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Republicans nationwide have noticed Paul’s organization and takeover strategy, one Nevada Republican leader said.
“I just came back from the national (Republican National Committee) meeting and everybody was talking about the Ron Paul, well-organized takeover,” said Heidi Smith, Nevada national GOP committeewoman.
Paul’s troops have been large and in charge at many GOP functions across the nation that lead into the states’ GOP convention. Consider:
- In last week’s Minnesota congressional district conventions, Paul took 20 of 24 delegates available for the state convention. Rick Santorum won 45 percent of the state’s nonbinding caucus in February, with Paul getting 27 percent.
- Paul’s supporters swarmed last week’s Texas Republican Senate district conventions, making a push to gain more control of the party, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- Also last week, the King County, Wash., GOP gathered to choose its candidates for the state convention but the meeting quickly turned into a circus.
When a Paul supporter was elected to lead the meeting, a local GOP official expelled the gathering from a local middle school. It was forced to conclude on an outside basketball court. It was just another dust-up between Paul supporters and local GOP officials, according to a report in the Seattle Times.
“There is no other campaign that feels the need to poke the party in the eye like the Ron Paul campaign,” King County GOP chairwoman Lori Sotelo told the Times. “For heaven’s sake stop hitting us with a fire hose.”
Originally posted by Inductance
Thank God this is finally happening. Many of us Ron Paul supporters have been working tirelessly to not only have this happen, but help other politicians, who support the same ideals, get into office. The system has been used against us for so long, yet when we play the system's game and make progress, people who support other candidates become upset. At my BPOU convention, non Ron Paul supporters were quite vocal about the RP supporters winning, even though we were the majority by a huge margin. IMO people have been gotten so used to the candidates of past who have no real differences and have not needed this type of organizing the RP campaign has been able to accomplish. We really hit them with a "fire hose" this time around.
Even if RP does not get the nomination, the undeniable size of this movement will hopefully make people think about what is going on.
r3VOLution 2012
Originally posted by oddnutz
this is great to see, i am genuinely excited by all this and i am not in america. Maybe instead of OWS the ron paul supporters can start ORP and have peaceful sit ins in every major city for the entire summer. Could you imagine the media trying to ignore that.
Originally posted by ugie1028
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
Rasmussen Poll Results > Only Paul can defeat Obama
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Look at the polls. He beats Obama 1 on 1.
I believe you are the one who is a wishful thinker.
Originally posted by ugie1028
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
Rasmussen Poll Results > Only Paul can defeat Obama
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Look at the polls. He beats Obama 1 on 1.
I believe you are the one who is a wishful thinker.
Originally posted by ugie1028
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
How can I be ignorant when these caucus states are being overrun with Paul supporters? each and every-time Ron's been getting 50%+ from these caucus states. (not the beauty contests)
how can you willfully ignore these wins?
and you have the nerve calling me ignorant. Face it pal, your buddy Obama is going to lose this election if he faces Ron Paul one on one. each caucus victory brings the brokered convention even more inevitable and possibly stealing the nomination from Romney.
But of course... im willfully ignorant... against your point of view.