reflected in the official numbers. In one notable case, when a campaign staff member contacted an individual who had on the evening of January 8 claimed that his vote had not been counted, the person said that he had made a mistake and that the next morning the error in reporting on a newspaper website had been corrected both in the media and — most importantly — in the official tally.
Many have expressed concerns that those ballots counted by machine yielded a 2% lower total than those counted by hand. However, machine counted vote totals were more than 2% lower for both John McCain and Mike Huckabee. Hand counted votes were more likely to be cast in rural areas. Results almost always vary between urban and rural areas.
My campaign staff and I have analyzed the numbers in New Hampshire and I have reached the conclusion that it was the high turnout — not vote fraud or counting errors — that left us with eight percent of the vote. Our total vote count of over 18,000 votes was well within what we projected given the efforts of our extensive statewide get-out-the-vote program, giving me no reason to believe that vote fraud played any role in the results of the Granite State’s primary.
In both Iowa and New Hampshire there is much to be proud of. Taking both states together, I am honored that over 30,000 people cast their vote for me — more than either Rudy Giuliani or Fred Thompson. Unlike many other candidates’ efforts, our campaign for freedom is growing and our message is spreading.
Now is the time to redouble our efforts. Our resources must be spent on the upcoming primaries and caucuses, and on ensuring that, with your help, we organize every state yet to vote with our Precinct Leaders program.
We can’t win primaries and caucuses that have already happened — but we can win those yet to come. To become the Republican presidential nominee, a candidate must have 1,191 delegates. Iowa, Wyoming and New Hampshire determined only 32 delegates, so we have much opportunity remaining.
Today, I ask you to join me in focusing on the battles ahead as we continue our fight for liberty and our Constitution.
Sincerely,
Ron Paul
Olbermann On NH Recount
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLD0MzmRuYc
Related News:
http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2008/pr011108.htm
Republicans, except Ron Paul, are pro-war
http://alaskareport.com/upi5/u41318_republicans_love_war.htm
Kucinich: Surprise Hillary Victory A “Mystery That Needs To Be Solved”
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011108_kucinich_mystery.htm
Diebold Programmers Were Allowed to Access Vulnerable Optical-Scan Systems Throughout NH Election Day
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2..andidates-push-for-a-nh-recount/
http://www.dailymail.co…tml?in_article_id=507558&in_page_id=1811
http://mparent7777-2.blo..nh-vote-count-corruption.html
Princeton University Exposes Diebold Flaws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZws98jw67g
Clinton employing voter suppression tactics right out of Rove’s playbook
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/01/tough-guy-pol-1.html
Ron Paul Air Corps Over Grand Rapids
Ron Paul’s backers keep his campaign humming in Nevada
Diebold Again: Did Hillary Really Win New Hampshire?
Nancy Tobi: Need To Eliminate Secret Vote Counting
Filed under: 2008 Election, GOP, howard stern, Iowa, iowa caucus, Mike Huckabee, republican caucus, Ron Paul
Howard Stern endorses Ron Paul
Congressman gets profanity-laced atta-boy from Sirius shock jock
World Net Daily
January 7, 2008
Sirius satellite radio shock jock Howard Stern gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up to GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul on his program today, saying the maverick congressman is “fantastic.”
“I’ve got to tell you about this guy Ron Paul,” Stern said on his show. “This guy – he’s a Republican – and he says listen, when I become president, I’m taking us out of Iraq, I’m taking us out of everywhere in the world. …
“What good has it done us being in these f—ing Middle Eastern countries?”
Still paraphrasing Paul, Stern said: “I’m not an isolationist. I’m not afraid to use the military where it’s needed. But to sit in these extended f—ing wars, draining the economy – and if we stay or we leave, the same g–d— thing happens: nothing! So let’s leave.”
Continued the radio host: “People love this guy when he talks. He makes sense.”
Near the end of the clip posted on YouTube (caution: explicit language), Stern’s female co-host asked him: “But where are the votes?” Paul came in fifth in the Iowa Caucuses last week, garnering 10 percent of the Republican vote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B9mfV2tw3Y
Stern’s support for Paul is not surprising given his short-lived run for governor of New York in 1994 as a Libertarian. Paul first ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988 and holds many principles in common with the Libertarian Party.
After multiple controversies over his creative use of language on terrestrial radio, Stern began his Sirius program in 2006, unencumbered by Federal Communication Commission broadcast standards.
Filed under: 2008 Election, alan keyes, Barack Obama, bev harris, Black Box Voting, Diebold, election fraud, Iowa, iowa caucus, John Silvestro, LHS, lou dobbs, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, premier, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, south carolina, sutton, vote scam, voter fraud
Vote Fraud Expert Warns Of New Hampshire Chicanery
Key vulnerabilities of Diebold machine identified within ten minutes by programmer
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 8, 2008
“It’s not who votes that counts. It’s who counts the votes.” Joseph Stalin.
Vote fraud expert Bev Harris has warned that New Hampshire’s electronic voting machines are wide open to fraud and that even modestly skilled computer programmers were able to identify key vulnerabilities within ten minutes of assessing them as key Democrat and Republican primaries unfold today.
The contract for programming all of New Hampshire’s Diebold voting machines, which combined will count 81 per cent of the vote today, is owned by LHS Associates, which also holds the contracts for Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
LHS is owned by John Silvestro, who has been at the center of a long-running public dispute in trying to deflect accusations made by hacker Harri Hursti that the machines can easily be rigged.
“The exact same make, model and version hacked in the Black Box Voting project in Leon County is used throughout New Hampshire, where about 45 percent of elections administrators hand count paper ballots at the polling place, with the remaining locations all using the Diebold version 1.94w optical scan machine,” writes Harris.
In this You Tube video, Silvestro constantly interrupts Hursti’s testimony in front of the New Hampshire legislative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiiaBqwqkXs
After purchasing a Diebold 1.94w machine, a computer repair shop employee picked at random by Black Box Voting was able to zero in on the system’s vulnerable memory card within just ten minutes.
Harris points out that LHS is a private company that will count over four fifths of the New Hampshire vote with no oversight whatsoever.
LHS is not subject to public records requirements, as the government is, at least, not in New Hampshire. The control over memory card contents is absolute; when cards malfunction or get lost, LHS brings the replacements. Since LHS maintains the machines, repairs the machines, and replaces the machines — often on Election Day — when they malfunction, they have intimate access to the chips, sockets, ports, communications devices and other electronic components.
A recent CNN report featured on Lou Dobbs’ show highlights just how easy it is to hack a voting machine and change how votes are tallied with just rudimentary programming skills. Experts warn that it takes only a minute for an unsupervised machine to be inserted with a virus and hacked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261IlYmisyE
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=681
Bev Harris: Iowa Caucus Had Vote Fraud
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/71128.html
Obama and Paul poll workers kicked out of some precincts
http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/…html?p1=email_to_a_friend
How Obama and Richardson Cheated in the Iowa Caucuses
http://www.revrob.com/content/view/103/48/
81% of New Hampshire ballots are counted in secret by a private corporation named Diebold Election Systems (now known as “Premier”)
http://mparent7777-2.blogs..-hampshire-ballots-are-counted.html
S.C. to use voting machines banned in other states
http://www.charleston.n…oting_machines_banned_other_sta26854/
How to Rig an Election: Convicted Phone-Jammer Tells All
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4088097
Filed under: 2008 Election, 9/11, 9/11 Firefighters, 9/11 Truth, 9/11 workers, GOP, Ground Zero, Iowa, iowa caucus, New Hampshire, New York, NIST, republican caucus, Rudy Giuliani, sibel edmonds, World Trade Center, wtc-7
The Huffington Post
January 6, 2007 Finishing a disappointing sixth in the Iowa caucus and staring down a similarly poor result in New Hampshire, Rudy Giuliani has yet another problem on his hand.
The protest coincides with and promotes a new short video by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films, which uses the testimony of these 9/11 workers to detail the dangerous conditions and serious illnesses encountered at the recovery site.
Still today, many suffer from violent coughs, severe asthma, and pulmonary and mental health issues. Giuliani, the workers note, is not responsible for their sicknesses, but he did not sufficiently warn about the hazards at the site and, more importantly, has done next to nothing to help the thousands who are suffering from recovery-related ailments.
“The hypocrisy of running a campaign on a 9/11 agenda and you have these people still dying and becoming much sicker then they were a year or two years prior is really insulting,” Alex Sanchex, a janitorial worker, says in the film.
Greenwald told the Huffington Post: “These first responders are not blaming Rudy for being sick, they are asking why he has done nothing to help them since they got sick. They want to meet with him and ask what he is going to do to help them. They have tried to call and meet with him. Nothing. He who is Mr. 9.11 has abandoned the real heroes of 9/11.”
More than 2,000 New York City firefighters have been treated for serious respiratory problems following their work at the World Trade Center recovery site. Toxic dust from that area has been directly linked to sarcoidosis, a debilitating disease that FDNY members now develop at five times the rate they had previous to working around the toxins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-VUTjM0Ko
Following the Democrats takeover of Congress in 2006, hearings were held to determine what went wrong in exposing these firefighters to such porous conditions. Much blame was laid at the feat of the then-EPA chief Christie Todd Whitman. Subsequently, several investigations have called into question the extent of Giuliani’s knowledge and handling of the hazardous 9/11 site.
According to the New York Times, in the aftermath of 9/11 Giuliani “seized control and largely limited the influence of experienced federal agencies” during the clean up effort, but “never meaningfully enforced federal requirements that those at the site wear respirators.” Moreover, the paper added, Guiliani “warned companies working on the pile that they would face penalties or be fired if work slowed.”
But what has drawn the ire of the recovery workers is not what Giuliani did in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11, but rather how he has seemingly forsaken their plight in favor of focusing on his business and political careers. Giuliani, Greenwald notes, has offered no assistance to other New York elected officials in efforts to lobby the federal government for funds for victim treatment. He won’t even meet with the victims themselves.
“The fact of ignoring those who sacrificed the most while he profits and profiteers from 9/11 is a scandal and is disgusting,” the filmmaker said.
The remarks echoed those made in the film by Mike McCormack, a USAF Auxiliary Civil Air Patrolman: “After he left office, you may have to turn in your key to the city. But I don’t believe turning in your moral compass and responsibility to people who trust you. That shouldn’t fall at the wayside.”
This is the third Giuliani movie made by Greenwald and Brave New Films. The first looked at Giuliani’s decision to put New York’s terrorist response center in the World Trace Center complex – a known and obvious terrorist target. The second focused on Giulaini’s failures to upgrade the faulty radios used by FDNY members on 9/11.
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=5192
WTC-7 NIST Report Coming In August 08
http://www.bloggernews.net/112871
Danish 9/11 truth in MSM with subtitles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jze33vZCpwo
Filed under: 2008 Election, abc news, Censorship, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, Media, Mike Huckabee, Military, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, PBS, poll, rasmussen, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, Troops, veterans
NH GOP Withdraws Support From Fox News Debate
Daily Paul
January 5, 2008
CONCORD – New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen releases the following statement regarding Sunday’s Republican forum on FOX:
“The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary serves a national purpose by giving all candidates an equal opportunity on a level playing field. Only in New Hampshire do lesser known, lesser funded underdogs have a fighting chance to establish themselves as national figures. Consistent with that tradition, we believe all recognized major candidates should have an equal opportunity to participate in pre-primary debates and forums.
This principle applies to tonight’s debates on ABC as well as Sunday’s planned forum on FOX. The New Hampshire Republican Party believes Congressmen Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter should be included in the FOX forum on Sunday evening. Our mutual efforts to resolve this difference have failed.
While we understand that FOX News continues to move forward it is with regret, the New Hampshire Republican Party hereby withdraws as a partner in this forum.”
New Hampshire GOP has quit as a co-sponsor of tomorrow night’s nationally televised Fox News Debate
Union Leader
January 5, 2008
Manchester – The New Hampshire Republican Party has quit “with regret” as a co-sponsor of Sunday night’s nationally televised GOP forum on FOX News.
The 8 p.m. event at Saint Anselm College — the last debate before Tuesday’s primary — became controversial when FOX refused to include Ron Paul.
In a press release, state Republican Party chairman Fergus Cullen said on Saturday afternoon, “We believe all recognized major candidates should have an equal opportunity to participate in pre-primary debates and forums. This principle applies to tonight’s debates on ABC as well as Sunday’s planned forum on FOX. The New Hampshire Republican Party believes Congressmen Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter should be included in the FOX forum on Sunday evening. Our mutual efforts to resolve this difference have failed.”
FOX News issued a one-sentence statement this afternoon from its vice president of news, David Rhodes: “We look forward to presenting a substantive forum which will serve as the first program of its kind this election season.”
“The New Hampshire Republican Party did the right thing by pulling its sponsorship,” said Ron Paul 2008 spokesman Jesse Benton, who called FOX’s continued refusal to admit his candidate “unfair.”
Paul is included in tonight’s ABC/Facebook/WMUR debate among top Republican contenders, which begins at 7 p.m.
Paul Doubles Polling Numbers, Third In New Hampshire
Ron Paul has doubled his support in New Hampshire over the past 15 days, according to Rasmussen Reports.
Nolan Chart
December 5, 2008
A daily poll by Rasmussen is showing Ron Paul has doubled his share of the vote in New Hampshire, jumping from 7% up to 14% in just 15 days. Obviously, this is major news. The Rasmussen website was so jammed with Ron Paul supporters earlier today trying to get to it right now that no one can get through. That alone shows the power of the Ron Paul revolution. We’re not talking about a boycott or a bunch of angry activists. We’re just talking about tens of thousands of people trying to view a web page because news has spread like wildfire throughout the net that Ron Paul is now polling in third place in New Hampshire.
While the Rasmussen page remains under seige from all the demand, you can read the actual numbers at pollster.com.
YouTube Censors Veteran Supporting Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY40_ZAGh0g
NH Ron Paul Supporters Chant: “Let Him Debate!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6fDy6B2dM
Huckabee Supporter: “I’m proud to support Ron Paul..”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzvME9-TY9s
Ron Paul Air Corps Makes its Inaugural Flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmGV90X-jaI&eurl=
Related News:
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/01/04/ron-paul-defends-liberty-on-pbs/
http://memosphere.wordpress.co..he-last-chance-for-peace/
Paul Counting On Independent Voters
http://www.unionleader.com..058-4717-8fe7-088c94e59755
Of The 16 Presidential Candidates, Only Three Have Supported Abolishing The Death Penalty: Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, And Mike Gravel
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/264926
Ron Paul Releases New TV Ad Highlighting Military Support
http://www.reuters.com/article/…0%2B04-Jan-2008%2BBW20080104
Political signs can lead to fines, jail
http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters/story/122395.html
ABC relents. Ron Paul Included in Tonight’s Debate
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/ready-set-new-h.html
Ron Paul Gets 14 Percent in Eastern Iowa
Moore: Caucus results are ‘deafening’ repudiation of war
Ron Paul is front-runner at fundraising
Ron Paul Radio Ads Hit the Air in California
Filed under: 2008 Election, abc news, Alex Jones, Congress, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, Fox News Debate, GOP, House, Iowa, iowa caucus, Iran, Media, Mike Huckabee, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, Nuke, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, Troops
New Hampshire Republican Party Launches Active Campaign To Have Ron Paul Included In The Fox News Debate
Daily Paul
January 4, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZulZ07uoY
Note: Not all these State Reps are actually supporting Dr. Paul, some are, some aren’t, and some other Rep supporters are not listed but I have contacted them so they can add their names too. They are for the kind of fairness we are used to in NH. – J
Fergus Cullen
New Hampshire Republican Party
January 3, 2008
Dear Fergus:
We, the undersigned present and past New Hampshire House Republican State Representatives, respectfully request that unless Fox News agrees within the next 24 hours to invite Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter to participate with the other candidates at their Forum on Jan 6, 2008 you:
1) Pull all Republican cooperation from the Fox Forum,
2) Ask the candidates included to back out, and
3) Go public with a formal press conference denouncing of the exclusionary anti-representational policies of Fox News
Sincerely,
Hon. Paul Ingbretson
Hon. Al Baldasaro
Hon. Howie Lund
Hon. DJ Bettencourt
Hon. Jason Bedrick
Hon. Moe Villeneuve
Hon. Dan Dumaine
Hon. Andrew Renzullo
Hon. Duncan Chaplin
Hon. Laurie Boyce
Hon. Paul Hopfgarten
Hon. Lynne Ober
Hon. Steve Hellwig
Hon. Paul Mirski
Hon. William O’Brien
Hon. Jordan Ulery
Hon. Pamela Manney
Hon. Dan Itse
Hon. Bob Boyce
Hon. Mike Harrington
Hon. Nancy Elliot
Hon. Bob Mead
Ron Paul: Fox News Is “Beyond A Joke”
Presidential candidate slams decision to exclude him from forum
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 4, 2008
Speaking to The Alex Jones Show today, presidential candidate Ron Paul commented on the controversy surrounding his exclusion from a Fox News January 6th presidential forum by encouraging supporters to keep up the pressure on the network to reverse their decision and slamming the network’s claim of being fair and balanced as “beyond a joke”.
“People are outraged and a lot of them are coming to our defense including the Republican Party up there so we haven’t heard the last word about that yet,” said Paul.
The Congressman identified the main reason for his exclusion as Fox News’ fear that he would express strong anti-war opinions, which they see as a “threat” when coming from the most conservative member of the house.
“They have to realize that what the numbers are and if it’s hurting them, if it’s not in their interests I think they’re in a bind, I don’t think they have any easy way out and they dug themselves into this situation so hopefully they wake up and realize that they have to come around to be much more fair and balanced, it’s gone beyond a joke for them to advertise they’re fair and balanced when they’re just the opposite,” said the Congressman.
Discussing the broader success of the campaign, Paul said, “Everybody’s upbeat and they wanna win but they are also very realistic to know what is the future regardless of what’s gonna happen….how can we keep working this, how can we keep our group together….I think we’ve really opened the eyes of a lot of people so there’s reason to be optimistic,” said Paul.
The Congressman added that the New World Order must be defeated not with weapons but with ideas and that the movement which he is now the figurehead for is much larger than he ever dreamed it would be.
“Most people thought that you’d have to be part of the establishment to get money and support but the supporters have proven that not only will they work hard and go out and do the legwork that is necessary but they’ll also send in the money and they’ll also be very creative,” added Paul.
Click here to listen to the MP3 of the interview.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/010408_rudy_hillary.htm
Ron Paul Campaign Manager: We Are About To Go Into Orbit
http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2008/040108Orbit.htm
Paul Campaign Manager Urges Boycott Of Fox News Sponsors
http://www.prisonplanet.com…0308_urges_boycott.htm
Ron Paul Plans Counter-Event To Fox Forum
http://www.fmnn.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=53337
Politifact.com Judges Ron Paul Most Truthful Candidate
http://prisonplanet.com/arti…10408_most_truthful.htm
Paul Finishes in Iowa Top Five, But No Room for Him on the “Debate Bus”
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1526
NH cacuses next, right? Wrong, Don’t Forget Wyoming
http://ap.google.com/article/…JqGsF2uBwQL9gD8TUHQQO0
AP Claims Ron Paul Could Be “An unpredictable factor in New Hampshire”
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=142
Richard Viguerie to the Fox News Channel: Have You Joined the Enemy?
http://www.prnewswire.com/new…4730103&EDATE
Paul Points To Huckabee’s Tax Hikes In New Hampshire Mailer
http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2008/040108Mailer.htm
Ron Paul Vows to Take Campaign to NH
http://ap.google.com/article…hMxRlVNz3jpD9HizwD8TURE6G0
Why should ABC and Fox get to decide who is a viable candidate for president?
http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2008/01/02/they-report-they-decide/
Fox News Guard Decks Ron Paul Supporter
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e35_1199365426
BLOWBACK FOR RON PAUL: BOYCOTT FOX NEWS SPONSORS
http://mparent7777-2.blogspo…paul-boycott-fox-news.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, CNN, Fox News, Fred Thompson, George Bush, George Stephanopoulos, GOP, Greta van Susteren, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, iowa caucus, Jack Cafferty, John Edwards, John McCain, Larry King, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, moneybomb, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, poll, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Rudy Giuliani, Sean Hannity, Wolf Blitzer
Ron Paul’s 10% In Iowa Shocks Establishment Media
Even Fox News’ own talking heads think decision to exclude from presidential forum should be reversed
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 4, 2008
Ron Paul’s double digit support in Iowa has shocked establishment media figures who have long derided the Congressman as an insignificant candidate with just 2 or 3 per cent of the vote. Even Fox News’ own talking heads now agree that Paul should not be excluded from the upcoming presidential forum as campaign momentum builds.
Dr. Paul blew “national frontrunner” Rudy Giuliani out of the water, who got just 4% of the vote, and is handily placed behind McCain and Thompson heading into New Hampshire.
The Congressman’s strong showing has led to new calls for Fox News to reverse the decision to exclude him from the January 6th presidential forum, not from Ron Paul supporters but from Fox News’ own flagship hosts.
“Should Fox News reconsider?” asked Smith, to which Susteren responded, “I’m not sure why he’s out of it (the forum).”
“Here you have a candidate that 10 per cent of the people caucused in his party really want him and it’s not like he’s an insignificant player,” she added.
“He didn’t just drop in yesterday to the process, he has been running for president for a long time, and certainly many of the issues he’s raised are rather provocative and certainly stimulate the debate, that’s not a bad thing – and why not pull up another chair?” Susteren concluded.
Watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_XBgzHxQs
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Larry King also noted Paul’s double digit finish during a discussion last night.
“Ron Paul I think is gonna be a factor in New Hampshire on the Republican side much more than he was in Iowa given all the Independents there so let’s not neglect Ron Paul when we’re talking about this,” remarked Blitzer.
Watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5UFKSPw550
Analyzing the Ron Paul Numbers in Iowa
There are a number of reasons to be encouraged by Ron Paul’s showing in Iowa.
Nolan Chart
January 4, 2008
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The morning after Ron Paul’s stronger-than-expected 10% showing in Iowa was no surprise to Paul supporters (and probably disappointing to some), but it had to come as a bit of a surprise to most of the pollsters. Over the past week, most pollsters had Paul in the 5-8% range. So 10% pushes the limit on “margin of error” and suggests that Paul supporters have been right all along. His support is underrepresented in the polls.
Paul wasn’t the only candidate the pollsters were wrong about. Rudy Giuliani was consistently polling in mid-teen double-digits up until about a week ago, but he ended up at 4%. He had fallen to the 5-8% range within the past few days, but 4% has to be considered a monumental drop for him. Mike Huckabee’s poll numbers were consistently 5 points lower than what he actually got. The other candidates were pretty much in line with what the pollsters thought they would get.
It’s not a surprise that Huckabee picked up extra points the night of the caucus. People love to vote for the likely “winner,” which is probably where his extra 5% comes from, but the Giuliani and Paul numbers should give pollsters pause to reconsider. Essentially, it looks like Giuliani lost the lion’s share of his support to Paul and Huckabee.
CNN entrance polls are even more interesting when you look at them up close.
For instance (and not surprisingly) when asked to rate their feelings about the Bush administration, Paul supporters represented 54% of those said they were “angry” at Bush out of all “angry” voters. These represented only 5% of the overall totals, which is also not surprising given that most Republican activists are Bush supporters, but it’s very helpful in terms of understanding how much pull Paul could have among the overall electorate who tend to hold our current King George in relatively low esteem.
Paul was also the clear winner among Republican caucus goers who view themselves as being “independent” rather than identifying with the Republican party, with 29% of that group’s support (well ahead of Romney at 19%). Independents accounted for 13% of overall Republican caucus goers.
Paul’s support is stronger among lower-income Americans. He tied for third with John McCain with 14% of people making less than $50,000 a year, and scored a high of 18% (second place) among those making $15,000 to $30,000 annually.
He also finished a strong third among young Iowans. Voters in the 18-29 age range picked Paul 21% of the time, just one tick behind Romney who was in second place.
One thing I couldn’t find was any reference to what the results were among cell phone users. We may have to wait awhile before this information comes out, but it would be very interesting to see how much of Paul’s extra support came from voters who have cell phones but not land lines.
The Stages of Ron Paul
Ron Paul’s showing in Iowa is only a phase in a larger picture.
Nolan Chart
January 4, 2007
The Caucus held in Iowa last night is an important stage of the Ron Paul movement and cannot be discounted. Although the Mainstream media will ignore/discredit his numbers, they really do show positive hope for him. Here are 7 stages of his candidacy.
1- The first stage is when he announced he was running. this was about 9 months ago. He had few followers, (I was in this group) and was not taken seriously at all.
2- The second stage is the “few internet spammers” stage. This is when he was accused of having a few 16 year old kids in their moms basement as his supporters.
3- The Internet phenomenon. Online polls started picking up. The meetup groups started forming. It soon became apparent that he was a force online. This soon converted to the straw poll stage. Of course still not taken seriously.
4- The mass fundraising stage. Guy Fawkes says it all. The Boston Tea party showed the world that there is a real revolution going on… Still not taken seriously by MSM.
5- This is the stage we are in now. This is the stage where we find out if internet support can convert to real votes. It appears in Iowa, where Ron Paul did not campaign that much and has views unpopular for farmers had a very well outcome. This is the stage where the rubber meets the road so to speak.
6- The rising star stage. hopefully New Hampshire will propel him into the underdog gone mainstream status.
7- The Viable electable stage. He has the money already. He has a fervent base. He has proven he can bring people to the polls. He just needs the push to get here.
I say this to encourage. I cannot predict the future, but it seems like it could be well with him. Even when the MSM is gloom and doom, it is only spin, and might not be consistant with reality.
Ron Paul on Sean Hannity’s Radio Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQIlNVbttuM
Ron Paul on Larry King Unaired
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s08RJ2_o_MM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1oKtMS-LE
Ron Paul on American Morning – (1/3/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXYnpM8OoU
Fifth-place finish fails to rattle Paul
http://www.desmoinesregister.com…EWS04&template=printart
Look on the Bright Side Ron Paul Supporters
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-010408.html
Ron Paul Wrongly Listed as Democrat on CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks5Lti4x8E0
Paul wins GOP precinct in Ames
http://www.desmoinesregister.com..062/-1/SPORTS09
What We Really Learned From Iowa
http://www.nolanchart.com/article922.html
KMPH covers Ron Paul supporters Iowa Caucus party Fresno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_NIkzMwoY
Paul Beats Giuliani
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/…t-runner-in-iowa/
Obama, Edwards Plow Ahead of Hillary Clinton: Ron Paul Hits Double Digits in Iowa
http://www.gambling911.com/Obama-…-Ron-Paul-010308.html
Video: Ron Paul vs Mike Huckabee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uk-T46soz8
Tucker – Ron Paul and interesting Huckabee discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3zkc5xBKyU
Ron Paul Iowa Caucus Eve Rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOA0x4kEoU
Ron Paul reminds Stephanopoulos of his bet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTQADyb5D0
Paul Top Pick In MySpace Poll
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVGsKhnKk2EFpF-VAK6blSJzokpg
McCain Campaign Distraught By Ron Paul Strength
http://www.alternet.org/wire/72541
PHOTOS: Ron Paul Air Corps Flies High Over Iowa
http://prisonplanet.com/articl…008/030108_photos.htm
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Fred Thompson, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, poll, republican caucus, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, zogby
Ron Paul Will Finish 3rd in Iowa
Nolan Chart
January 2, 2008
Zogby currently shows Ron Paul tied with Giuliani and Thompson at 8%, and 3 points behind McCain in Iowa, among likely Republican caucus voters.
Another Zogby poll in November showed that Independents and Democrats represent 60% of Paul’s support nationwide. From the last paragraph of Zogby’s press release:
“Paul was the big winner among that universe of voters, winning 33%, compared to 19% for Giuliani, 15% for Romney, and 13% for Thompson.”
If this poll is at all reflective of Paul’s true support, and holds true in Iowa, then his real polling number in Iowa is closer to 20%, which would give him at least a 3rd place finish.
After that, all the rules may change.
Ron Paul Running Third in New Hampshire According to Oddsmakers
Gambling911
January 1, 2008
He may have been excluded from participating in an upcoming Fox News New Hampshire debate, but that hasn’t stopped the betting market from overwhelmingly giving US Presidential hopeful Ron Paul a third place finish in the “Live Free or Die” state, well ahead of both Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani.
The oddsmakers at BetUS.com had Ron Paul listed with +1000 odds to win New Hampshire one week before the primary. Compare that with Mitt Romney as the slight -120 favorite and John McCain at even odds. For those of you unfamiliar with how to read the American betting odds displayed at BetUS, +1000 simply means that a $100 bet would pay out $1000 or a $1 bet would pay out $10.
Political prediction markets provide us — the consumers of this information — with a way to cut through this clutter.
A prediction market is a bit like the stock market, except that you are buying shares whose value depends on the success of a political candidate, rather than the profits earned by a corporation. And just as stock prices are a useful barometer of the health of a company, so too the price of a prediction contract is a barometer of the health of a political campaign.
A third place finish in New Hampshire would be something that Ron Paul supporters savor since it solidifies their candidate’s true popularity in the race while putting to rest once and for all the idea that Paul’s supporters are nothing but Internet bots that just happen to be able to raise nearly $20 million in a single quarter.
Gambling911.com reporter, Jennifer Reynolds, believes that if Ron Paul is not seen as a viable candidate, people will simply vote for the individual they believe can win (i.e. a Mitt Romney or a Rudy Giuliani), even though they have a preference for the long time Texas Congressman.
“I have never subscribed to the ‘who is most popular’ method of picking a candidate, I prefer to choose based on substance, but there are many who still believe that it is wasting a vote to vote for the man you want to win if you think he could lose and instead choose a lesser candidate with more of a chance.”
A third place or higher finish in New Hampshire would instill confidence in voters that Ron Paul does indeed have a fighting chance.
Christopher Costigan, Publisher of the Gambling911.com website, points out that this information will have many a Ron Paul supporter extremely delighted in the face of his exclusion by Fox News.
“We have gotten so many emails related to an organized boycott of Fox News and it’s obvious the new year got off to a bad start for Ron Paul supporters with the news about his exclusion,” Costigan said. “As we get closer to a particular race like the New Hampshire primary, these odds tend to become more accurate and there is some suggestion that the Fox ‘controversy, which CNN is starting to capitalize on, will only help to increase his chances of a win in New Hampshire.”
Filed under: 2008 Election, ABC, Censorship, CNN, Des Moines, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Fred Thompson, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, Joe Scarborough, John McCain, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, morning joe, MSNBC, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, Pat Buchanan, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, tim russert, Wolf Blitzer
Tim Russert predicts Paul could beat Giuliani in Iowa
Raw Story
January 2, 2008
Republican presidential contender Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) could be poised to beat Rudy Giuliani — once perceived as a frontrunner for the GOP nomination — in Thursday’s Iowa caucus voting, according to NBC’s Tim Russert.
Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program for a discussion about the latest Iowa polling numbers, Russert said Paul could realistically score a fourth place showing in the state.
“Having gone around and watching this thing,” said Russert, “to say for example Huckabee wins, Romney is two. McCain comes in third. Thompson is out — he has already said if he’s not two, he’s out. I think Ron Paul has a chance of coming in fourth here. I really do.”
Assuming former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) took fifth, Russert added that it appeared likely Giuliani could slip to a lowly sixth place finish.
Conservative pundit and two-time Republican presidential aspirant Pat Buchanan said he believed the former New York mayor was now facing an uphill fight for his party’s nomination.
“I think Rudy is toast…I mean, you can’t go 0-4, 0-5, and come back and win Florida,” said Buchanan of the possibility that Giuliani could fair poorly in the opening contests of the primary season.
Giuliani has not campaigned heavily in Iowa, choosing instead to adopt a national strategy focused on other states, such as Florida, that vote later in the primary process. More than twenty states, including New York and California go to the polls on February 5.
“When you get to Florida and the February 5th states,” Giuliani told Fox News, “we’re ahead in some cases by large percentages and in some case by closer percentages. We believe it’s a good strategy and it’s going to work.”
The latest poll from Iowa’s Des Moines Register tallies Giuliani’s support in the state at five percent. Paul and Thompson each notch nine percent.
MSNBC: Ron Paul interviewed on Countdown to Iowa
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KtNY4jaNW6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO9grvgeW6Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chsPYuHdTfU
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-02-paul_N.htm
Ron Paul supporters sell off of NewsCorp stock en masse in retaliation against Fox News
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2..l-supporters-sell-off-of.html
Fox Snub Boosts Ron Paul
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/fox-news-decision-to-exclude.html
ABC Now Considering Banning Ron Paul from Debates
http://www.opednews.com/art…ny__080102_abc_now_considering_.htm
Republicans pissed with Fox News? Believe it
http://mparent7777-2.blogspo…-pissed-with-fox-news.html
An Open Letter to Iowa Skeptics
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/muratore7.html
Disrespecting Ron Paul
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=158418
Ronulans Causing Drop in Fox News Stock Price???
http://www.thirdpartywatch.com…ing-drop-in-fns-stock-price/
Caucus For Ron Paul In Iowa – Where To Find Your Precinct
http://people.ronpaul2008.com/iowa/2007/12/10/find-your-precinct/
Filed under: 2008 Election, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Carroll Quigley, CFR, David Rockefeller, democrat caucus, democrat primaries, democratic debate, Dennis Kucinich, George Bush, global elite, global government, Hillary Clinton, iowa caucus, John Edwards, Neolibs, New Hampshire, New World Order, ralph nader, rockefeller, rockefeller foundation
Kucinich Asks Supporters to Back Obama
AP
January 2, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich on Tuesday asked his supporters to make rival Barack Obama their second choice if he doesn’t meet a cutoff point for voting in Iowa’s caucuses.
Kucinich, an Ohio congressman at the back of the pack of Democratic hopefuls, seemed to concede a loss in the caucuses. He said his recommendation was for “Iowa only.”
“Senator Obama and I are competing in the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday, where I want to be the first choice of New Hampshire voters,” Kucinich said in a statement.
Candidates in Thursday night’s caucuses must reach a level of support in each of the state’s 1,781 precincts – typically 15 percent of those who attend. Candidates who fail to meet that aren’t considered viable, and their supporters can move to another candidate or go home.
“I hope Iowans will caucus for me as their first choice … because of my singular positions on the war, on health care and trade,” Kucinich said. “But in those caucus locations where my support doesn’t reach the necessary threshold, I strongly encourage all of my supporters to make Barack Obama their second choice.”
Obama thanked Kucinich for the recommendation.
Nader Shills for One-Worlder Edwards
Kurt Nimmo
Truth News
January 1, 2008
I can’t believe I actually made the mistake of voting for this guy. But then, all of us are entitled to a mistake or two.
From Politico: “Ralph Nader unleashed on Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday — criticizing her for being soft on defense spending and a chum of big business — and expressed his strong support for John Edwards.”
That is, for the CFR’s candidate, as Edwards is their darling. I don’t know if Nader is unaware of this. No, he is really too smart to be that brain dead. Obviously, Ralph Nader is a shill for the New World Order. It figures.
In an 11th hour effort to encourage liberal Iowans to “recognize” Edwards by “giving him a victory,” the activist and former presidential contender said in an interview that Clinton will “pander to corporate interest groups” if elected.
Nader specifically accused Clinton of failing to challenge military spending because “she is a woman who doesn’t want to be labeled as soft on defense and she doesn’t want to be shown as taking on big business.”
Sure, Ralph. And Edwards will dismantle the military-intelligence network and send the corporate death merchants a-running for shelter.
And there is a bridge in Brooklyn and it is for sale, too.
Nader, a four-time presidential candidate, called Edwards a Democratic “glimmer of hope.” He has long criticized Democrats as indistinguishable from Republicans, chiding both parties as slaves to corporate financing and interests.
It was Nader who famously — or infamously to many Democrats — siphoned off enough liberal votes from Al Gore in 2000 to hand New Hampshire and Florida, and as a result, the presidency, to George W. Bush. Since 2004, however, Nader has been increasingly controversial within the political left. He was booed at a national conference of progressives earlier this year.
Is the CFR a “glimmer of hope”?
It is if you are a fan of one-world government, as Nader apparently is. Does Ralph believe the machinations of the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Foundation are in the best interest of the American people?
“The CFR is the American Branch of a society which originated in England, and which believes that national boundaries should be obliterated, and a one-world rule established,” explained the late CFR historian Carroll Quigley, who served as Bill Clinton’s mentor. “The most powerful clique in these elitist groups have one objective in common — they want to bring about the surrender of the sovereignty of the national independence of the United States. A second clique of international members in the CFR comprises the Wall Street international bankers and their key agents. Primarily, they want the world banking monopoly from whatever power ends up in the control of global government,” declared Rear Admiral Chester Ward, a former member of the CFR.
But let’s be fair — John Edwards is not a member of the CFR. He only hangs out with them. Earlier this year he delivered a speech to the CFR faithful and warmed the cockles of their hearts. He co-chaired a CFR task force with Jack Kemp. John Edwards is a consummate insider and he will deliver our sovereignty to the globalists on a silver platter.
So will Ralph Nader.
Filed under: 2008 Election, ABC, Censorship, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, Jesse Benton, Marty Ryan, moneybomb, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, ron paul excluded, Ron Paul Exclusions
Ron Paul Plans New Event After Fox Debate Exclusion
Politico
January 1, 2008
Ron Paul’s campaign says he’s planning an alternative event at the same time as the Fox News Channel’s Republican forum in New Hampshire on Sunday if the network continues to hold back on an invitation, a campaign official tells Politico.
Already, blogs are alive with cries of “censorship” from Paul’s vocal and prolific followers.
Jesse Benton, Paul’s national press secretary, said he likely would hold a town hall with New Hampshire citizens — an event that would amount to counter-programming and would likely generate considerable publicity for the anti-war libertarian.
“We’re not going to sit around and cry about it,” Benton said.
“By all metrics, there is only a case for including Dr. Paul in the forum. We think it’s a little bit of a head-scratcher.”
Paul announced he raised $19.5 million in the last quarter of the year, and party sources say that is more than any other Republican campaign.
Fox News has not specified its exact criteria for the debate, but debate planners have long yearned to winnow the cast to permit more substantive and detailed conversation.
Fox has said it will make its final announcement about invitations after Thursday’s Iowa caucuses.
Benton said the campaign has placed about six calls to Marty Ryan, executive producer of political programming for Fox News Channel but said they have not been returned.
Ryan did not immediately return an e-mail seeking comment on New Year’s Day.
Paul will participate in an ABC debate in New Hampshire on Saturday night, Benton said.
http://www.nolanchart.com/article851.html
Los Angeles Times: Should Ron Paul be allowed at Sunday’s debate?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01/should-ron-paul.html
Fox Shows Bias By Not Inviting Paul
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/31/debate.limits.ap/index.html
FOX News Corp Stock Taking a Beating for Slighting Ron Paul
http://www.nolanchart.com/article844.html
New Hampshire GOP Puts FOX News on Notice
http://www.nolanchart.com/article841.html
Ron Paul Excluded from the New Hampshire Debate
http://noworldsystem.com/2…from-new-hampshire-debate/
Filed under: 2008 Election, CBS, Censorship, CNN, Des Moines, Economy, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, Israel, kent snyder, Media, Mike Huckabee, moneybomb, republican caucus, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, US Economy
Ron Paul Raises Near $20 Million In Quarter
Ron Paul 2008
January 1, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA –Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s presidential campaign had a record fundraising quarter, exceeding its original goal of $12 million by over 50 percent when it raised nearly $20 million during the months of October, November and December.
“Only Dr. Paul has the ability to inspire Americans to contribute and take action that is necessary if Republicans want to defeat the Democrats in November,” said campaign chairman Kent Snyder.
In two 24-hour periods on November 5 and December 16, the campaign raised over $10 million dollars. The total of over $19.5 million represents an increase of nearly 300 percent from its third quarter total of $5.28 million.
For the quarter, the campaign had over 130,000 donors, including over 107,000 new donors. The total was reached with an average donation size that was just under $90.
Of the other Republican candidates, only Mike Huckabee – who reported $5.04 million this quarter – discloses his fundraising total online. However, Dr. Paul’s total is over $9 million more than any Republican candidate raised in the third quarter.
Ron Paul in Iowa on CNN’s Ballot Bowl Day – (1/1/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ86O1ou91o
CNN Ballot Bowl – Des Moines, Iowa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg4104yk7nk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F82Patrp6aQ
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/018120.html
Questions the media won’t ask about Ron Paul
http://www.primarilypaul.com/…-ask-about-ron-paul/
Israeli defense firm that tallies the Iowa caucus
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/19098
Ron Paul Leads Giuliani in Iowa
http://www.nolanchart.com/article837.html
The Elephant in the Room: CBS Ignores Ron Paul
http://www.nolanchart.com/article813.html
Iowa HQ: Vote Observers Needed in Iowa!! Urgent Need
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/18410
New problems identified with Iowa caucuses
http://www.opednews.co…230_new_problems_identif.htm
Ron Paul: I Don’t Want To Run The Economy. I Don’t Know How To.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/a…t-want-t_b_78924.html
Ron Paul’s Payday: The Moneybomb that Goes On and On and On and On
http://www.nolanchart.com/article852.html
Ron Paul Air Corps Makes Its Debut
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1487
Paul intent on winning Rep nomination
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=37021§i..3510203
Filed under: 2008 Election, ABC, Censorship, Charles Gibson, Fergus Cullen, Fox News, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, ron paul excluded, Ron Paul Exclusions
ABC, Fox News cutting Ron Paul out of New Hampshire primary debate
AP
December 31, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAYRWIcPKQ
ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates on January 6, 2008, in Fox’s case infuriating supporters of Republican Ron Paul.
The participants for ABC’s back-to-back, prime-time Republican and Democratic debates Saturday in New Hampshire will be determined after results of Thursday’s Iowa caucus become clear.
Fox has invited five GOP candidates to a forum with Chris Wallace in New Hampshire on Sunday. Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson received invites, leaving Paul and Duncan Hunter on the sidelines.
The network said it had limited space in its studio – a souped-up bus – and that it invited candidates polling in the double digits.
Some livid Paul supporters are distributing e-mails calling for a boycott of Fox advertisers. A Fox representative did not return calls for comment.
To participate in ABC’s debates, candidates must meet at least one of three benchmarks: place first through fourth in Iowa, poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major national surveys.
ABC News anchor Charles Gibson is moderating both debates, each 90 minutes long.
Could this happen to Ron Paul?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyvVQYf6XWk
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/a…1/OPINION02
Ron Paul: Fair and Balanced
http://www.nolanchart.com/article825.html
Is it true Ron Paul is being excluded from the Fox News debate?
http://www.chrisbrunner.com/20…om-the-fox-news-debate/
Ron Paul Supporters Could Cause Millions of Losses for Fox News
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-010108.html
Ron Paul indeed Out-Foxed (for now)
http://weblogs.baltimoresun…ndeed_outfoxed_for_n.html
Ron Beats Rudy? New Hampshire could surprise a lot of people
http://www.opinionjo…SS_Opinion_Journal&ojrss=frontpage
Paul Supporters See Montana Opportunity
http://ap.google.com/article/A…U6YFzgEdA_1eB2dqLgD8TSA54O2
Paul: Fox News is ‘scared of me’
http://www.boston.com/news/loca…ce/2007/12/paul_fox_news_i.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, California, CIA, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, lindsey graham, Media, moneybomb, Neolibs, New Hampshire, republican caucus, Ron Paul, ron paul blimp, Texas
New Year’s Eve Money Bomb
Ron Paul campaign sends out plea for more money. And it may just get it.
Nolan Chart
December 30, 2007
Being a previous Ron Paul donor, I’m on his email list. I received an email yesterday (12/29/07) with the subject “The time is now.” It’s also displayed on the campaign website here.
I have to give Kent Snyder praise for creativity. He’s come up with a plan to spend $23 million dollars, in addition to what’s in the bank so far. That’s more coin than I have in my couch. But there are a lot of couches out there.
The email talks about the contests of Iowa and New Hampshire in the first few days of January, followed by Wyoming, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Florida and Maine.
Feb. 5 will have nearly 20 other states. In the email, the money will be used “to run radio and television ads in 20 states simultaneously”, voter mailings, and other projects.
The email urges supporters to “triple” their efforts.
A few months ago, the Ron Paul campaign was thankful for getting $5 million for the third quarter. Everyone was amazed by the $4 million raised on November 5th and $6 million raised on December 16th. The fourth quarter will probably finish close to $20 million. I expect there will a slight end of year push Monday.
I can send another couple hundred dollars, but I’m getting to my limit. Another $23 million in one month will be a stretch, but not impossible. For the month of January (31 days), that’s about $742,000 per day. I made that same sort of calculation in October when the campaign asked for $12 million in three months. They got way more than that–by nearly $7 million! I think there will have to be some thermonuclear money bombs, something like in Dune. The Nov. 5 and Dec. 16 money bombs made up for the slow start in October. There would have to be four of those $6 million days to reach the $23 million goal. That’s a lot to ask. But it may happen.
If this race goes much beyond Feb. 5, it will become a war of attrition. Romney and Giuliani have the cash to keep going, but they’re the only ones. Romney is polling well in Iowa and New Hampshire, so I believe he will finish in the top three in both. Giuliani is putting his eggs in the Feb. 5 basket, because it doesn’t look like he will get a state until Nevada, or maybe Florida. If it’s a close race, perhaps the top three will be able to rally the troops one last time. It’ll be a slugfest in every neglected state through the summer. And that will take more money.
Iowa and New Hampshire will affect the fundraising of those candidates remaining. After Michigan (Jan. 15), I bet this will be a four-man race. No matter who I say will stay or go, I’ll get a stream of hate comments below. The names don’t matter. May the best man win!
On the one hand, I’m thankful the campaign is putting out there the need and being open what it will spend it on. But on the other, the “we” have been the grassroots support, not the central campaign. Even if only $10 million or $5 million are raised in January, I’m sure the campaign will put it to good use. Regardless, it will be greater than any of the other Republicans. They will be crying with their pollsters.
I’ve been reading Sun Tzu lately. The best way to win wars is to fight them quickly with overwhelming force. The chieftains across the internet are making their calculations and the warriors are provisioning sufficiently before battle commences. That’s if they can stop playing World of Warcraft for a day, and start overturning cushions.
I don’t know when those money bombs will start dropping. I can see the third Monday in January (this year Jan. 21), Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as one battle day. Dr. Paul’s non-violence message would fit nicely then. I’m sure Mr. Lyman has an event or two in mind.
Lindsey Graham Mentions the Ron Paul Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62UiKr_YAmI
Obama: “They Don’t Poll Ron Paul”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/12/30/539516.aspx
Flying billboard takes Paul campaign to the sky
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5410952.html
Paul, Texas may be factors in GOP race
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5409849.html
Ron Paul on Special Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJrtgxBNJw
Paul Most Searched GOP Hopeful
http://seattletimes.nwsou…_aponthe2008trail28.html
Ron Paul supporters marching down the Santa Monica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeU926cfbio
Ron Paul Could Do Well in New Hampshire
http://www.npr.org/blogs/news/2007/12/ron_paul_could_do_well_in_new.html
Put Up or Shut Up, Time for the Anti-Paul Crowd to Offer Alternatives
http://www.opedn…8_put_up_or_shut_up_2c_t.htm
British Newspaper Group Supports Ron Paul’s Financial Policy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20071229/bs_prweb/prweb593502_3
The Media Hounds Unleashed on Ron Paul — How the CIA Will Use Liberals to Destroy the Anti-Empire Candidate
http://www.opednews.c…25_the_media_hounds_unl.htm
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, cnn debate, election fraud, Fox News, GOP, Iowa, iowa caucus, iowa primaries, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, MSNBC, newsweek, poll, Republican Debate, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, voter fraud, youtube debate
Ron Paul Turnout May Shock the Iowa Caucus
Matt Towery
The National Ledger
December 9, 2007
Ron Paul Rally in Philidelphia, Nov. 10, photo by AppalIT
“Listen. Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” No, it’s not the lyrics to the famed Beatles song. This is deep politics and strategy. What has seemed for so long to be a far-distant Iowa caucus is now about to arrive in less than a month. First, the secrets. There are plenty of people who’ve worked in presidential campaigns, or who have deep knowledge of how the system works.
For them, this will not come as a great surprise, especially for those who are familiar with the old term “street money.” They’ll know that street money was used primarily in Southern or big-city elections in the past. Maybe it won’t come as a surprise, either, that there has also been a more quietly kept tradition of “cash for a vote” in past Iowa contests.
Here’s how it has worked in some instances: Potential voters were recruited by deep-pocketed campaigns, often from states other than Iowa. They were put on buses to be delivered to the appointed caucus locations.
While Iowa has taken measures to end the “invasion” of out-of-state participants in this year’s caucus, it’s unlikely that the use of “gratuities” by at least one or two campaigns will come to an end.
Is there proof positive, a smoking gun or a photo of $100 exchanging hands for any voter’s participation? Absolutely not. But then again, there has never been that same evidence for the widely accepted fact that payment of voters in the Southern and big-city races has taken place. But it has.
The real problem this go-round is that some of the big-money candidates have squandered their cash. One wonders whether their campaigns, or their friends, have managed to hold on to enough loot to provide the presents and gratuities necessary to pull otherwise uninterested voters out of their homes, to force them to remain locked in some community center, where they must listen to advocates for candidates and remain firmly entrenched in the corner of the facility until their candidates’ votes are finally counted.
And, of course, those buses are less likely this time to be carrying any shipment of “Iowans” who just happen to reside outside the state. In other words, it may well be that just as “street money” is a dying tradition in the South, its Midwestern equivalent is dying off as well.
Let me make it clear: This past practice was not limited to one political party. More importantly, those in the know in Iowa plan to be on high alert for indications of gratuity incentives that might be used to increase voter turnout in January.
And that brings me to what I increasingly believe will be the “shocker” in the Iowa caucus. Let me make it clear that my vague description of activities above has nothing to do with the prediction I’m about to make.
As I’ve written in prior columns, I find it hard to believe that massive numbers of voters returning from their New Year’s celebrations — in a state where it gets dark at 4:30 p.m. and is likely to be very cold — will be compelled to leave the toasty confines of their homes and abandon watching the Orange Bowl game in order to vote in a caucus.
Under this theory, turnout will be impossible to predict. There are many theories that I’ve already explored about which candidates, of both major parties, might benefit from this quirky set of circumstances created by the move of the Iowa caucus to Jan. 3. But the one candidate I believe could benefit above all others will be GOP candidate Ron Paul. Iowa political insiders I’ve talked to agree.
After covering the public appearances of various presidential candidates on the Republican side, and even participating in the seemingly secure atmosphere of a post-debate media “spin room,” I have been amazed at the zeal of Ron Paul supporters to appear in huge numbers.
What received little coverage out of last week’s CNN-YouTube debate in Florida was that the biggest demonstration outside the hall was a parade of Paul supporters. Inside the spin room, where credentialed journalists and, now, bloggers are allowed to interview candidates and their surrogates, a seemingly unknown but large group of “reporters” surrounded Paul.
At a recent Rudy Giuliani rally, the Paul supporters virtually outnumbered the Giuliani crowd.
All of this tells me that what looks like 6 percent of the vote for Paul in states like Iowa could easily, especially where turnout is low, move toward double digits. From what my friends in Iowa are telling me, Huckabee or some other candidate may emerge the winner, but the big story that night may be that the contrarian Paul could find himself placing ahead of some really big names. Time will tell.
Fox News covers Iowa Independent’s Republican Power Rankings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUhofcs4Cs
Iowa Independent Predicts Ron Paul Could Rank 3rd in Caucus
http://www.huffingtonpo…ron-paul-thir_b_75756.html
Paul Beats McCain in Iowa; MSNBC/Newsweek Censors Own Poll
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/017532.html
Ron Paul’s Iowa dreams becoming more real
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21516892/page/2/
Ron Paul supporters dominate at mock ‘caucus’
http://www.journalnow.com/ser….e&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353786220
Ron Paul: Tough Road in Iowa?
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=50713
Iowa Caucus for Ron Paul FAQ
http://www.caucusforpaul.com/
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