Comments on: Huckabee Rising, Edwards Falling

By: chukmaty

chukmaty — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:38:32 +0000

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By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:23:41 +0000

I agree that Huckabee is at great disadvantage when it comes to money and recognition. However that may change. He seems to impress many when they hear him. He seems the sort that many conservatives could get behind. Of course he must find ways to be heard or it won’t matter.

However it seems he is getting airtime and recognition. It is possible that he will have a snowball affect where the more recognition he gets the more money he will get which create more recognition and so forth.

I wouldn’t bet much money on it but with the dissatisfaction with many of the top tier candidates, I can see it easily happening.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:51:25 +0000

Here's Ron Paul's path to the Republican nomination:

1. Spend the $5 million plus he had on hand at the end of September, and the $2 million plus he's already raised in October, to increase his low name recognition.

2. Appeal to the 30+ percent of Republicans who want to bring our troops home from Iraq within 6 months (50+ percent in Iowa.)

3. Appeal to Libertarian-leaning voters in New Hampshire and Nevada, early-contest states that just happen to have the highest per-capita Ron Paul donation rates.

4. Utilize his incredible grassroots volunteer network (60,000+ supporters in over 1,000 Meetup groups nationwide) to do well in low-turnout early events in Iowa, Wyoming, and Nevada.

5. Capitalize on Democratic infighting in Michigan to post a surprisingly strong finish there (he drew 2,000 supporters to a post-debate rally there.)

When the smoke clears at the end of January, Ron Paul is going to be a top-three Republican contender going into the February 5th sweepstakes.