Just got a call from Paul's Wife

because both I (38) and my mother (67) got the same phone call that you are referring to. My mother knows I am an avid Ron Paul supporter, and she called me today to tell me about her phone call. I'm pretty sure she was going to back me up by voting for Dr.Ron anyway, but she was really impressed by the phone call. She was left with a very favorable impression of Dr. Ron Paul. She learned that he was an OB/GYN (I swear I've mentioned that to her before) and she liked hearing from his wife about their kids and grandkids.
I know for a fact that she has already heard about Dr. Paul's stance on Iraq, and that was a point of hesitation for her voting for him. The call today seemed to "personalize" Dr. Paul a bit and we talked much longer about him today after that call than we ever have before.
Just because this call didn't push your buttons, please don't dismiss it as ineffective, because I believe in my limited circumstance it was very effective. My mom *might* have gone over to Huckabee with the right persuasion, but after that call today I feel she is firmly in our camp (after our long discussion).

Are ya'll goin' whine or work?

Autonomy and freedom is the success and the charm of this campaign. You must always think positive.

Concentrate on getting yourselves elected as local precinct captains that will elect the actual state delegates to the GOP convention.

Call the independents, third party members and conservative Democrats in your county and have them switch parties to vote in the mass county conventions

Send the campaign web site an e-mail; they'll add you to the list and send you messages from the congressman.

I recieved one again today.

Yes, I got a call from Carol too, on my land line, and wondered why none of the issues were given. Perhaps, when the wife calls, its suppose to be more "family" type message. If the HQ campaign calls, maybe it will be more on political issues? Her call as a wife of the candidate might be for "name recognition". That's the best I could determine. Who knows why they had her call. I don't think I've ever recieved a call from the wife of a candidate before. A presidential candidate at that. Have only gotten calls from campaigns in years past. The more I think about it now, I think it is pretty cool that she called, even though it was a recording.

I agree that we really need to find a way to get the campaign in touch with us, at least to help us orchestrate our efforts most effectively. The disconnect is likely resulting in a lot of wasted efforts.

Also, I agree that the message sounds really bland and irrelevant. TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES.