Why is "Official" Campaign Missing Golden Opportunity in Michigan?

There is no delegate prize for coming in second. I guess the they figured no matter how much time and money the campaign puts in Michigan, they're not going to beat Willard Mittens Romney in his home state where his dad was once governor.

Sure, it might look better to spend some money and come in 3rd. I know I'd feel better if they broke 10%, but they decided the money is better spent in the states where a second or third place finish actually yields some delegates.

You may argue that Nevada is also a winner take all state and it will be tough to beat Romney with a 12% Mormon population here. But in Nevada, nobody is paying much attention to the election. None of the candidates on the Rep side are coming. Most people I meet don't even know about the election (and if they're not Ron Paul people I sure as hell ain't gonna be the one to set them straight.) Also, Its on a Saturday morning at the start of a 3 day weekend. Turnout is expected to be low, between 20 and 40k.

So if the campaign can get a hold of 11000 supporters, we can get 25-50% of the vote here. Its still a long shot, But Nevada is worth the risk. Michigan isn't. The campaign is far from perfect, but not nearly as stupid as many here think.

we have only 1/2 of the usual number of delegates that we normally send to the GOP convention.

MI is also the state where Mitt Romney was born, McCain won the GOP primary against Bush in 2000 and is a state that is traditionally Dem because of the huge union influence here.

I live in MI and was originally upset about the (perceived) lack of spending in MI by HQ but then I started thinking about it and it seems that the money is probably better spent in SC, NV, FL and the Super Tuesday primaries.

I wish everyone wasn't getting so split and demoralized by these 2 or 3 super early primaries, they constitute a miniscule amount of delegates compared to how many are needed to get the nomination. Hopefully there is a huge Super Tuesday ad blitz in the works from HQ.

On January 11th, 2008 James H. Wood says:

Well you told us what you think of them, so let me tell you what I think of you!

You are a stone thrower, a complainer, a whiner, a man who see's so clearly the faults around you, but are blind to your own short comings!

You are the man who says, why did you do it that way, after it is finished, oh, I would not have done that!

The man who says, I just don't understand why you would do that, yet not once would you ever on your own do anything but complain about the others who are in the trenches!

Get off your backside and run for something instead of running your mouth!

You run your gator like you are the big Pooh bah, yet you sit by and do nothing to stop this onslaught on your personal freedoms!

You get your ass and stand in the mirror and look at what a fool you have grown up to be, and then say what can I do to change this World that I am living in for my children and wife! What can you do? We know you can run your mouth and point out how others could do it so much better.

When I say others, I am referring to just you because regardless of what someone else did, you would always do it better!

Stand there in front of that mirror and look at one pathetic human being who has grown up and made little contribution to your Country!

You are because you say you are, but then who are you? That, is the question you should be asking yourself?

I found myself thinking the same thing today. Michigan is an open primary with the Democrats basically sitting out, and Ron Paul has polled respectably there. There should be a huge push to get the anti-war vote out for Paul.

Yet I see no campaign events in Michigan whatsoever on the official campaign website's calendar, and some of you in this thread are indicating that Paul's paid media presence in Michigan is anemic.

I'm not trying to second guess the campaign's strategy, because I don't know what their strategy is. But honestly I don't see any strategy given the information I have stumbled across.

To have a bigger impact in this race, Paul needs to "break out" somewhere. He needs a solid third place showing in one of the next few races. He can't afford to pull a Giuliani and "sit out" unless it's a state where his prospects are terrible. There is no firewall. To spark future success he needs to make a move somewhere, and soon, or be written off as "not viable."

I'm OK with the campaign playing in South Carolina and Nevada. That's fine. But why you would play in South Carolina and not Michigan is beyond me. The "Defender of Freedom" ad should be in heavy rotation in Detroit. While the campaign can't openly court the votes of Democrats in the open primary, an ad touting Paul's foreign policy of "peace and freedom" would be highly appropriate.

But it's too late.

Had we known the campaign was going to punt on Michigan (or just leave it to the grassroots), perhaps supporters could have brainstormed and acted accordingly. Maybe we'd be running the Jeremiah Black ads, which are fantastic.

I'm trying to stay upbeat. I'm trying to keep the faith. And I know the campaign has no obligation to clue volunteers like me into their strategy just to keep our minds at ease, but I wish I could see the logic in their decisions.

Some folks on this forum remind me of Frank Pentangeli (Frankie Five Angels) from The Godfather Part II.

Frankie just could not understand Michael Corleone's master plan for dealing with Hyman Roth. Frankie didn't trust the man in charge; he made an ass of himself and in the end, he ended up morte.

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At least Rudy has a crazy strategy.........I've only seen 1 Kent Snyder interview this whole campaign season. Unbelievable. Ron Paul is not getting any help from his staff. They don't come to his aide when they throw crap on him, and they don't stand up to the biased media. I would like to think they could recruit some 3rd party spokepersons to endorse Ron. I'm sure they're are some influential celebrities that would support Ron Paul...........You could even make a film clip of his interviewers like Beck, Jim Cramer, etc. who all eventually say great things..........but the campaign isn't doing anything with these golden nuggets. Gasp.

Sounds like somebody needs to stop tappin on the keyboard, stop waitin' around for something to happen and get out and make it happen.

The official campaign's strategy is to have no campaign strategy.